Participatory Learning and Action 50:
PLA
Notes 50 IIED, October 2004,
224 pp,
Price US$32.00
Guest editors: Robert Chambers, Nicole Kenton and Holly Ashley
Summary
This special edition celebrates the 50th of Participatory Learning and Action series. Previous guest editors and authors pool their experience and expertise to give an up-to-date picture of developments in participatory approaches in their particular fields such as education and literacy, health and sexual reproductive health, natural resource management, agriculture, urban issues, children's participation, advocacy and rights, local government and deliberative democracy, gender, PM&E, communications, critical analysis, scaling up and institutionalising, and participation in the North.
As the scope and use of participatory approach becomes more popular and widespread, this publication provides a timely and challenging critique and looks ahead to ask: what next for participation?
The issue also includes extended Tips for Trainers, In Touch, E-participation and RCPLA Pages sections, as well as general articles.
Table of contents
Editorial
THEME SECTION: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS, FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Jenny Rietbergen-McCracken
2. Critical reflections, future directions: an overview
Nicole Kenton and Holly Ashley
3. Reflections and directions: a personal note
Robert Chambers
4. Participation, literacy and empowerment: the continuing evolution of Reflect
David Archer and Nandago Maria Goreth
5. Voices aloud: making communication and change together
Oga Steve Abah
6. Reflections on gender and participatory development
Nazneen Kanji
7. Not for children only: lessons learnt from young people's participation
Louise Chawla and Vicky Johnson
8. Participation in sexual and reproductive well-being and rights
Gill Gordon and Andrea Cornwall
9. Gender, participation, health and positive thinking: a personal perspective
Alice Welbourn
10. Participatory methods and the measurement of well-being
Sarah White and Jethro Pettit
11. Rights, advocacy and participation - what's working?
Jethro Pettit and Sammy Musyoki
12. Completing the globe: tackling poverty and injustice in the North
Charlotte Flower and Vicky Johnson
13. Tools and methods for empowerment developed by slum and pavement dwellers' federations in India
Sheela Patel
14. Natural resources, people and participation
Michel Pimbert
Andy Catley
John Gaventa
Andrea Cornwall and Irene Guijt
18. Regina's Participatory Learning and Action illustration challenge
Regina Faul-Doyle
GENERAL SECTION
19. Beyond continuum thinking: participatory development is possible even in wartimes!
Benedikt Korf
20. Participatory monitoring of sanitation: Wotawati hamlet, Pucung, Indonesia
Kumala Sari and the Pradipta Paramitha Team
21. From MPA to NPA: Participatory assessment of water & sanitation projects in rural Nepal
AJ James, Raju Khadka, Michelle Moffatt and Corine Otte
Includes:
22. Ground rules
Andrea Cornwall and Gill Gordon
23. Quoting the issues
Alice Welbourne
24. Photographs
An extract from Communication and Power
25. Fishbowl
Gill Gordon
IN TOUCH