
Into the Unknown
Explorations in development practice
Published: 2014
Pages: 160
eBook: 9781780448220
Paperback: 9781853398230
Hardback: 9781853398223
Part I Exploring experience
1 Critical reflections of a development nomad
2 Power, knowledge and policy influence: reflections on an experience
3 Ignorance, error and myth in South Asian irrigation: critical reflections on experience
Part II Exploring learning
4 Learning about learning
5 Participatory workshops: teaching, learning and large groups
6 Exploring the co-generation of knowledge: critical reflections on PRA and CLTS
Part III Into the new unknown
7 Exploring for our faster future world
Back Matter (References/ Index)
Robert Chambers
Professor Robert Chambers is a research associate of the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, which has been his base since 1969 with periods in other countries. His educational background is in natural sciences, history and public administration. His main administrative and research experience in development has been in East Africa and South Asia. He is widely recognized as one of the main driving forces behind the great surge of interest in the use of Participatory Rural Appraisal around the world. He has been a Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies since 1972 and is an author, co editor and contributor of many books.