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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Community Development

1997

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The Learning Cart Module: Bilingual/Bicultural Application, Sally Habana-Hafner, Janna Shadduck, Andrea Avazian Jan 1997

The Learning Cart Module: Bilingual/Bicultural Application, Sally Habana-Hafner, Janna Shadduck, Andrea Avazian

Community Development

Leaders can be effective educators to their peers inside and outside their community. As practitioners, they are in a position to draw on existing cultural knowledge and to discover new knowledge in developing innovative practices and techniques. But they learn best when they themselves are active learners and educators. Participation in community projects, formal training, and the exchange of resources and ideas will help them hone their skills as educators. The repeated cycles of reflection and practical experience characteristic of this action learning makes leaders well qualified to become trainers.

This module is designed to help community leaders and community …


Local Currencies In Community Development Or Too Much Mngwotngwotiki Is Bad For You, Tony Savdie, Tim Cohen-Mitchell Jan 1997

Local Currencies In Community Development Or Too Much Mngwotngwotiki Is Bad For You, Tony Savdie, Tim Cohen-Mitchell

Community Development

This useful resource guide for trainers and community activists discusses alternative currencies as part of creating alternative economic systems at the local level. The guide includes a case study of HOURS in Ithaca, New York and a discussion of the scripts and LETS alternative currency systems and their usefulness to community-development.

The Tangu people of New Guinea have a word for what occurs between people when they temporarily suspend their sense of obligation to one another. It is mngwotngwotiki (pronounced nig-what-gwoh-teekee). This study of local currency systems counters too much mngwotngwotiki by offering a concrete way to develop a sense …