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“<strong>Development</strong> as it affects a community can <strong>on</strong>ly bec<strong>on</strong>sidered as ‘positive development’ when itc<strong>on</strong>tributes positively to the “<strong>Culture</strong>” and “Wellbeing”of that community… Positive developmentmust also c<strong>on</strong>tribute to social harm<strong>on</strong>y, harm<strong>on</strong>ywith the envir<strong>on</strong>ment, and the ‘happiness’ of thecommunity as a whole”J<strong>on</strong> Ungphakorn8“Because of the growing c<strong>on</strong>cern about widespreadpoverty, inequality and envir<strong>on</strong>mental deteriorati<strong>on</strong>,there is renewed interest in a new approach todevelopment that emphasizes its cultural dimensi<strong>on</strong>and the often overlooked potential of indigenousknowledge as the single largest knowledge resourcenot yet mobilized in the development enterprise”“If political strife and ec<strong>on</strong>omic competiti<strong>on</strong>between nati<strong>on</strong>s and peoples represents the ebbtide of man, the global relevance of culturerepresents the flow. If the political strife of man is ameasure of his inhumanity, cultural affiliati<strong>on</strong>provides a measure of his humanity”Geoffrey I. NwakaReena Marwah“Empowerment is about generating choices. You cannot empower others”Christine HoganVOICES ...

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