Monthly Archives: September 2010

The Friday Funny: Cultural context and driving behavior

Having spent last week with people chiming in from all around the world to discuss cultural context and evaluation, we are wondering if our readers would be up for a collaborative all-continents (and as many countries as possible) effort to … Continue reading

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Many thanks to guest blogger Tererai Trent!

We had some great conversations here last week when Zimbabwe-born California-based evaluator Dr. Tererai Trent joined us as guest blogger to spark a week of lively discussion on the topics of evaluation and cultural context. We had such an enthusiastic … Continue reading

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The Friday Funny: The “dead horse” evaluation

According to the wisdom of the unattributed traditional saying, passed on from website to website, “When you discover that you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount.“ We have been studying a particular species of evaluation … Continue reading

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Where and Why Western lenses miss the mark in Africa: The case of HIV/AIDS prevention evaluations

“Given the norms that govern most patriarchal societies in Africa, should the Western epistemology, ethics and concepts be the main default lens for evaluation” “Despite their blindness to social cultural context, are these evaluations valid even though they are said … Continue reading

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Three powerful and authentic questions about evaluation and cultural context

In reading the comments in response to my earlier post, The Importance of Values for Substantiating Evaluative Conclusions , three questions strike me as powerful and authentic in addressing evaluation theory and practice within the context of culture What ‘really’ … Continue reading

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