Method and Analysis in Participatory Community Development
Thu, 28 Apr
|Camellia Centre for Reflective Practice
The 2-day process will introduce practitioners to the ‘method framework’ of implicate, micro, mezzo, macro and meta-levels of development practices. Participants will finish the workshop with a clear 'method framework' for their community development thinking and practice.


Time & Location
28 Apr 2022, 9:30 am – 29 Apr 2022, 4:00 pm
Camellia Centre for Reflective Practice, Maleny
About the event
The 2-day process will introduce practitioners to the ‘method framework’ of implicate, micro, mezzo, macro and meta-levels of development practices (see Kelly & Westoby, Participatory Development Practice, Practical Action Press, 2018). It's a true and tired methodology and participants will finish the workshop 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 Queensland and other parts of the world.
We will specifically:
• Examine the role of ‘community’ in ‘development’ within contemporary society;
• Learn the how-to of micro-level practice - establishing a developmental relationship, and practising key principles such as:
- see what the people see; see how we see; connecting and dialogue, working with key joining words in dialogue
• Learn the how to of mezzo-level practices – establishing and supporting participatory action groups and practising key principles such as: