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The Power of Storytelling and How it Affects Your Brain

October 2, 2019

Not only do stories connect us to the past and express universal beliefs, they can also help us develop a better understanding of the world and those we share it with. This is part of the reason why your brain loves stories. With around a hundred billion neurons and almost a quadrillion connections between the neurons your brain is an extraordinarily complex organism – so complex, in fact, it borders on the wondrous. Yet it is still a pattern-seeking instrument that looks to put the chaos of the world into some kind of recognisable order. Stories represent our most powerful and meaningful way of doing just that.

Click here to read the full article by Micheál Heffernan.

Filed Under: *PRINTED ROUTES, Edutainment, Research Communication & Uptake, Topic Blogs

Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding: a communication for development approach to rebuilding peace from the bottom-up

September 12, 2019

Author: Dr Valentina Baú

By unearthing the connections between the literatures on participatory communication and civic engagement with the reality of postconflict peace, this article demonstrates how a communication for development (C4D) approach to engaging citizens in peacebuilding contributes to strengthening the reconstruction process at the end of the violence, while engendering a bottom up process based on dialogue and inclusivity. After offering a brief overview of the peacebuilding contexts, this article presents a theoretical discussion that brings to the surface not only the role of C4D in facilitating citizens participation in government decision making, but also its significance in creating an inclusive peacebuilding process that starts from the community. At the same time, this discussion begins to shed light on the relationship between communication for development and participatory governance.

You can access the article here:  Baú, V. (2016) Citizen Engagement in Peacebuilding. A communication for development approach to rebuilding peace from the bottom up, Progress in Development Studies, Vol.16, No.4, pp.348-360

Filed Under: C4D and Peace, Participation, Participation Highlights, Peace & Social Cohesion, Peace Highlights, Publications (published in print and/or online), Research Communication & Uptake, Research Papers Tagged With: Citizen engagement, Communication for Development, Participatory Communication, Participatory Governance, Peacebuilding

Knowledge Management for Development Journal Vol 14 No 1 (2019)

September 11, 2019

Published: 2019-08-02

This is a non-thematic issue, with articles covering different themes. The first paper presents an action research initiative in capacity development for evaluation and communication, while another one presents the results of a study to consider the suitability of trauma-focused creative arts therapy as an intervention to treat abused children in South Africa. Two papers are concerned with learning in large development organizations, one of which take an historical perspective. The final contribution is designed to provide guidance for development organizations who are setting up portals, hubs and websites.

You can read the current journal issue here  and access archived issues here.

Filed Under: *PRINTED ROUTES, Case Studies, Publications (published in print and/or online), Research Communication & Uptake, Research Papers Tagged With: Action Research, International Development, Knowledge Management

INASP’s Annual Review 2018/19

July 29, 2019

INASP’s Annual Review 2018/19 takes a closer look at their recent work to challenge inequities in the research and knowledge system. The review reflects on highlights from across INSAP’s work to help improve equity in research and knowledge ecosystems.

To read the full review click here.

Filed Under: All Posts, Awareness Raising, Research Communication & Uptake Tagged With: Equity, research

Communicating science for impact: radio for reaching farmers with research results (Farm Radio International Brief, 2018)

June 14, 2018

This Farm Radio International (FRI) project aimed to promote large-scale adoption of agricultural innovations and research results from two Cultivate Africa’s Future projects – integrating insects into poultry and fish feed (INSFEED), and quick-cooking bean products – through the use of interactive radio programs.

Key results
• 40 radio community listener groups (CLGs) were formed with over 670 individual members (50% women).
• Before the radio programs were broadcast, all CLGs were trained to record their voices and send the messages to radio stations, using their mobile phones. They were also trained to use radio sets and participate in weekly polls.
• Field monitoring visits were carried out every two months and reports showed that 98% of women and youth respondents valued the programs.
• Looking at data from Uliza, 50,732 listeners participated in radio interactions from December 2015 to June 2017.
• It is estimated that the six project radio stations – Radio Simba, Mega FM, Radio Buddu, Sky FM, Akaboozi FM and Ramogi FM – reached a total of 9 million listeners throughout the project period.

Click here for full brief.

Filed Under: *MASS MEDIA ROUTES, Awareness Raising, Kenya, Publications (published in print and/or online), Research Communication & Uptake, Rural Development, Uganda

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