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Bridging Cultures and Contexts

Bridging Cultures and Contexts

What happens when evaluation crosses cultural/societal and temporal boundaries? These posts examine how context, worldview and epistemology shape what counts as evidence, quality and value, and how we can navigate difference with integrity rather than imposing a single lens.
03
Aug
Fred Carden's Top YEE Tips: 'Whose knowledge' matters!

Fred Carden's Top YEE Tips: 'Whose knowledge' matters!

Whatever methods and frameworks we use, we tend to rely on the scientific, the 'objective' data and evidence;
2 min read
08
Feb
Capacity development

Challenging narratives: Capacity development

How good are we at defining and judging 'success' - the essence of what evaluators do? Let us
4 min read
30
Oct
The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 2

The DAC criteria, Part 8. Global South, Global North 2

In my previous post I started to make the case for the evaluation of transformative change and transformative development in
8 min read
21
Feb
No, I am NOT a “development evaluator”. I evaluate FOR development.

No, I am NOT a “development evaluator”. I evaluate FOR development.

I do not do "development evaluation". I do not practice the evaluation OF development. I evaluate FOR development.
6 min read
03
Sep
Lives of Equal Value

Lives of Equal Value

Back to blogging after a hiatus of three months during which I travelled too frequently for work assignments. Pressurised schedules
4 min read
16
Mar
The power of power

The power of power

I have come to the conclusion that nearly everything in life is influenced by power. Yet we almost never evaluate
3 min read