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Reconceptualising Communication for Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Field
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Reconceptualising Communication for Development: A Critical Appraisal of the Field

A special issue of Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2024) | Viewed by 2735

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Valentina Baú

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Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia
Interests: communication for development; development communication; communication for social change; peace communication; humanitarian communication; community development

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Over the past two decades, Communication for Development (C4D) has undergone both an evolution and a revolution in its approaches and methods. This has led to the growth of a distinctive and, at the same time, diverse field of work. First, this field has established itself both as a notable academic discipline and as a conceptual framework for rethinking participation and inclusion in development. Second, on-the-ground application has extended and expanded into multiple sub-realms, which have seen the institutionalisation of different areas of practice.

This Special Issue aims to critically review the reconceptualisation of C4D that has progressively occurred, from which an interesting and, at times, contested landscape has now emerged. This will be achieved through the presentation of a range of scholarly and practical perspectives, which provide a comprehensive account of what is favoured in the field today. We welcome contributions that present theoretical reviews, case study analyses, field-based research, new frameworks, analytical techniques, and methodological approaches in areas that include, but are not exclusive to, communication for social change, behaviour change communication, rural communication, communication for peace, participatory communication, indigenous voices, climate change communication, communication in protracted emergencies, and media development.

Dr. Valentina Baú
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • communication for development
  • development communication
  • communication for social change
  • participatory communication
  • sustainable development
  • community development

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Unlearning Communication for Social Change—A Pedagogical Proposition
by Thomas Tufte
Soc. Sci. 2024, 13(7), 335; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13070335 - 25 Jun 2024
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We have in recent years seen growing calls for pedagogies for social change amongst communication and development scholars, identifying resistances, critiques, and emerging practices in the field. This review article addresses this ‘pedagogical turn’, suggesting that it is in these pedagogies we can [...] Read more.
We have in recent years seen growing calls for pedagogies for social change amongst communication and development scholars, identifying resistances, critiques, and emerging practices in the field. This review article addresses this ‘pedagogical turn’, suggesting that it is in these pedagogies we can see the pathways to unlearn and relearn communication for social change. Offering a decolonial analytical lens, this article asks two questions: What characterizes these critical pedagogies? And how can the various pedagogies contribute to unlearning and relearning the field of communication and social change? This article is structured in five parts, first offering a review of key critiques articulated within the field of communication and social development in the past two decades, arguing that, in practice, what we are seeing is the organic development of a pluriverse of knowledges, values, and visions of society. Secondly, it proposes the decolonial term of ‘unlearning’ as a pedagogical pathway and epistemological ambition for the production and recognition of a pluriverse of knowledges, thereby challenging dominant perceptions of society and social change. Thirdly, it introduces a model of analysis which structures ways whereby we can think about monocultures and ecologies in relation to a range of dimensions of the pluriverse. Fourthly, it reviews key critical pedagogies, discussing how they address epistemic injustice both in broader societal contexts as well as in the university space. This article concludes by discussing how the process of unlearning through critical pedagogies has implications for the configuration and definition of the field of communication and social change, suggesting three areas for further research: ways of seeing (positionality), new subject positions (relationality), and new design processes (transition). Full article
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Communication for Development: Conceptualising Changes in Communication and Inclusive Rural Transformation in the Context of Environmental Change
by Sarah Cardey, Pamela Joyce Moraleda Eleazar, Juliet Ainomugisha, Macneil Kalowekamo and Yurii Vlasenko
Soc. Sci. 2024, 13(6), 324; https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci13060324 - 19 Jun 2024
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Globally, rural conditions are in states of change. They are often highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change, extreme weather events, conflict, socio-economic changes, inequalities, and demographic changes. These changes are putting stress on rural areas, which rely upon agriculture and natural resources [...] Read more.
Globally, rural conditions are in states of change. They are often highly vulnerable to climate and environmental change, extreme weather events, conflict, socio-economic changes, inequalities, and demographic changes. These changes are putting stress on rural areas, which rely upon agriculture and natural resources for their livelihoods and are often the foundation of national economies. Communication for development (C4D) has played an important role in addressing these challenges. Its thinking is broadly consistent with rural development goals—indeed, the roots of C4D come in part from rural development and agricultural extension. Communication for development (C4D) was defined by the World Congress on Communication for Development as “…a social process based on dialogue using a broad range of tools and methods. It also seeks change at different levels, including listening, building trust, sharing knowledge and skills, building policies, debating, and learning for sustained and meaningful change. It is not public relations or corporate communications”. However, after decades of action to address these interrelated rural development challenges, much remains to be done. This paper critically considers the following: What does inclusive rural development mean now, in light of environmental change, and how does this affect the conceptualisation and practice of C4D? This was done by using three countries as case studies: Malawi, Ukraine, and the Philippines. Each of these countries represented contrasting challenges and opportunities for rural development and environmental change, with lessons from their experiences shedding insight into the communication for development thinking. Full article
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