40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development by Peter Westoby Hardcover Book

40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development

by Peter Westoby, David Palmer, Athena Lathouras,

40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development invites readers to deepen their practice by reflecting on the roots of their practice; expand their practice through introduction to thinkers who perhaps people have not heard of before; and to disrupt practice by re-thinking taken-for-granted assumptions or habits.

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Who are the great activists, thinkers and writers who can inspire us in our community development work?Environmentalists, poets, philosophers, civil rights activists, trade unionists – all can help us question the assumptions that underlie our international development practice. This book invites students and professionals of community development and citizen activists to reflect on the roots of their practice and discover the wisdom of writers they may not have heard of before.The book highlights 40 personal and rigorous reflections, distilling several wisdoms and 40 'gems' of ideas for community development, from thought-leaders including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Ela Bhatt, Jacques Derrida, Frantz Fanon, Paulo Freire, bell hooks, John Keats, Rosa Luxemburg, Wangari Maathai, Manfred Max-Neef, Arundhati Roy, E.F. Schumacher, Vandana Shiva, Rabindranath Tagore and Greta Thunberg.The book's introduction will support readers in creating a personal practice framework, and a Coda/Map of Practice offers a vibrant visual representation of practice wisdoms in watercolour.40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development is an important resource for daily or weekly readings and reflections, study groups, working or project teams, and as a resource for teachers of community development.

Author Biography

Peter Westoby has been involved in development practice for over thirty years, working as a grassroots practitioner, facilitator and scholar in diverse contexts such as Australia, PNG, the Philippines, Vanuatu, India, South Africa and Uganda. He is currently Associate Professor of Social Science and Community Development at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, South Africa. David Palmer currently teaches community development at Murdoch University. Much of his work takes him to remote parts of Central and Northern Australia supporting community-controlled projects carried out by Indigenous groups. Often this means he gets to see first-hand both the challenges facing communities, some of whom had their first contact with non-Indigenous people as recently as the 1970s, and a range of creative and culturally grounded projects.Athena Lathouras, known as 'Tina', had 30 years practice experience in the areas of community development, disability support, and with peak bodies. She is a senior lecturer in the social work programme at the University of the Sunshine Coast; a member of Community Praxis Co-operative and volunteer liaison with Community Development Queensland.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction: Towards a reflective community Development practice: Integrating the gems and wisdoms of critical thinkers2 Jane Addams: Practice mutual accompaniment3 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story4 Hannah Arendt: Time to think5 James Baldwin: We have to go the way our blood beats6 Homi Bhabha: The value of colonial ambivalence7 Ela Bhatt: Start with women; may our action be one of nurturance8 Augusto Boal: Rehearsing the possible9 Behrouz Boochani: Bearing witness in the face of cruelty10 Martin Buber: Practice as an encounter11 Judi Chamberlin: Nothing About Us, Without Us12 Angela Davis: Unlock the gates of poverties and prisons13 Jacques Derrida: Deconstruction, a community development 'yet-to-come' and 'the hauntology of justice'14 Gustavo Esteva: The work of deprofessionalizing ourselves15 Frantz Fanon: A 'revolution in listening'16 Paulo Freire: Start with the people, but don't stay with the people17 Mary Graham: 'Place method' and custodians of land18 Epeli Hau'ofa: staying close to the ground19 James Hillman: 'Ensouling the world' and notitia20 bell hooks: We come to theory because of our pain21 Myles Horton: Educators first, Organizers second22 John Keats: Negative capability and coming into a community23 George Lakoff: Don't think of an elephant!24 Rosa Luxemburg: Are you willing to go to prison?25 Wangari Maathai: Plant trees and protect genuine democracy26 Joanna Macy: 'life comes from reconnecting'27 Manfred Max-Neef: Poverties, not poverty28 Chandra Talpade Mohanty: Pay attention to silence and erasure29 Fran Peavey: Questions are the art of gentle revolution30 Arundhati Roy: '… do not fragment solidarity …'31 Deborah Bird Rose: Community as the 'shimmer of life'32 Bertrand Russell: Community and the value of idleness33 E.F. Schumacher: Small is Beautiful34 Richard Sennett: Respect35 Vandana Shiva: Be a Seed Saver36 Georg Simmel: The importance of the triad and the stranger in making 'community'37 Linda Tuhiwai Smith: Listening to old knowledge38 Rabindranath Tagore: … discovering the invitation …39 Thich Nhat Hanh: Being, not doing40 Greta Thunberg: Work where there's desire and political motivation41 Trinh T. Minh-ha: Recognizing difference in community42 Conclusion Coda – map of practice

Details ISBN1788531221 Author Athena Lathouras, Pages 278 Publisher Practical Action Publishing Year 2020 ISBN-10 1788531221 ISBN-13 9781788531221 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2020-06-15 UK Release Date 2020-06-15 Imprint Practical Action Publishing Place of Publication Rugby Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2020-06-15 NZ Release Date 2020-06-15 Alternative 9781788531245 DEWEY 307.140922 Audience Professional & Vocational

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• Condition: Brand new
• ISBN-13: 9781788531221
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• ISBN: 9781788531221
• Publication Year: 2020
• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Book Title: 40 Critical Thinkers in Community Development
• Item Height: 234mm
• Author: Athena Lathouras,, David Palmer, Peter Westoby
• Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
• Item Width: 156mm
• Item Weight: 704g
• Number of Pages: 278 Pages

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