Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg

How to find out what people in rural communities really need (with Robert Chambers)

Nov 23, 2022

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Episode notes

Introduction

2min

The Role of RRA in the Development of Rural Appraisals

4min

The Rapid Rural Appraisal Method

1min

Semi-Structured Interviews With Social Anthropologists

2min

The Importance of Questionnaire Surveys in Social Anthropology

2min

The Importance of Recognizing Biases

2min

The Importance of Being an Exploratory

2min

The Importance of Curiosity in Field Work

2min

The Relationship Between Gender and Personality

2min

10.

The Bad Outcomes of Questionnaire Surveys

3min

11.

The Power of Questionnaires

3min

12.

The Importance of Being Able to See What's Being Said

2min

13.

Participatory Rural Appraisal

3min

14.

The Importance of Participatory Mapping

3min

15.

How to Build Trust With Participants

2min

16.

The Power of Matrix Scoring in Rural Areas

2min

17.

How to Score Different Indicators in Your Life

2min

18.

The Importance of Answering Open-Ended Questions

2min

19.

The Positives and Negatives of Development

2min

20.

The Importance of Recognizing Biases

5min

21.

The Importance of Start, Stumble and Self-Correct

2min

22.

The Importance of Learning Continuously

3min

23.

How to Predict What People Say in Twitter Polls

3min

Read the full transcript here.

What is the field of development? What are the differences between rapid and participatory rural appraisal? Under what conditions should qualitative surveys be preferred over quantitative and vice versa? What is participatory mapping? How has the field of development changed over the last few decades? Why do people get taller when sanitation improves?

Robert Chambers is a British academic and development practitioner. He spent his academic career at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. In 2013, he became an honorary fellow of the International Institute of Social Studies. He has been one of the leading advocates for putting the poor, destitute, and marginalized at the center of the processes of development policy since the 1980s. Learn more about him here.

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