Water projects and gender goals in Mozambique: How the technocratic culture of international development conflicts with community perspectives

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dc.contributor.authorVan Houweling, Emilyen
dc.contributor.departmentWomen and Gender in International Development (WGD)en
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-07T18:18:55Zen
dc.date.available2023-03-07T18:18:55Zen
dc.date.issued2022-02-09en
dc.description.abstractGender integration and women’s empowerment goals are shaped by a technocratic culture of international development that determines which frameworks, incentives, theories, and methods are valued. Based on 18 months of ethnographic research in northern Mozambique following a rural water project, Van Houweling shows how the perspectives of gender and change shared by the community conflicted with those of the project implementers and donors. The technocratic culture of development created blind spots, contradictions in the project plans, and unanticipated consequences for gender goals. In this presentation, she will draw attention to the negotiated space between the community and various development actors and reflect on how her own identity and multiple roles (as a student, evaluator, Fulbright recipient, and consultant) affected the water project and her relationships with participants. This research is part of her recent book, “Water and Aid in Mozambique: Gendered Perspectives of Change” published by Cambridge University Press.en
dc.description.sponsorshipCenter for International Research, Education, and Development (CIRED)en
dc.format.extentDimensions: 3240 × 2160en
dc.format.extentDuration: 00:59:39en
dc.format.extentSize: 884.9 MBen
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/114053en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVirtual Discussion Seriesen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectGenderen
dc.subjectMozambiqueen
dc.subjectWater projectsen
dc.titleWater projects and gender goals in Mozambique: How the technocratic culture of international development conflicts with community perspectivesen
dc.typeVideoen
dc.typePresentationen
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