Today, one of the central tenets of development is the necessity for learning about and building upon stakeholders and beneficiaries insights, needs, culture, social organization, resources and active participation. 'Bridging Diversity' clarifies the myriad approaches to social research being used in the World Bank today. The focus is on participatory research as presently practiced and as a potential for forms of research which are not now particularly participatory. It makes a number of recommendations to enhance the utility of social research in and outside of the Bank."
Today, one of the central tenets of development is the necessity for learning about and building upon stakeholders and beneficiaries insights, needs, ...
A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown--Youngstown, Ohio--to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. This is 1964; she'll be "the expert," and they'll be "the subjects." The Paiute elders have other ideas. They'll be "the parents." They set themselves two tasks: to help her get a good grade on her project and to send her home quickly to her new bridegroom. They dismiss her research topic and introduce her instead to their spirit creature, the outrageously mischievous rule-breaking trickster, Coyote.
Why do the Paiutes love Coyote? Why do...
A young trainee anthropologist leaves her violent Mafia-run hometown--Youngstown, Ohio--to study an "exotic" group, the Paiute Indians of Nevada. T...
