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23/03/2010 We attach great importance to the publication and dissemination of knowledge. That's why we devote this special issue of our newsletter to our new publications. Topics range from movies to biodiversity to value chain finance to democratic support in the Middle East and North Africa. All these publications can be downloaded from our website. This is one of the many roles the internet can play: storing and disseminating information and knowledge. But how safe is this space? Read Nishant Shah's...
Knowledge Newsletter
09/03/2010 Hivos and the Kosmopolis Insitute of the University for Humanistics have launched the Pluralism Working Paper series. The series provides a vehicle for early dissemination of knowledge and aims to reflect the diversity of theoretical and empirical work that is undertaken by academic researchers and development practitioners in association with the Promoting Pluralism Knowledge Programme. In addition to Hivos and Kosmopolis, the following partners are part of the programme: Centre for th...
Knowledge Newsletter 6
19/11/2009 The fast pace of recent events in Iran illustrates that any research on ongoing developments is on shifting sands. It is extremely difficult to say anything about the leeway for civil society which will still hold true a few months later. That is the risk of doing future oriented research rather than historical studies. Political developments have also made it harder to do research in direct cooperation with researchers and activists in the two countries, something which has been an aim of t...
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12/10/2009 What happens when a group of Indians, Indonesians, Ugandans and Dutch – as different as can be - are locked up in a classroom for a month to talk about identity, religion, human rights and development? Read how it had an impact on how people think, work and relate to their social and political environment after going back to normal life – one month after the Yogyakarta Summer School.
Knowledge Newsletter 4
06/07/2009 Knowledges about development present to the publics unique multidimensional theories and narratives about the struggles of people world over to attain social justice, to set right the inequalities, and, resolve the contradictions that beset our lives. These knowledges underscore the inseparability of precepts and practices. Paul Hoebink and Alan Fowler raise foundational issues about development work, development aid and the politics of being faithful to one’s mission. I continue here the di...
Newsletter Knowledge Platform 3
20/05/2009 To be a Muslim by conviction and free choice, you need a state that is neutral regarding religions, but religion should also play an important role in politics. But which one? Where has the strategy of gender mainstreaming taken us? In what ways has this strategy been successful in addressing women's empowerment and gender equality? Is human security at risk of becoming a hegemonic discourse in the conceptual arsenal of the international community? We - academics, practitioners and policy ma...
Knowledge Newsletter 2
02/03/2009 Aided development is a language industry. This opening sentence draws on the important messages to be found in Paul Hoebink’s column for the previous Newsletter. It does so from a novel and challenging way of looking at development cooperation which is emerging from the civic driven change (CDC) initiative hosted by the Institute of Social Studies.
Newsletter 1, 2010
26/01/2010 The book Urgency Required focuses on urgent issues of gay and lesbian liberation, taking a historical perspective and reflecting worldwide geographic diversity. Employing the term ‘LGBT-persons’, the acronym used for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender, it explores concepts and strategies for taking steps towards decriminalization and equal rights and treatment regarding sexual orientation and gender identity.
Knowledge Newsletter
17/05/2010 We herewith have the pleasure of sending you an update of Knowledge Programme activities including events and new publications.
Knowledge Newsletter, June 2010
18/06/2010 It is our great pleasure to update you on Knowledge Programme developments. First of all, we are proud to announce the Knowledge Programme Dialogue. It is the event where Knowledge&Change advocates and our Knowledge Programme network will come together for three days (29 September to 1 October) to dialogue. We also would like to draw your attention to several events that are organised on knowledge and development in the coming weeks. Jan Breman informs us on the implementation of social...