DVM 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paradigm Shift, Paulo Freire, Participatory Rural Appraisal
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Module 2: hunger, rural poverty and food security [monday january 23rd, 2017] What does it mean to be rural (features) Alternative data collection methods (learning objective 3 for this module) Participatory rural appraisal toolkit (pra: resource mapping, transect walks, daily clocks, seasonal calendars, etc. Key concepts and terminology in rural development (objective 2) Relationship between poverty and rural communities (objective 3) Toolkit for people-centred solutions to their own problems. Potential: enabled community to identify their own problems and priorities. Examples of how data is collected with pra. Toolkit for people to address their problems. Chambers encouraged this for farmers in rural/agricultural communities: problem: weren"t identifying needs and priorities of community, solution: collect info differently. 1 of most popular methods for communities to discuss most valuable/necessary tools. Can be done by drawing on dirt/sand as way to facilitate conversation w/ people who benefit from this kind of visual interpretation. Prepare a map of resources on campus used daily/weekly.