You (They) wanted an aid industry – you (they) got posh white blokes
In a detailed and well written piece for opendemocracy, Guppi Bola reflects ‘On posh white blokes’ and her discussion she had with Ben Phillips, the original writer on ‘Posh white blokes-holding back...
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Hello all,My own reflections on 'posh white blokes' in development kick off this week's review. But there is more, of course: On inequality & the World Bank, the new modern slavery index, slow...
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Popular Representations of Development (book recommendation)
David Lewis, Dennis Rodgers & Michael Woolcock recently contributed a piece to the Guardian on Why dry academic journals are not the only source on development.Their reflections are part of a...
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Hello all,As we are approaching the 100th link review we have another great week with great pieces written by some great friends!This week features IDS' new digital repository; a new report violence...
View ArticleLinks & Contents I Liked 98
Hello all,A busy week with a full plate of interesting links!New literature on conflict prevention and ICT and the limitations of 'trickling down/up' accountability through technology; more on ICT...
View ArticleA few reflections on the ‘blended professor’ of the future
This post is based on my first six months of working and teaching at Malmö University in Sweden. Even though I do not want to and cannot claim universal application of the emergence of the ‘blended...
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Hello all,After a stimulating seminar with students and colleagues in Berlin the weekly link review is back! To make up for the short hiatus there are a few more recommended reading included this...
View Article9 post-Haiyan articles that are relevant for every disaster
I have not included posts about the typhoon Haiyan response in my regular weekly link review, but I have come across quite a few posts that are not only worth sharing, but also worth curating and...
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100 weekly link reviews later: Why I still like curating #globaldev content
It is a nice coincidence that my 100th weekly development link review and a surprisingly widely shared curated link post on 9 post-Haiyan articles (which has grown to 11 links by now) have been...
View ArticleLinks & Contents I Liked 100 (!)
Dear all,Welcome to the centennial weekly blog review!In addition to a special post on curating development content (see below) there is a great link review featuring all the topics you like to engage...
View ArticleReader question 02: Mindful aidwork & acid tests for participatory development
It is always great to engage with reader's reflections on development's conundrums, challenges and paradoxes. In my first post the question was about Eradicating poverty with a PhD and/or UN job. This...
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Dear all,Apologies for the slight delay of this week's link review which coincided with U.S. Thanksgiving and a lot of work in Sweden. e.g. my lecture on organizational ethnography in development...
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The Ironic Spectator (book review)
I noticed that my reading habits are changing as I am becoming more immersed in academic teaching, course planning and advising MA students on a variety of assignments for our Communication for...
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Hello all,This week's review has a first focus on peace-related issues from new open access publication to peace journalism and machine learning for conflict prevention; more news on radio and from...
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Dear all,I totally forgot to celebrate blog post #250 last week! But in fact my book review of Chouliaraki's 'Ironic Spectator' marked yet another blogging anniversary this year. Yeah!This week's...
View ArticleIs there any use of LinkedIn for development professionals?
When it comes to the meta-level of LinkedIn networking discourse analysis Ann Friedman’s recent essay ‘All LinkedIn with Nowhere to Go’ from The Baffler pretty much nails the issue: The networking site...
View ArticleMy development blogging review 2013
It is a bit hard to believe that this is already my third annual personal development blogging review after 2012 and 2011! As difficult as it is to come up with a ‘theme’ or ‘trend’ for an entire year...
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Dear all,Welcome to the final edition of my link review for 2013!I was busy finalizing my annual end of year development blogging review (see below), but now it's time for some links, things and...
View ArticleSIDA/ComDev seminar 'Communication for development and social change in a new...
Aidnography is back from the holidays and wishes his readers a very happy and successful 2014!Together with my colleague Oscar Hemer I will be in Stockholm next week for a couple of meetings and...
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Hi all, Happy New Year and welcome back to Aidnography! I just returned from the official Popular Representations of Developmentbook launch in London-and I will be in another European capital next week...
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