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MISTICA: Voices on Communication & Change 2/2

From: Daniel Pimienta ([email protected])
Date: Sat Jul 12 2003 - 11:51:13 AST

>From: The Drum Beat <[email protected]>
>The Drum Beat - Issue 200 - Voices on Communication & Change
>June 9, 2003
>from The Communication Initiative...global forces...local
>choices...critical voices...telling stories...

>12. "From individual behavior change to change in social norms:
>Community-based programs will increasingly use social networks to
>influence community and social norms. Every village has strengths because
>of existing social networks."
>Jose G. Rimon, II, JHU Center for Communication Programs - Baltimore, MD, USA
>http://www.comminit.com/hotfive_joserimon.html
>
>13. "...we realised that doing a TV show was like making a huge gourmet
>meal and your guests eat it in 15 minutes and it's all over and you've
>spent so much time and energy to make it and bam it's done. We thought
>that would be a shame and that you can't really expect social change to
>come about in a half-hour a week and if you miss it, too bad..."
>Amy Bank, Puntos de Encuentro, Nicaragua
>http://www.comminit.com/int2002/sld-6512.html
>
>14. "...what other tool of communication could be so empowering to the
>majority of the people in developing countries? For them to sit down as a
>community and decide 'no - this is not it, this is not what we want,' and
>then agreeing on what they want to do."
>Jennifer Sibanda, Federation of African Media Women, Zimbabwe
>http://www.comminit.com/int2002/sld-4883.html
>
>15. "Action always has to be local. To be effective one must understand
>the local needs, issues, problems and aspirations and make communication
>participatory..."
>Pulse Poll Participant, India
>http://www.comminit.com/pulse/pulse_15-comments.html
>
>16. "...the 'process' of people feeling they are being consulted, asked to
>take part in a debate, that their opinions count will lead to a change
>that is longer lasting because people genuinely are convinced and believe
>in it."
>Peter Walker, Wan SmolBag Theatre, Vanuatu
>http://www.comminit.com/majordomo/drumbeatchat/msg00319.html
>
>17. "Good communication is like a good conversation - it is respectful,
>mutually beneficial, gives both parties a chance to negotiate and clarify
>points and leaves people feeling as though the conversation was
>worthwhile. Sending and receiving is not an appropriate metaphor for
>communication - communication is not a linear process... There is also a
>tendency to make the assumption that people's attitudes will influence
>their behaviour... True Change is not brought about by changing people's
>attitudes but showing them how to experience things in different ways than
>they are used to."
>Submission to The CI's Page Review Process
>http://www.comminit.com/psf.cgi?page=/pmodels/sld-2693.html
>
>18. "As communicators we have a responsibility to continually re-examine
>our past efforts in a critical light, remain creative in our approach, and
>most importantly remain flexible to the direct feedback of those we are
>trying to reach."
>Hilary Hall, Toronto, Canada
>http://www.comminit.com/majordomo/hivcomm/msg00016.html
>
>19. "The number one thing that has been learned from a communication
>stand-point...is that we tend to underestimate the cultural influences,
>the importance of reaching people in ways that they are prepared to
>receive the information."
>Denise Gray-Felder, The Rockefeller Foundation, USA
>http://www.comminit.com/interviews_archives1.html
>
>20. "If you do not like it - if you have good language, if you have a good
>voice, if you are a good writer, and you don't feel the satisfaction of
>seeing people improve their lives, then you do not belong in the
>communication business."
>Louie Tabing, Tambuli Foundation, Philippines
>http://www.comminit.com/int2002/sld-6382.html
>
>21. "Communication means sharing, it even comes from the Latin "comunio"
>which means communion. The participation goes in both directions, not just
>in one direction, as in the case of information."
>Alfonso Gumucio Dagron, Guatemala (translated)
>http://www.comminit.com/int2002/sld-6525.html
>
>22. "Openness is the starting point from which communities can move
>towards solutions. True change can only spring from truth and acceptance.
>With silence there is always something to hide. Unless one breaks the
>silence, all other measures can only be palliatives or firefighting."
>Pulse Poll Participant, India
>http://www.comminit.com/PulseComments/sld-5974.html
>
>23. "How can an education process ever be efficient, in human and
>financial terms, where the teacher is only sending one-way unintelligible
>messages to a passive receiver, and where the whole process of learning is
>ignored?"
>Manuel Calvelo, CESPAC, Peru
>http://www.comminit.com/pdsMakingWaves/sld-5802.html
>
>24. "Our children and grandchildren will be able to look at these [video]
>images. Even the white people will watch the images of our culture, and
>that is how we will remain Kayapo."
>Megaron, L�der Metuktire-Kayapo, Brazil
>http://www.comminit.com/pdsMakingWaves/sld-5863.html
>
>
>...taking the PULSE of the social and economic international development
>community on major development issues...
>Decisions on who will lead major international development agencies should
>include an election process involving the people most affected by the
>issues that agency is seeking to address - eg: children 10 to 18 should
>vote for the next UNICEF Executive Director and people living on less than
>USD 2 per day should vote for the next World Bank President.
>See http://www.comminit.com/drum_beat_199.html for context.
>
>VOTE - http://www.comminit.com/pulse.html
>AND participate in a discussion/debate on this issue. To join and
>contribute please go to http://www.comminit.com/email_forum.html#drumbeatchat
>
>To read contributions please access
>http://www.comminit.com/majordomo/drumbeatchat/threads.html

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