This revised edition by Srinivas Melkote and Leslie Steeves traces the history of development communication, presents and critiques diverse approaches and their proponents, and provides ideas and models for development communication in the new century.
New Resource: Teaching on WhatsApp-Leadership and Storytelling for Grassroots Community Organizers
This guide provides instructions on how to design and deliver an interactive training course through an app-based messaging platform. Drawing from Grassroots’ pilot teaching leadership and storytelling through WhatsApp, we share tips on pedagogy, participant engagement, and the technical aspects of launching a distance-learning course.
Part I of the guide describes the pilot course and Part II delves into the details of teaching on WhatsApp. Along with MIT GOV/LAB, our collaborative research partner, we also include lessons on evaluation and learning.
You can access the full guide on this link
New Publication: Real-time Tracking of Covid-19 Rumors Using Community-based Methods In Côte d’Ivoire
Global misinformation and information overload have characterized the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. Rumors are unverified pieces of information spreading online or person-to person that reduce trust in health authorities and create barriers to protective practices. Risk communication and community engagement can increase transparency, build trust, and stop the spread of rumors.
Building on previous work on Ebola and Zika viruses using Global Health Security Agenda systems strengthening support, the U.S. Agency for International Development-funded Breakthrough ACTION project developed a process and technology for systematically collecting, analyzing, and addressing COVID-19 rumors in real-time in Côte d’Ivoire.
Rumors were submitted through community-based contributors and collected from callers to the national hotlines and then processed on a cloud-hosted database built on the open-source software District Health Information System 2 (DHIS2). Hotline teleoperators and data managers coded rumors in near-real-time according to behavioral theory frameworks within DHIS2 and visualized the findings on custom dashboards.
The analysis and response were done in full collaboration with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and implementing partners to ensure a timely and coordinated response. The system captured both widespread rumors consistent with misinformation in other settings, such as suspicions about case counts and the belief that masks were deliberately contaminated, as well as very localized beliefs related to specific influencers. The qualitative findings provided rapid insights on circulating beliefs, enabling risk communicators to nuance and tailor messaging around COVID-19.
You can access the full publication on this link.
New Publication: The Global Smartphone; Beyond a Youth Technology
This book series is based on a project called ‘The Anthropology of Smartphones and Smart Ageing’, or ASSA. This project focused on the experiences of ageing among a demographic who generally do not regard themselves as either young or elderly. We were particularly interested in the use and consequences of smartphones for this age group, as these devices are today a global and increasingly ubiquitous technology that had previously been associated with youth.
The book also considers how the smartphone has impacted upon the health of people in this age group and to see whether we could contribute to this field by reporting on the ways in which people have adopted smartphones as a means of improving their welfare. The project consists of 11 researchers working in 10 field sites across 9 countries as follows: Alfonso Otaegui (Santiago, Chile); Charlotte Hawkins (Kampala, Uganda); Daniel Miller (Cuan, Ireland); Laila Abed Rabho and Maya de Vries (al-Quds [East Jerusalem]); Laura Haapio-Kirk (Japan); Marília Duque (Brazil); Patrick Awondo (Cameroon); Pauline Garvey (Ireland); Shireen Walton (Italy) and Xinyuan Wang ( China).
You can access the book on this link
Webinar: The Importance Of The Farmers Voice In Smallholder Supply Chain (June 10, 2021)
Around 90 percent of the world’s 570 million farms are small, and the owners and labourers who work on them are essential to global business, food security and environmental protection. With generations of experience, these smallholder farmers are more knowledgeable than anyone else about their local growing conditions and the challenges they face – but are their voices being heard by those with the power to enable positive change?
In this webinar, five speakers with extensive experience of working with and sourcing from smallholder producers will discuss the importance of listening to and empowering supplier communities for sustainable international supply chains, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through video footage, farmers in these supply chains will also share their thoughts on the opportunities, challenges and impacts of having their voices heard and heeded, both amongst their peers and more widely by policy-makers and business partners.
You can register for this webinar on this link
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