Peripheral Vision

a celebration of intellectual trespassing by a retired "social scientist" as he tries to make sense of the world..... Gillian Tett puts it rather nicely in her 2021 book “Anthro-Vision” - “We need lateral vision. That is what anthropology can impart: anthro-vision”.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

harlots of the aid business - part IX

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I was today reminded of a useful EC forum for those interested in capacity development – capacity4dev – which has a special section on the...
Saturday, March 5, 2011

training in despotic countries

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Having personally spent five years living in countries such as Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan and working with senior people in their governmen...
Friday, March 4, 2011

wooden language of reform

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„Various types of interorganizational arrangements, many of which are referred to as partnerships, alliances, or multiple stakeholder groups...
Thursday, March 3, 2011

exploring local government

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Scholars of government and administration have reason to be grateful to the British Parliamentary tradition of Committee and Select Committe...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Romanian painters

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On an artistic roll at the moment. Saturday popped into an exhibition at the small gallery at Military Circle and was very taken with the st...
Sunday, February 27, 2011

Chinese repression

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A year ago, I was waiting impatiently to make my exit from Beijing. Everything I’ve read about events there since then confirms me in my ju...

another EC rethink

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The criticism I have been making foe some years of EC Technical Assistance has related to hhe relevance of project management philosophy in...
Saturday, February 26, 2011

Fiddling while Bucharest....builds

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In her recent blogs, Sarah has been giving great coverage to the destructionivists who occupy all positions of power and (apparently influen...
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Bran-Rucar corridor, Carpathian mountains..., Romania
Can be contacted at bakuron2003@yahoo.co.uk Political refugee from Thatcher's Britain (or rather Scotland) who has been on the move since 1991. First in central Europe - then from 1999 Central Asia and Caucasus. Working on EU projects - related to building capacity of local and central government. Home base is an old house in the Carpathian mountains
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