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Participatory development in action - for iPad/Mac/PC
by The Open University
Do you take your access to water for granted? The Peruvian and Tanzanian communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through education. In the Andean mountains, scarce supplies of water and agricultural challenges give rise to conflict; but the changes engineered by development agencies can start to show a way out of poverty. Meanwhile, Tanzanian rural schoolchildren are instrumental in bringing about positive long-term change within their communities. However, development in practice is very complex and sometimes controversial. The audio tracks delve into the dilemma of how to incorporate the value systems of impoverished communities and agencies, which can have differing agendas. They also show how development is linked to issues of identity, urbanisation, politics, economics, social relations and gender. To complete
Episodes
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Participatory development inaction
A brief introduction to this album.
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Fighting for water
Development agency support has led to greater access and management of water. Farmers in Peru have to persevere in their struggle.
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Learning to change the future
Knowledge and technical skills are passed down through Kamayoqs to other farmers. An example of how it has changed one woman’s life.
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Providing communities with experts
How a local Kamayoq is filling the role of a professional within the community.
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Speeding up the pace of change
Funding projects to implement further change in the Andean community.
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A Peruvian lifestyle
How the poor farmers of Peru farm and how they are adapting to change.
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Preserving Inca canals
How a development agency helped farmers in Peru to renovate irrigation canals and preserve their heritage.
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Collecting water for the household
How the women of rural Tanzania get their water supply.
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Acting for education
How a development agency is trying to educate the children of Tanzania about healthcare.
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Educating children through drama and song
How teachers in Tanzania are using music and drama to involve children in learning about healthcare.
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Children as agents of change
How a child is taking what she has learnt at school and putting it into practice in the home.
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Using technology to change
Children are taking it into their own hands to make changes in their village that will benefit the whole community.
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Approaches to development
A discussion on the concept of participatory development, featuring Robert Chambers.
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Does empowerment disempower?
Empowerment may lead to the imposition of outside ideas on developing communities.
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Self interest or altruism
Do outside parties have altruistic motives, or are they moved only by self interest?
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Whose knowledge counts?
The moral dilemmas of using participatory methods, and how it may not be the ideal method of development.
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The status of knowledge
A discussion of whose knowledge is the most important and useful in participatory development.
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Meeting basic needs
Can participatory development meet people's basic needs?
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The importance of democratisation
A discussion on the need for democracy within development projects.
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The achievement
The achievements of participatory development.
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Background to the ITDG intervention
How the Intermediate Technology Development Group (Practical Action) has helped people in a Peruvian valley.
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How sustainable was the ITDG intervention?
An analysis of the Peruvian project, and an examination of its potential to be progressed and sustained by the Peruvians involved.
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Studying international development
Dr Helen Yanacopulos talks about The Open University course and some of the case studies on this album.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Do you take your access to water for granted? The Peruvian and Tanzanian communities featured in this album certainly don’t. This album examines how development agencies can empower communities to help themselves by introducing simple technologies, and facilitate the sharing of ideas through education. In the Andean mountains, scarce supplies of water and agricultural challenges give rise to conflict; but the changes engineered by development agencies can start to show a way out of poverty. Meanwhile, Tanzanian rural schoolchildren are instrumental in bringing about positive long-term change within their communities. However, development in practice is very complex and sometimes controversial. The audio tracks delve into the dilemma of how to incorporate the value systems of impoverished communities and agencies, which can have differing agendas. They also show how development is linked to issues of identity, urbanisation, politics, economics, social relations and gender. To complete
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