Week 6


Activity

Who's in the community? - Returning to Kununurra

It might be timely to revisit the Kununurra case study and see again how the community there was constituted.

Resources

  • Royce P. (in press) Using a community approach to foster effective biosecurity
    practices across social borders In: Falk I, Ndoen ML and Wallace R (eds) Managing
    biosecurity across borders    , pp 103-120, Springer.

Activity

Who's in the community? - Rural appraisal tools

Aslin and Brown (2004) provide a starting point for reading about these tools.
Refer to pp46-47, which describes and positions stakeholder analysis within an engagement process.

1. Now use the index to learn more about "participatory rural appraisal" and the related method of "rapid rural appraisal".

2. Develop your own definition and description of these tools and when they should be applied.

3. What other tools do they identify as potentially useful for defining and identifying community members/groups with whom to engage?

4. What practicalities would need to be resolved for you to use this tool
in your practice?


Resources

Aslin H.J. and Brown V.A. (2004) Towards whole of community engagement: A
practical toolkit Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra.
Accessed in July 2010.

Activity

Communication networks in rural communities and PRA

Alsin and Brown (2004) refer to a work by Ramirez (1997). This article revisits some of the issues raised by Royce (2008), a reading earlier in semester.

Roles for government and other agency workers are recommended, and methods for community mapping and consultation are mapped out.

1. What/Who are the primary sources of new information for farmers in this study?

2. What methods were used to investigate farmers networks, attitudes and perceptions?

3. Can you see value in these methods to your practice?

 

 

Resources