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Comunicación y desarrollo: enfoques, prácticas y perspectivas en debate
Lima:
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; Calandria
(2018), 212 pp.
ISBN 978-612-47099-2-0
"Reúne un conjunto de artículos inicialmente como ponencias en el Seminario Diálogo sobre Comunicación para el Desarrollo concebido como un espacio de reflexión, balance crítico e identificación de desafíos sobre el camino recorrido por la Especialidad a lo largo de casi dos décadas en la f...
Das Theater der Unterdrückten und Vergangenheitsaufarbeitung in Afghanistan: kollektive Ermächtigung und neue Dependenzen
Peripherie, volume 37, issue 1 (2017), pp. 52-75
CC BY-SA
"Seit März 2007 organisieren lokale und internationale Aktivist*innen in verschiedenen Teilen Afghanistans beinah täglich Aktivitäten mit den unterschiedlichen Techniken des Theaters der Unterdrückten (TdU) des Brasilianers Augusto Boal (1931-2009) sowie anderen emanzipatorischen Theatermethoden...
Communicating development with communities
London, New York:
Routledge
(2017), xii, 165 pp., index
ISBN 9781138746046 (pbk); 9781138745995 (hbk); 9781315180526 (ebook)
"Building on the work of Robert Chambers and Arturo Escobar, 'Communicating development with communities' is an empirically grounded critical reflection on how the development industry defines, imagines and constructs development at the implementation level. Unpacking the dominant syntax in the theo...
Malaria social and behavior change communication evidence literature review
Baltimore, Maryland:
Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs; Health Communication Capacity Collaborative
(2017), 36 pp.
"There is a strong evidence base showing that SBCC programs can help improve malaria prevention and treatment behaviors. However, more work needs to be done to ensure that best practices are documented and used consistently. The review provides recommendations for strengthening peer-reviewed researc...
The people in the pictures: vital perspectives on Save the Children’s image making. A research project to understand how contributors and their communities experience and perceive Save the Children’s communications and its image-making process
Save the Children
(2017), xi, 81 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.73-74
"Debates about the visual representations of global poverty have been going on for many years, yet the experiences and views of those featured have been notably absent. 'The People in the Pictures' addresses that gap. Save the Children commissioned research in the UK, Jordan, Bangladesh and Niger, t...
Video ethnography in practice: planning, shooting, and editing for social analysis
Los Angeles:
Sage
(2017), xix, 139 pp., illustr., index
ISBN 978-1-4833-7721-6 (pbk)
"Video Ethnography in Practice is a brief guide for students in the social disciplines who are required to produce an ethnographic video, the most significant new methodological technique in 21st century social analysis. The authors, both accomplished videographers, cover the basic techniques of cre...
Digital tools and changing behaviour in relation to violence against women
Birmingham:
GSDRC University of Birmingham
(2017), 23 pp.
"Campaigns are likely to be more successful when they include messages about legal penalties for non-compliant behaviour and fresh information, and when they reach a large proportion of the intended audience. Digital campaigns must therefore work alongside laws and policies. Legislation can be a key...
Slums on screen: world cinema and the planet of slums
Edinburgh:
Edinburgh University Press
(2016), ix, 283 pp., illustr., bibliogr. p.263-277
ISBN 978-1-4744-0687-1 (online); 978-1-4744-0686-4 (print); 978-1-4744-0687-1 (print)
Other Editions: Doctoral thesis, Universität Mannheim, 2013
"Combining approaches from the social sciences and the humanities, the book provides an interdisciplinary perspective while outlining a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, Elendsviertel, gecekondu, barrios populares or chawls of our diverse '...
Hotline development support
International Association of Internet Hotlines (INHOPE)
(2016), 15 pp.
"This online guide is designed to: inform a wide range of organisations about Internet hotlines and their essential role in forming a comprehensive national response to online child sexual exploitation and abuse ... ; advise organisations that are considering or are already planning to set up an Int...
Video making for all: a toolkit for making videos that include persons with disabilities
CBM International; End the Cycle; UNICEF Australia
(2016), 19 pp.
