Community Concept Drawing: A Participatory Visual Method for Incorporating Local Knowledge into Conceptualization

Field Methods ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1525822X2110147
Author(s):  
Chesney McOmber ◽  
Katharine McNamara ◽  
Sarah L. McKune
Keyword(s):  
International Development ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Visual Method ◽  
Fields Of Study ◽  
The World ◽  
Community Concept

Concepts can provide researchers and communities with common ground for communicating and building understandings about the world. However, researchers who engage with communities often encounter unexpected interpretations of concepts in the field. This article introduces Community Concept Drawing (CCD), a participatory visual method aimed at facilitating a deep understanding of how local communities make sense of complex concepts often central to social research. We present the methodological foundations, protocol, and utility of CCD while drawing examples from our case studies in Senegal, Nepal, Morocco, and Kenya to examine the concept of empowerment. While CCD was created to open opportunities for studying empowerment within the field of international development, this article concludes by offering applications for using CCD to examine other concepts in various fields of study.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE OF FLOOD PREPAREDNESS: CURRENT PHENOMENA TO FUTURE ACTION

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nitty Hirawaty Kamarulzaman ◽  
Selvakkumar A/L K.N. Vaiappuri ◽  
Nor Atiah Ismail ◽  
Md Azree Othuman Mydin
Keyword(s):  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Local People ◽  
Community Leaders ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Weather Phenomenon ◽  
The World ◽  
Flood Preparedness ◽  
Area View

Understanding local knowledge towards isolated incidents is important as a means to the inclusion and participation of local people in disaster management and preparedness activities. Indeed, investigating how local people or communities in a particular area view and interact with their environment and its changes is crucial. In recent years, extreme weather phenomenon has caused havoc not only other parts of the world, but also in Malaysiawith major destructions to most lives and properties. Much research and development has focused on these global phenomena. The situation is getting alarming in Malaysia, especially along the eastern coastal area. In light of the big flood of Kelantan in 2014, this study aimed to discover the local communities’ knowledge on flood preparedness. Face-to-face interviews and a series of workshops were conducted with 15 respondents, from professionals, voluntaries, community leaders, and affected communities. The aftermath of the big flood showed that all forms of transportation were affected, lives, farm lands and properties were lost, and economic activities were grounded. Worst of all, these disasters are reported to be linked to human actions as the key cause. Thus, it is recommended that more efforts be taken to channel the information on flood preparedness from the affected communities, for future use. Besides, well-established and clear guidelines will help other relevant players like NGO, voluntaries, helpers, officers, and communities to play their roles in the most efficient way to face any disaster.    

scholarly journals Significance of Community-Held Territories in 24 Countries to Global Climate

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gas ◽  
International Development ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Legal Recognition ◽  
The World ◽  
Timely Reminder

This research provides a timely reminder of the global significance of community-held lands and territories; their importance for the protection, restoration, and sustainable use of tropical forestlands across the world; and the critical gaps in the international development architecture that have so far undermined progress towards the legal recognition of such lands and territories. Our findings indicate that Indigenous Peoples, Afro-Descendant Peoples, and local communities customarily hold and use at least 958 million hectares (mha) of land in the 24 reviewed countries but have legally recognized rights to less than half of this area (447 mha). Their lands are estimated to store at least 253.5 Gigatons of Carbon (GtC), playing a vital role in the maintenance of globally significant greenhouse gas sinks and reservoirs. However, the majority of this carbon (52 percent, or 130.6 GtC) is stored in community-held lands and territories that have yet to be legally recognized.

Cultivating Ice over Time: On the Idea of Timeless Knowledge and Places in the Himalayas

1969 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Gagné
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sense Of Community ◽  
Local Knowledge ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
International Organisations ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Local Populations ◽  
Close Study ◽  
Indian Himalayas ◽  
Over Time

Assumptions that local communities have an endogenous capacity to adapt to climate change stemming from time-tested knowledge and an inherent sense of community that prompts mobilisation are becoming increasingly common in material produced by international organisations. This discourse, which relies on ahistorical and apolitical conceptions of localities and populations, is based on ideas of timeless knowledge and places. Analysing the water-place nexus in Ladakh, in the Indian Himalayas, through a close study of glacier practices as they change over time, the article argues that local knowledge is subject to change and must be analysed in light of changing conceptions and experiences of place by the state and by local populations alike.

Engineering for good: A case of community driven engineering innovation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chinweike Eseonu ◽  
Martin A Cortes
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Students ◽  
Technology Innovation ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
First Year ◽  
Engineering Curriculum ◽  
Engineering Design Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Consideration

There is a culture of disengagement from social consideration in engineering disciplines. This means that first year engineering students, who arrive planning to change the world through engineering, lose this passion as they progress through the engineering curriculum. The community driven technology innovation and investment program described in this paper is an attempt to reverse this trend by fusing community engagement with the normal engineering design process. This approach differs from existing project or trip based approaches – outreach – because the focus is on local communities with which the university team forms a long-term partnership through weekly in-person meetings and community driven problem statements – engagement.

The Challenges of Implementing E-Commerce in Kurdistan of Iraq

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 528
Author(s):  
Ako Abubakr Jaffar ◽  
Mazen Ismaeel Ghareb ◽  
Karzan Hussein Sharif
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Online Shopping ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
The Other ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Unique Region ◽  
Government Organizations ◽  
The World

The Retailers all over the world are prospering from the burgeoning trend of online shopping. Kurdistan Regional Government is still struggling to grow its e-commerce markets. On the other hands e-commerce in Various countries in the Middle East have some of the world’s highest internet and mobile penetration rates. Alternative payments methods are quickly expanding, and having access to some of the world’s most coveted natural resources that allows countries in their region to have some of the highest GDP in the world. There are several challenges prevalent in the KRG Region market that will require international merchants to develop strategies based on innovation and vigilance. This unique region is plagued with complications many other countries have little to no experience with e-commerce, which highlights the need for retailers to have a deep understanding as to how this region operates before they can begin finding solutions. One of the biggest concerns today's consumers have is the risk of fraud when they are shopping online. With highly sophisticated malware and perceptive cybercriminals, customers' card and bank information can easily be stolen if a merchant does not take the proper security measures. In this paper we summarize all challenges need to be addressed in KRG in order to make correct steps to apply e-commerce in KRG. Finally, the recommendations and framework are proposed for e-commerce to encourage government, organizations, and people to take advantages from e-commerce.

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