When we insist on shared values and universal human experiences, we erase these productive differences and cripple the potential for equitable collaboration.
Tag: development
Dieynabou Barry
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Functional Anarchy
I not only survived the functional anarchy in India, but embraced it. The beauty of India is that things always find a way of working out even when it seems impossible.
Dieynabou Barry
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
You can’t have a rainbow without a little rain
I recognized that I will always have to work to gain people’s trust and sometimes it won’t feel good. It will require me to reflect deeply, un-learn to re-learn, and be wholly uncomfortable.
Dieynabou Barry
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India, students
Traveling while Black: India
Being a black woman has proved to be a roadblock when conducting research in India.
Ben Siegelman
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
conservation, Duke Marine Lab, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, marine studies, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
Gleaning from the Gleaners
How do you learn from those with whom you can’t communicate? This question has posed a methodological and ethical quandary as I work on community-based mangrove restoration with Marine Conservation Philippines. My research explores localContinue reading
Dieynabou Barry
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India
Sit Down. Be Humble.
Ever sit in class or in a meeting and ask yourself,Continue reading
Ben Siegelman
conservation, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
conservation, environmental economics, environmental policy, forests, internships, Monitoring for Community Engagement in Filipino Mangrove Restoration, students, sustainability, travel
Questioning Our Roots
“Hi Joe!” I hear this cheery call often while doing community-based conservation in the Philippines. Filipinos frequently call foreigners “Joe.” It’s a rich, if casual, reference to the military nature of U.S.-Filipino relations: “Joe” derivesContinue reading
Dieynabou Barry
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India
internships, Rediscovering Development: Addressing the Needs of the Rural Poor in India
Finally!!!
When traveling, when do you first interact with the culture of the place you are visiting? For me, it’s always on the plane ride. This is where you sit near a person returning back home,Continue reading
Conservation or photo op?
Earlier this month Thailand named two new Ramsar sites. One of these sites — the Koh Phra Thong and Koh Ra Archipelago — is just a few miles from the Andaman Discoveries office. AD conductsContinue reading
Anna Flam
Ecotourism Sustainability in Phang Nga, Thailand, internships, students, sustainability, travel
Ecotourism Sustainability in Phang Nga, Thailand, internships, students, sustainability, travel
Ecotourism: Green or Opaque?
It’s Thursday, and the color of the day is green, so I thought I would write a bit more on ecotourism — my focus for the summer. Yingluck Shinawatra, the Prime Minister of Thailand, isContinue reading