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EMBRACING PARTICIPATION IN DEVELOPMENT: Wisdom from the Field 3.53
As can be seen from the above example, this daily activity analysis does not give
us complete information, but provides an opportunity to ask a number of questions.
Once the group has prepared an analysis like the one above, they can be
asked several questions like:
~ Do you think this analysis will apply for all the boys in this
Compound or would it be different for some?
~ Will a girls’ daily activity analysis look the same?
~ Out of 100 boys living in an area, how many will go to drink
beer or kachchasu, how many will play at pool tables, how
many will be sleeping with girls and how many will go to bed
at home?
Used this way, the daily calendar can open up several new topics for discussion
and analysis. It is also important to differentiate between the weekday calendar
and weekend calendar, as there can be significant differences in the way time is
spent during different times of the week. The other dimension of daily calendars
is to check whether they change according to seasons (i.e., is their time
spent differently during winter as compared to summer, etc).
2.10 Seasonality analysis
Seasonal calendar being created by community
members in Tana, Madagascar.
This method is used to analyze the
seasonal patterns of some aspects of life.
Activities, events, or problems that have
a cyclical pattern can be analyzed using
this method, including availability of
food, prevalence of diseases, indebtedness,
relative prosperity, stress in
livelihoods, levels of sexual activity,
availability of free or leisure time, etc.
By analyzing several related variables in
one visual it is possible to analyze the
relationship between them and their
impact on life.
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