critical roles for cld practitioners cld conference edinburgh 6 th october 2015 anastasia crickley...
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Critical Roles for CLD Practitioners CLD Conference Edinburgh 6th October 2015
Anastasia Crickley – Maynooth university, Chair All-ireland endorsement body and board member international association for community development
Introduction
Why Now? Why can we talk to each other? Where are we at? Where to from here?
Why Now
Key Moment Globally Key Moment Naionally Key Moment Locally
Talking to Each Other
Community development as collective in analysis action and outcomes
Creating conditions for community development
Doing community development Managing the outcomes of community
development
Collective interests Vs individual needs Consciousness raising and/or capacity building Advocacy, activism, analysis and action
unwaged activity Method approach Waged professional activity With transparent standards, methods and principles Accountable autonomy CD approach to youth work community education
and learning
Where we are Now
Evidence of outcomes and impact Challenge and opportunity of
institutionalisation of language and recognition Pressure for moderation and incorporation
downplaying the difficulties which create and sustain inequalities
Oppression of oppression
Challenges of…
Professionalism and professionalization What sort of profession are we? Maintaining credibility and resisting
fragmentation and de-professionalisation
Where to from here?