Participatory Learning and Action 4:
Issue 4 Contents PART 1 1. Wealth ranking in a caste area of India 2. Popular theatre through video in Costa Rica 3. Participatory RRA in Gujarat PART 2 Successful networking! |
RRA Notes 4: General Issue
IIED, February 1989. 22 pp.
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PART 11. Wealth ranking in a caste area of India
Ruth Grosvenor-AlsopView PDF (30KB)
Abstract
A concern over the cultural appropriateness of the technique of wealth ranking in caste society led to the need to test it in a setting both spatially and socially distant from those in which it had been applied before. The results were conclusive and revealed that wealth ranking is a useful technique of stratification for the area of India in which it was tested. It is assumed that the method could be translated to other areas of India.
2. Popular theatre through video in Costa Rica
Keith AndersonView PDF (15KB)
Abstract
The author's experience with video theatre suggests that by promoting or organising local theatre, development workers can learn much about local attitudes that may be essential to the future of a project.
3. Participatory RRA in Gujarat
Jennifer McCracken
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Abstract
Describes an RRA exercise in India and tries to analyse the extent to which the local people were involved in conducting the appraisal work. It concludes that the approach should be more participatory and that great sensitivity is required if the expectations of the villagers are not to be raised inappropriately.
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