Participatory Community Development and Reflective Social Practice

The 3-day process will provide an opportunity for citizens and practitioners involved in social and ecological change to reflect and deepen their own practice, while also learning and dialoguing around two key frameworks.

The first is the participatory ‘method framework’ of development practices (see Kelly & Westoby, Participatory Development Practice, Practical Action Press, 2018). It's a true and tried participatory methodology and participants will finish the process with a clear 'method framework' for their community development thinking and practice. Community Praxis Co-op has run this process many many times all over Australia and other parts of the world.

From this first framework we will specifically:

• Examine the role of ‘community’ in ‘development’ within contemporary society, and cross-inter-cultural-cultural contexts;

• Learn the how-to of relational practice - establishing a developmental relationship, and practising key principles such as: see what the people see; see how we as practitioners see; connecting and dialogue, working with key…