Listening to People on the Receiving End of Aid
I am thrilled to cross-post a briefing from an important series on the work and findings of the Listening Project, which began today at the Harvard Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations’...
View ArticleThe Arts of Survival
Quilts from the famous quilt-making region of Sindh province in Pakistan. In the camps set up following the floods in 2010, women turned their master needlework skills into a source of income,...
View ArticleThe Value of Feasting
When Carol arrived to the village in rural Indonesia to begin her anthropological dissertation research, she was shocked at the frequency of “feasts” that took place in the village. This was not a...
View ArticleDevelopment Work: A Labor of Love…and Paradox
We are celebrating Labor Day today in the United States, a day dedicated to the social and economic achievements of the everyday efforts of American workers. What better day to share my thoughts on a...
View Article#ICYMI: “Farms, Fish Banks, and an Iron Roof” on The Moth
All of the storytellers in this hour of one of my favorite podcasts, The Moth, are New Voices Fellows from the Aspen Institute. I had the pleasure of hearing these stories when they were recorded in...
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