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Localized solutions in my mind are the most stable solutions because they are made by the people facing the problem. If you are not experiencing the problem, chances are you do not have the will or motivation to do anything about it. You will also not understand the problem as well as someone experiencing it.
Being able to go somewhere to experience a problem I am trying to find a solution to is always something that I have wanted do. I have been lucky enough to go to the rain forests in Australia and from this I was able to better understand the intricate relationships between the creatures disappearing and the forests that are quickly following them. Living in Austin all my life, I thought I understood the problems the city was having with homelessness and gentrification. It was not until I moved into the East side of the city, where the problems are most apparent that I truly understood the scope.
Knowing that being able to be in a place when you are working on solutions, I will be able to more readily help the people in my communities and have a more open mind towards people in the communities that I visit. Trying to understand someones problem comes from more than a book or lecture. Talking to the people who are having the problem is when solutions are found.
Localized solutions in my mind are the most stable solutions because they are made by the people facing the problem. If you are not experiencing the problem, chances are you do not have the will or motivation to do anything about it. You will also not understand the problem as well as someone experiencing it.
Being able to go somewhere to experience a problem I am trying to find a solution to is always something that I have wanted do. I have been lucky enough to go to the rain forests in Australia and from this I was able to better understand the intricate relationships between the creatures disappearing and the forests that are quickly following them. Living in Austin all my life, I thought I understood the problems the city was having with homelessness and gentrification. It was not until I moved into the East side of the city, where the problems are most apparent that I truly understood the scope.
Knowing that being able to be in a place when you are working on solutions, I will be able to more readily help the people in my communities and have a more open mind towards people in the communities that I visit. Trying to understand someones problem comes from more than a book or lecture. Talking to the people who are having the problem is when solutions are found.
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Comment by Jen Dornan on March 5, 2010 at 8:33pm
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Hi Dawnielle! I couldn't agree more with this post - often our biggest mistake in trying to "help" is not fully understanding the complexity of local context.
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 10, 2010 at 7:39pm
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Absolutely! You don't know until you're there, and even then you won't know until you've listened for a while. Just the act of listening can oftentimes be the most profound impact you have.
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Comment by Martin Dyer on March 10, 2010 at 7:55pm
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Very true! You've brought up an important point here. It takes first-hand experience and knowledge to truly understand. Do you think that having people think they understand without having experienced it can lead to "gaps" in society? A "gap" between those who truly know and those who don't.
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Comment by Dawnielle Castledine on March 10, 2010 at 10:32pm
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The idea of a gap between people in society because of local knowledge is one that probably does hold water. Most of the time, when people are discussing solutions to problems of poverty it is because they have the leisure of time to solve the "problems", while the people experiencing the problems are having to just exist with them because of a lack of resources that enable them to change anything. I might try to expand on this theory in a later blog post.
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