Participatory development in action - for iPod/iPhone

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 the album, Dr Helen Yanacopulos of The Open University's Development Policy and Practice unit explains the choice of some of the case studies provided, and unpicks some of the issues that emerge. This material is taken from The Open University course TU871 Development: context and practice.

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  • Participatory development inaction
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:48
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  • Fighting for water
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:06:21
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  • Learning to change the future
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:03:34
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  • Providing communities with experts
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:26
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  • Speeding up the pace of change
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:23
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  • A Peruvian lifestyle
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:04:10
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  • Preserving Inca canals
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:03:19
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  • Collecting water for the household
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:02
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  • Acting for education
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:33
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  • Educating children through drama and song
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:10
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  • Children as agents of change
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:33
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  • Using technology to change
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:01:54
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  • Approaches to development
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:05:30
  • Transcript -- Approaches to development
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  • Does empowerment disempower?
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:03:51
  • Transcript -- Does empowerment disempower?
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  • Self interest or altruism
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:02:02
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  • Whose knowledge counts?
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:04:58
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  • The status of knowledge
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:04:05
  • Transcript -- The status of knowledge
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  • Meeting basic needs
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:03:10
  • Transcript -- Meeting basic needs
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  • The importance of democratisation
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:04:19
  • Transcript -- The importance of democratisation
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  • The achievement
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:02:57
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    Jul 21, 2009 –
  • Background to the ITDG intervention
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:08:18
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  • How sustainable was the ITDG intervention?
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:19:22
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  • Studying international development
    Jul 21, 2009 – 00:07:20
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