
Springs of Participation
Creating and evolving methods for participatory development
Published: 2007
Pages: 232
eBook: 9781780446004
Paperback: 9781853396472
1. Introduction
Karen Brock, Jethro Pettit
2. Seeds of success are seeds for potential failure: learning from the evolution of Reflect
David Archer
3. Training and facilitation: the propellers of participatory methodologies
Maria Nandago
4. Can an international NGO practise what it preaches in participation? The case of ActionAid International
Kate Newman
5. It’s not just about the pictures! It’s also about principles, process and power: tensions in the development of the Internal Learning System
Helzi Noponen
6. Steering the boat of life with the Internal Learning System: the oar of learning
D. Narendranath
7.Evolution of the Internal Learning System: a case study of the New Entity for Social Action
Sundaram Nagasundari
8. Road to the foot of the mountain, but reaching for the sun: PALS adventures and challenges
Linda Mayoux
9. Keeping the art of participation bubbling: some reflections on what stimulates creativity in using participatory methods
Dee Jupp
10. HIV and AIDS, the global tsunami: the role of Stepping Stones as one participatory approach to diminish its onslaught
Alice Welbourn
11. Using numerical data from participatory research to support the Millennium Development Goals: the case for locally owned information systems
Sarah Levy
12. Participatory village poverty reduction planning and index-based poverty mapping in China
Joe Remenyi
13. Navigating the trade-offs in the use of participatory approaches for research
Carlos Barahona, Dee Jupp, Helzi Noponen, Alice Welbourn
14. Creating, evolving and supporting participatory methodologies: lessons for funders and innovators
Robert Chambers
Back matter (Endnotes, References, Index)
Karen Brock Karen Brock is a social scientist, editor, and development consultant, and was formerly a researcher in the Participation Group at IDS, University of Sussex, UK. She specialises in issues of natural resources management, social science research methodologies, policy processes, and agropastoral livelihoods in Africa.|Jethro Pettit is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, UK. He has worked with international NGOs, including World Neighbors and Oxfam America.
Jethro Pettit Jethro Pettit is a fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, UK. He has worked with international NGOs, including World Neighbors and Oxfam America.