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Unpacking Development
Unpacking Development is the podcast for anyone navigating the international development industry and its jargon. Each week, we unpack the history, use, and meaning of a key concept in development. We talk to folks in the industry who help us interrogate our language, diving into the good, bad and ugly of terms like “beneficiary”, “the field”, and “gender mainstreaming”. After all of our unpacking is done, we reflect on why it matters and where we go from here…
Unpacking Development
"The Field"
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Daniel Plaut & Courtney Tolmie
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Season 1
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Episode 4
This week on Unpacking Development, we talk about “The Field!”
Tune in to listen to us and our friend Dr. Mohamed Yunus Rafiq (from the New York University in Shanghai) discuss this ubiquitous bit of development jargon, and try to answer questions like: Where exactly is "The Field"? Where does the term come from? What sort of power dynamics does it reinforce?
