{"id":105,"date":"2024-10-09T19:27:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T19:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/?p=105"},"modified":"2024-11-27T17:54:30","modified_gmt":"2024-11-27T17:54:30","slug":"how-can-devcom-students-develop-the-necessary-criticality-in-order-to-become-good-practitioners-in-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/2024\/10\/09\/how-can-devcom-students-develop-the-necessary-criticality-in-order-to-become-good-practitioners-in-the-field\/","title":{"rendered":"How can DevCom students develop \u201cthe necessary criticality\u201d in order to become &#8216;good&#8217; practitioners in the field?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<figure id=\"attachment_117\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-117\" style=\"width: 399px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-117\" src=\"http:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-08-at-9.46.01-AM-300x187.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"399\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-08-at-9.46.01-AM-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-08-at-9.46.01-AM-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-08-at-9.46.01-AM-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-08-at-9.46.01-AM-359x224.png 359w, https:\/\/wpmu.mau.se\/msm24group7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/102\/2024\/10\/Screen-Shot-2024-10-08-at-9.46.01-AM.png 1498w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-117\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Charlie&#8217;s Travels. (2023). Escape from white saviour syndrome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Gina Geoghegan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finding any recent academic literature today that does not fundamentally challenge traditional approaches to Communication for Development seems almost impossible. Within a sector desperately needing a makeover, themes such as Localisation and Decolonisation provide a revitalising lift, and at first glance, you could be fooled to think that Development now has all the tools with which to dismantle the Master\u2019s House (Lorde, A.,1984).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, this is far from the case. Development as a sector still fundamentally relies on Western neoliberal capitalist (colonial) models of progress and paternalistic aid structures, which cannot and have not effectively addressed the complex issues they seek to solve. (McNair, 2024, pp. 11\u201319).\u00a0 So where is it all going wrong and how can we <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">decolonise<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Development and become \u201cconstructively complicit\u201d (The Development Hub, May 2024).\u00a0 According to Allan Moolman, the head of partnerships for Oxfam UK, it begins with the individual;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c\u2026 probably the biggest challenge [for the] development [sector is] our role in maintaining the colony, and so the starting point for me is to build a deep reflective and reflexive practice that constantly asks whether I am creating new forms of distorted hierarchical power or whether my actions are actually leading to an expansion and a sharing and a remodelling of power that allows us to see the world in a different way\u2026\u201d (The Development Hub, 17 Jan 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For Moolman, decoloniality is a way of being. Once properly examined in oneself only then can it \u201ccascade\u201d\u00a0 (The Development Hub, 17 Jan 2024) outwards. So, how can we foster a culture of reflection and reflexivity within the Development sector to challenge ingrained assumptions and create more equitable, practical approaches to global challenges? How can we become \u201cconstructively complicit<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> so that we can \u201c be attentive to the way that power operates within your community, within your team, and how that\u2026 impact[s] the work that you do in the processes and the outcome. And I think when you get to a point when you are critically self-reflective, and you are aware of these different biases, and you are aware of power differentials, that then calls for an opportunity to think, okay, well, where can I cede power?\u201d (The Development Hub, 2024).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For me, it must begin before we enter the workforce; we have to start this practice at university or earlier. To truly unshackle itself from its paternalistic colonial past, Development studies must allow students to look inward and challenge their own internalised racial biases in a safe space.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">However, transformation requires time and patience, resources that can be scarce when working as a practitioner (with demands such as deadlines or deliverables) but could be found in bounty at universities and colleges. Institutions would also be able to give adequate supervision and support whilst the students learn these reflective processes or \u201cconfessionary practices\u201d, allowing for an enhanced outcome as the learning has taken place in a safe space and within a group, enabling them to \u00a0(Reid, H.L. 2016).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There are many examples of businesses that promote this kind of facilitated learning for the development sector, for example the newly established <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.designforsocialimpact.io\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Design for Social Impact<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (DfSI) \u201coffer an applied, online service design education program to empower individuals and organisations from all walks of life. Our courses are tailored to equip learners with the skills, knowledge, and mindset needed to create equity-centred social impact solutions that truly make a difference.\u201d (https:\/\/www.designforsocialimpact.io\/, 2024). These kinds of courses could be introduced as part of a BA or MA to actively engage students in ongoing and open discussions with peers and teachers. Practising personal reflection whilst studying could be crucial in transforming individual behaviour and tackling the broader systemic inequalities in the development and aid sectors. Understanding that this form of practice cannot be learnt in isolation is also a way of breaking through the neoliberal headlock which encourages individualism over community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cultivating these skills should be a core element of any development studies curriculum, equipping future professionals with the tools to foster a more innovative, effective, and just approach to Development. Then maybe we will be able to move beyond the page and build something radical, dignified and sustainable.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This kind of introspection is, according to Mahrukh &#8216;Maya&#8217; Hasan, (Founder and Director of Azura Labs), essential for meaningful transformation in both personal and organisational contexts \u201d (ReThinking Development, 2021) because \u201cIt\u2019s not a question of are we racist? It is how racist are we?\u201d (ReThinking Development, 2021).