Category Archives: Cultural context

The two second advantage and memories of the future

Stuart Henderson’s mention of The Two Second Advantage (see the LinkedIn discussion referred to in the post from earlier this week) reminds me of the work of business strategist Arie De Geus, who discusses how learning organizations use scenario planning … Continue reading

Posted in Cultural context, Development, Environment and natural resources, Evaluation Theory | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

AEA highlights: Metaphors and more in culturally responsive evaluation

So much to see, so many choices, and today I struck gold in session after session. Here are a few highlights from one of the best! The indigenous TIG is one of the best-kept secrets at the AEA conference, and … Continue reading

Posted in Cultural context, Values-based | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted in Cultural context, Friday Funnies | 3 Comments

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

Posted in Cultural context, Values-based | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

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

Posted in Appropriate inference, Causal inference, Cultural context, Development, Health, Meta-evaluation, Values-based | Tagged , , , , | 6 Comments