Participatory development, complicity and desire Export

@article{citeulike:1806365, abstract = {This article is an attempt at rethinking participatory development (pd) in terms of empire, undertaking a postcolonial and psychoanalytic reading. Postcolonialism helps point out that our discursive constructions of the Third World say more about us than the Third World; while psychoanalysis helps uncover the desires we invest in the Other. Thus, to the question, 'why do neo-imperial and inegalitarian relationships pervade pd?', the article answers, 'because even as pd promotes the Other's empowerment, it hinges crucially on our complicity and desire'; and 'because disavowing such complicity and desire is a technology of power'. The argument, in other words, is that complicity and desire are written into pd, making it prone to an exclusionary, Western-centric and inegalitarian politics. The article concludes with possibilities for confronting our complicities and desires through pd's radicalisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]}, author = {Kapoor, Ilan}, citeulike-article-id = {1806365}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {https://vpn.ua.ac.be/http/0/web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=8&sid=da5054fd-f992-4ed8-8d41-346f175127c8%40sessionmgr9}, journal = {Third World Quarterly}, keywords = {community, critiques, participation}, number = {8}, pages = {1203--1220}, posted-at = {2007-10-22 14:07:21}, priority = {2}, title = {Participatory development, complicity and desire}, url = {https://vpn.ua.ac.be/http/0/web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=8&sid=da5054fd-f992-4ed8-8d41-346f175127c8%40sessionmgr9}, volume = {26}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1806365 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1806365 N2 - This article is an attempt at rethinking participatory development (pd) in terms of empire, undertaking a postcolonial and psychoanalytic reading. Postcolonialism helps point out that our discursive constructions of the Third World say more about us than the Third World; while psychoanalysis helps uncover the desires we invest in the Other. Thus, to the question, ‘why do neo-imperial and inegalitarian relationships pervade pd?’, the article answers, ‘because even as pd promotes the Other's empowerment, it hinges crucially on our complicity and desire’; and ‘because disavowing such complicity and desire is a technology of power’. The argument, in other words, is that complicity and desire are written into pd, making it prone to an exclusionary, Western-centric and inegalitarian politics. The article concludes with possibilities for confronting our complicities and desires through pd's radicalisation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] IS - 8 JF - Third World Quarterly EP - 1220 TI - Participatory development, complicity and desire VL - 26 SP - 1203 KW - community KW - critiques KW - participation AU - Kapoor, Ilan PY - 2005/// UR - https://vpn.ua.ac.be/http/0/web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=1&hid=8&sid=da5054fd-f992-4ed8-8d41-346f175127c8%40sessionmgr9 ER -