Participatory Approaches to Community Driven Development and Policy Change

  • Category

    • Courses

  • Program

    • Social Development and Policy

  • Instructors

    • Shama Dossa

  • Offered In

    • 1) Spring 2018
    2) Spring 2021

    Course Description

    This course provides a critical perspective on participatory approaches to community driven development and policy change. Students are first introduced to the models, techniques and research methods, and then engage with practitioners to understand what it means to apply these ideas in the field. The course draws out the link between community mobilization practice, applied research and ethics of participatory engagement with communities. Various mobilization and research approaches like Participatory Action Research (PAR), Participatory Reflection and Action (PRA), Theatre for Development, and Theatre of the Oppressed are covered. Art techniques like Photovoice and Digital Storytelling are drawn upon, and social media is explored as a tool for social mobilization.