Facilitating Change Across Cultures: Lessons from International Development

As the international development sector responds to calls for decolonisation and localisation, how can facilitators work humbly,...
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Author: Deborah Rhodes
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Facilitating Change Across Cultures: Lessons from International Development by Rhodes, Deborah

Facilitating Change Across Cultures: Lessons from International Development

CHF 174.89

Facilitating Change Across Cultures: Lessons from International Development

CHF 174.89
Author: Deborah Rhodes
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

As the international development sector responds to calls for decolonisation and localisation, how can facilitators work humbly, wisely and respectfully across cultures to support positive change?


This book asks readers to reflect on their own roles, values and power as facilitators in international and community development, in order to strengthen practice in cross-cultural or multi-cultural contexts.


Perceptions about change and facilitation vary between cultures, so facilitators need to understand the specifics in each context to inform practice. The book offers practical ways to facilitate change, which celebrate cultural expression and the value of diverse ideas. This supports increasing the voice and power of people in countries where values differ from those in donor countries, recognising that facilitators play a crucial translation role across cultures.


The chapters set out a framework to maximise shared understanding, trust and relevance of facilitation. They explore methods which maximise cultural expression and ways to undertake predominant methods differently. Recognising realities associated with power inequality, conflict and the obsession with 'results' in western cultures, the book offers suggestions to maximise culturally-savvy approaches. The book draws from research and evidence in various disciplines and complements other guides on political economy analysis and making change happen, by taking a specific focus through a cultural values lens.




Author: Deborah Rhodes
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Published: 04/14/2022
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.14lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.56d
ISBN: 9781788532082

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