http://hdl.handle.net/2440/13907 2013-05-25T08:24:19Z 2013-05-25T08:24:19Z Gray, John Neville http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77767 2013-05-22T07:13:03Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Webs of significance: an ethnographer's account of anthropology at the University of Adelaide from 1973 to 2011 Author: Gray, John Neville

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Lennie, June Tacchi, Jo Ann Wilmore, Michael Joseph http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77526 2013-05-08T00:30:57Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Meta-evaluation to improve learning, evaluation capacity development and sustainability: findings from a participatory evaluation project in Nepal Author: Lennie, June; Tacchi, Jo Ann; