Posted on May 8, 2008 by Eva Schiffer
Sounds great. But how do you do it? How can we as researchers for development do projects that have an impact on governance in the countries we work in? Or, is there a problem in this question already, as it sounds like: First we do research, then we go and have an impact.
Should the question [...]
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Posted on March 6, 2008 by Eva Schiffer
When I ask: “Who can influence this-and-that?” as a first step in a Net-Map exercise, it depends very much on the “this-and-that”, on the context and on the interviewees, whether they will come up with a lot of
organisations (Ministry of XY, NGOs, women’s groups, etc.) or
groups of people who do similar things or have similar [...]
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Posted on March 3, 2008 by Eva Schiffer
Evans Omari sent me a comment (see “about” section), asking how Net-Map could be used in “capacity development for local governance in a post-conflict transitional support situation”. While I don’t know the particulars of this specific case, I can think of two possible lines of application.
As tool to understand the conflict and facilitate the re-conciliation [...]
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Posted on January 28, 2008 by Eva Schiffer
“You can use Net-Map to get a better understanding of and maybe even negotiate positions in conflicts.” That’s something I would say in a talk… and be delighted to discuss afterwards, what the potentials and limitations of this method are. People who work with violent conflicts have warned me - and rightfully so - that [...]
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