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Community Organizing Example: The Barefoot College
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The Barefoot College in India is an interesting example of how to create synergy between indigenous knowledge and modern technology and ideas. Among other projects, they've been working on electrifying rural villages with solar power.
Some key ideas they use in meeting this goal:
- For community improvement projects, import the necessary technical knowledge, and maybe the needed supplies, but not the people. Give locals the needed technical skills, and the necessary planning will be done in light of knowledge about the community.
- Make a distinction between education and literacy. Or, more generally, make a distinction between education in the academic and technical sense. Aim directly for teaching the technical skills needed as fast as possible. Sometimes it's better to figure out how to teach a skill right away given the student's current level of knowledge than to figure out what else you need to teach them first.
- Local knowledge is not exclusive. The Barefoot college specifically mentions the feminism of Ghandi, but the principle is more general. Train those marginalized by traditional social roles and you'll kill two birds with one stone, marginalized individuals may have just as much essential local knowledge, and giving them technical skills allows them to challenge traditional norms and take a more active role in the community.
The Barefoot College in India is an interesting example of how to create synergy between indigenous knowledge and modern technology and ideas. Among other projects, they've been working on electrifying rural villages with solar power.
Some key ideas they use in meeting this goal:
- For community improvement projects, import the necessary technical knowledge, and maybe the needed supplies, but not the people. Give locals the needed technical skills, and the necessary planning will be done in light of knowledge about the community.
- Make a distinction between education and literacy. Or, more generally, make a distinction between education in the academic and technical sense. Aim directly for teaching the technical skills needed as fast as possible. Sometimes it's better to figure out how to teach a skill right away given the student's current level of knowledge than to figure out what else you need to teach them first.
- Local knowledge is not exclusive. The Barefoot college specifically mentions the feminism of Ghandi, but the principle is more general. Train those marginalized by traditional social roles and you'll kill two birds with one stone, marginalized individuals may have just as much essential local knowledge, and giving them technical skills allows them to challenge traditional norms and take a more active role in the community.
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