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Cultural Views Of Life Phases., David F. Lancy, M. Annette Grove
Cultural Views Of Life Phases., David F. Lancy, M. Annette Grove
Sociology, Social Work and Anthropology Faculty Publications
The knowledge base in the study of human development is built primarily from work with children from the modern, global, post-industrial population. This population is unrepresentative in many respects, not least in that childhood and adolescence is dominated by the experience of formal schooling—an experience missing from the lives of most of the world’s children until very recently. This entry will examine child development from the perspective of pre-modern societies as described in the ethnographic, archaeological and historic records. Specifically, we will review material indicative of cultural or indigenous models of development, phases and phase transitions, in particular.
Successfully Incorporating The Participant Perspective: Analysis Of Participatory Research In Development, Zachary T. Revene
Successfully Incorporating The Participant Perspective: Analysis Of Participatory Research In Development, Zachary T. Revene
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Literature from recent decades has highlighted the importance of incorporating the perspective of communities into development project planning and implementation. In this project, the participant perspective was documented through qualitative ethnographic techniques and illustrates the different ways in which this perspective was either included or excluded in two separate case studies along the northern coast of Peru. The case study of huachaque farmers surrounding the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chan Chan provided an example of the general failure to incorporate the participant perspective into planning of future biodiversity conservation projects. The case study of Huaca Chotuna provided an example …