This article is maintained in the office of the Agricultural Communications Program, University of Illinois > "International" section > "Philippines CARD Group" file folder., Summarizes findings of a case study about effectiveness of news and information posted regularly on chalkboards located in several Philippine villages. The enterprise involved local volunteer staffing.
Fusell, D. (author), Haaland, A. (author), Bhattarai, N. (author), Rayamajhi, S. (author), Bhattarai, T. (author), Kharel, P. (author), Dhungana, K. (author), and Subba, C. (author)
Format:
Booklet
Publication Date:
1975
Published:
Nepal
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 196 Document Number: D08075
Notes:
John L. Woods Collection, Report of research among rural residents in Nepal. , joint project of UNICEF and the National Development Service. 21 pages.
Manheim, Jarol B. (author), Pratt, Comelius B. (author), and Pratt: Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; Manheim: Professor of Political Science and Communication and Director of the Political Communications Program, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA: New York : Oxford University Press.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05555
22 pages, via online journal, Past explanations of why rural people respond as they do to external development interventions have emphasized the role of key limiting factors or critical characteristics (wealth, education, land tenure, etc.) which are thought to influence peoples' behavior in predictable ways. Efforts to promote tree planting and soil conservation in eight neighboring villages in the Philippines revealed that variation in participation did not reflect clear patterns based on existing household or village characteristics. Instead, specific responses to interventions reflected a complex, but interpretable interaction between existing socio-economic factors and historic trends or events. Characteristics like the degree of local knowledge, security of land tenure and community cohesion affected peoples' participation, in general, but their specific influence was neither predictable nor consistent between, and even within, individual villages. An appreciation of the specific historic context was often sufficient to explain these variations. The following historic trends and events were found to have important consequences for peoples' participation: migration and settlement history; family and group lineages; history of socio-political organization and conflict; history of physical isolation; labor history; economic–ecological history; environmental history; and past exposure to development agents. The paper concludes with a preliminary checklist of questions intended to assist researchers and development agents to discover relevant and interesting historical information about rural villages.
Case study of an internationally-finded campesino radio station and cultural negotiation in which local interests engage with - and transform - donor-funded content aimed at the local community.
