Culture & Development - Context Matters!

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International development tries to implement standardised approaches consistently across geographic and cultural boundaries...but context matters! Cultural practice and social norms have a profound effect on everyday experience and how development is perceived and received. In this series Planetworka explores how culture influences practice, and implications for international development. planetworka.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 2 Mekong Ethnic Minorities - Vietnam

    01/01/2024

    2 Mekong Ethnic Minorities - Vietnam

    Ethnic minorities in Vietnam remain marginalised from the mainstream society and its economic benefits. Despite political overtures by the Vietnamese Government to improve their situation the relationship reamins fraught. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit planetworka.substack.com

    19 min
  2. 1 Mekong Ethnic Minorities - Introduction

    01/01/2024

    1 Mekong Ethnic Minorities - Introduction

    Given the centrality of ethnicity to the contexts in Laos and Vietnam, and the reality of poverty located in ethnic minority communities, this sub-series of four podcasts provides a short analysis of advocacy in the context of ethnic minorities in the Mekong sub-region, and the political and cultural context in Vietnam and Laos as it has developed in recent history and the implications of this for advocacy. The cultural analysis takes into account the influences of history, ethnicity, and political conflict on the prevailing political culture. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit planetworka.substack.com

    7 min
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International development tries to implement standardised approaches consistently across geographic and cultural boundaries...but context matters! Cultural practice and social norms have a profound effect on everyday experience and how development is perceived and received. In this series Planetworka explores how culture influences practice, and implications for international development. planetworka.substack.com

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