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">References-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bendix, D., M\u00fcller, F., &amp; Ziai, A. (Eds.). (2020). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Beyond the master&#8217;s tools? Decolonizing knowledge orders, research methods and teaching<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Rowman &amp; Littlefield. Lanham, Boulder, New York, London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bhambra, G. K., Gebrial, D., &amp; Ni\u015fanc\u0131o\u011flu, K. (Eds.). (2018). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decolonising the university<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Pluto Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cornwall, A. (2007). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Buzzwords and fuzzwords: Deconstructing development discourse. Development in Practice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 17(4-5), pp. 471\u2013484. Taylor &amp; Francis, Ltd., on behalf of Oxfam GB<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Geertz, C. (1973). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toward an interpretive theory of culture. In The interpretation of cultures<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Selected essays (pp. 3\u201330). Basic Books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kothari, U., Melber, H., Camfield, L., &amp; Biekart, K. (Eds.) (2023). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Challenging Global Development: Towards Decoloniality and Justice<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. (EADI Global Development Series). Palgrave Macmillan. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-30308-1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-031-30308-1<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lorde, A. (1984). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The master&#8217;s tools will never dismantle the master&#8217;s house<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (pp. 110-113).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0Crossing Press<\/span><\/p>\n<p>McNair. (2024).\u00a0<em>How circular cooperation puts reciprocity at the heart of a new Africa-Europe relationship.<\/em>\u00a0In\u00a0<em>Why Europe needs Africa<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 11\u201319). Retrieved from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/eurasia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/McNair-Why-Europe-Needs-Africa-2024.pdf\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eurasia.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/McNair-Why-Europe-Needs-Africa-2024.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">McCleary-Gaddy, A.T., Smith, C.C. &amp; Davis, J. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A Call to Action: Six Anti-Black Racism Topics Practitioners Encourage Researchers to Investigate<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">J Bus Psychol<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> 38, 135\u2013144 (2023). <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10869-022-09839-7\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10869-022-09839-7<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Melber, H., Kothari, U., Camfield, L., &amp; Biekart, K. (Eds.). (2024). <em>Challenging global development: Towards decoloniality and justice.<\/em> Palgrave Macmillan.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Reid, H.L. (2016) Introduction to Career Counselling &amp; Coaching. London: Sage, pp.241-259.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rethinking Development Podcast, September (2021). Noaman and Safa: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decolonialism is not a metaphor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, [Audio podcast episode]. In Rethinking Development. Rethinking Development Podcast. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethinkingdevelopmentpodcast.com\/listen\/episode-5-1-decolonization-is-not-a-metaphor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.rethinkingdevelopmentpodcast.com\/listen\/episode-5-1-decolonization-is-not-a-metaphor<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rethinking Development Podcast. (2021). Mahrukh: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On confronting biases and decolonizing aid<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [Audio podcast episode]. In Rethinking Development. Rethinking Development Podcast. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rethinkingdevelopment.org\/podcast\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.rethinkingdevelopment.org\/podcast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schwittay, A. (2024). <em>University work experiences in international development: Expanding locations, spaces and pathways.<\/em> Progress in Development Studies, <em>24<\/em>(3), 252-267, SAGE Publications<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Development Hub. (January 17, 2024). Allan Moolman: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decoloniality as a way of being, and why language matters<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 [Video]. YouTube.The Development Hub Podcast. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nkwipyrvo_w\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Nkwipyrvo_w<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Development Hub. (May 22, 2024). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jess Oddy:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Co-design, care and solidarity in social impact research projects<\/span><\/i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0[Video]. YouTube.The Development Hub Podcast. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=62kH1QlWFV0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Development Hub.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(September, 2023). Jonathan Glennie: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Circular cooperation, dignity, and listening: Reframing international aid<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> [Audio podcast episode]. In <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Development Hub<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Buzzsprout.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2127169\/episodes\/14990822-circular-cooperation-dignity-and-listening-reframing-international-aid-jonathan-glennie-interviewed\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2127169\/episodes\/14990822-circular-cooperation-dignity-and-listening-reframing-international-aid-jonathan-glennie-interviewed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tuck, E., &amp; Yang, K. W. (2012). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Decolonization is not a metaphor.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education &amp; Society, 1(1), 1\u201340.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Image from: https:\/\/charlies-travels.com\/en\/escape-from-white-savior-syndrome\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 By Gina Geoghegan Finding any recent academic literature today that does not fundamentally challenge traditional approaches to Communication for Development seems almost impossible. 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