Other Editions: also published in Arabic, French and Spanish
"Videos have been used to successfully raise awareness on disability inclusion in many contexts. They can play a powerful role in helping transform negative attitudes that prevent the full and equal participation of persons with disabilities. Producing a video - even a short one - has many component...
Effectiveness of behaviour change communication (BCC) interventions in delivering health messages on antenatal care for improving maternal and child health (MCH) indicators in a limited literacy setting: an evidence summary of systematic reviews
London:
Department for International Development (DFID)
(2016), 45 pp.
Critiquing participatory video: experiences from around the world
Area, volume 48, issue 4 (2016), pp. 401-451
"Over the past decade there has been a growing interest in participatory video, but accounts have often been celebratory and uncritical. At the same time there has been an ever-increasing multiplicity of interpretations, thus making participatory video seem ‘nebulous’ and ‘perplexing’. This ...
Best laid plans: cultural entropy and the unraveling of AIDS media campaigns
Chicago; London:
University of Chicago Press
(2016), 257 pp.;, illustr., index, bibliogr. p.237-251
ISBN 978-0-226-38215-9
"Organizations strive to persuade the public to change beliefs or behavior through expensive media campaigns. Designers painstakingly craft resonant and culturally sensitive messaging that will motivate people to buy a product or take active steps to improve their health. But once these campaigns le...
Storytelling handbook: the basics of storytelling
Smithsonian Institution; Museweb Foundation
(2016), 13 pp.
"This handbook will guide you in telling the stories of your community. This handbook is full of information about the basics of storytelling. Rules, story structure, and three important elements of a story that keep the narrative moving." (p.2)
Guidelines for quality assurance and accreditation of MOOCs
Burnaby:
Commonwealth of Learning (COL)
(2016), v, 27 pp.
ISBN 978-1-894975-82-7
CC BY-SA
"Two main factors influence how we might assess the quality of a massive open online course (MOOC): purpose and perspective. By purpose we mean the reason(s) the MOOC has been developed and facilitated. By perspective we mean who is measuring the quality. These two factors are intrinsically linked. ...
Disaster risk reduction information kit for media
Vientiane Capital (LA):
Department of Disaster Management and Climate Change (DDMCC)
(2016), 61 pp.
"The media can make a real difference in the way people think about and act on disasters. Reporters, commentators, editors, broadcasters, and all members of the media can do more than just inform and raise awareness about disasters. By exploring the root causes of disasters and their social dimensio...
Book donation programmes for Africa: time for a reappraisal? Part II: Le don de livre, mais à quel prix, et en échange de quoi? Un regard sur le don de livre en Afrique francophone
African research & documentation, volume , issue 127 (2015), 76 pp.
"Dans cet article, je réfléchis à la relation entre don et marché éditorial en Afrique francophone ainsi qu’à son évolution. Comme je l’observe, l’intensification du don et la diffusion de l’idée qu’il n’y a pas de livres en Afrique coïncide avec l’essor de ce que l’on appel...
Decolonizing communication for social change: a culture-centered approach
Communication theory, volume 25, issue 2 (2015), pp. 123-143
"The role of communication in planned social change is portrayed as a linear conduit for inducing pro-development behavior change in the "undeveloped" world. Later versions of social change communication started incorporating culture and participation into multicultural participatory development pro...
The new boots on the ground: NGOs in the changing landscape of international news
Journalism, volume 17, issue 4 (2015), pp. 401-416
"This article explores the role that nongovernmental organizations play in the changing landscape of international news. Drawing on archival analysis and 65 interviews with nongovernmental organization professionals, it examines the resource commitments and values guiding research at leading humanit...
Participatory visual research with subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea
Development in practice, volume 25, issue 7 (2015), pp. 997-1010
"This article discusses the trial of visual research methods in a socio-economic research and development project with women subsistence farmers and their families in two regions of Papua New Guinea. It reports on the benefits and challenges of three visual research methods (drawing, participatory p...
