Social Computing for Impact Assessment of Social Change Projects

2015 ◽  
pp. 34-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Diesner ◽  
Rezvaneh Rezapour
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Impact Assessment ◽  
Social Computing ◽  
Change Projects

scholarly journals Spirituality, shifting identities and social change: Cases from the Kalahari landscape

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary E. Lange ◽  
Lauren Dyll-Myklebust
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Community Development ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Artistic Expression ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Spiritual Beliefs ◽  
Change Projects ◽  
Shifting Identities

Storytelling, art and craft can be considered aesthetic expressions of identities. Kalahari identities are not fixed, but fluid. Research with present-day Kalahari People regarding their artistic expression and places where it has been, and is still, practised highlights that these expressions are informed by spirituality. This article explores this idea via two Kalahari case studies: Water Stories recorded in the Upington, Kakamas area, as well as research on a specific rock engraving site at Biesje Poort near Kakamas. The importance of the Kalahari People’s spiritual beliefs as reflected in these case studies and its significance regarding their identities and influence on social change and/or community development projects is discussed. The article thus highlights ways in which spirituality can be considered in relation to social change projects that are characterised by partnerships between local community, non-government and tertiary education representatives and researchers and that highlight storytelling as an integral part of people’s spirituality.

Service users’ involvement in social work education: focus on social change projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shulamit Ramon ◽  
Merav Moshe Grodofsky ◽  
Elena Allegri ◽  
Andreja Rafaelic
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Service Users ◽  
Change Projects ◽  
Work Education

Towards a framework of sustainability indicators for ‘communication for development and social change’ projects

2012 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Servaes ◽  
Emily Polk ◽  
Song Shi ◽  
Danielle Reilly ◽  
Thanu Yakupitijage
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Sustainability Indicators ◽  
Communication For Development ◽  
Change Projects

Gratitude is Always Eloquent

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Duckworth ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Social Change ◽  
Board Member ◽  
Young Lady ◽  
School Students ◽  
Change Projects

Last week, I had the pleasure of talking onstage at the Aspen Ideas Festival with Jackie Bezos, a board member of Character Lab. Earlier in the day, I met with this year's Bezos Scholars, exceptionally gritty and purpose-driven high school students who will spend the next year developing social change projects in their communities. After my talk, one of these young scholars and I got to talking about our favorite teachers. I suggested she do what I never did when I was her age: write a gratitude letter thanking that teacher for what she'd done for her. This young lady assured me she would sit down and write the letter as soon as she got home from Aspen. Knowing what I do about the intention-behavior gap, I suggested she take two minutes right then and there and simply text her teacher a quick note of thanks. Did she write that text? Maybe. But maybe instead, she'd hesitate. Maybe she'd worry she wouldn't be able to put into words everything she wanted to say. And maybe that pause would be the end of a beautiful impulse

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