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Entebbe Local Leadership training workshop
Practical training in ethnographic methods excites APPP Local Leadership researchers
Researchers attending a research methods training in Entebbe, Uganda, expressed satisfaction at how ethnography can generate more surprising, more non-obvious, results than some traditional research methods, especially the frequently used PRAs.
The training hosted by the Africa Power and Politics Programme (APPP) was aimed at equipping researchers from a number of countries with more knowledge and expertise about several fieldwork methods. It was organized in preparation for the second phase of the Local Governance and Leadership stream of research, one of the several streams under the APPP that are attempting to identify governance strategies that work better for the poor.
One of the highlights of the training was a field exercise at Abayita Ababiri market, located about six kilometers from the training venue. The researchers were surprised to discover that they could be in one location observing the natural unfolding of events for a few hours, and yet come up with a variety of important insights into social life of the place. This, according to some of them, is the beauty of ethnography.
Said Ms Olga Mugerwa, a Programme Manager at Development Research and Training (DRT), a partner organization in Uganda: “The unique approach that ethnographic research takes is remarkable. I’ve been more used to an analytical approach to research as opposed to detailing what one sees, hears and observes, over a period of time – participant observation”.
“The main key issue that I learnt is that observation is a key tool in ethnographic research, and is carried out for a long period of time in communities”, echoed Bosco Mubiru, also from Uganda.Others expressed appreciation of the training opportunity in general, and the chance to meet and share experiences from across the countries in which the research is being undertaken.
“Meeting different people from different countries and cultures especially different experiences was very important”, said Jean-Claude Mugunga, a researcher from Rwanda. “I was amazed by the APPP’s unique message of ‘working with the grain’, which is very important and new to me”, he added.
For others, the training had done more than strengthen their professional capacity. “Getting new knowledge for my career, relating with other nations and making new friends. It has really been an adventure”, was the comment of Everness Zuze, a participant from Malawi.
By Bernard Sabiti
Date/heure: 3 to 7 May 2010
lieu: Entebbe,Uganda
Documents à télécharger
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APPP Working Paper 13, Towards a theory of local governance and public goods' provision in sub-Saharan Africa, David Booth, Aug 2010 Eng en savoir plus |
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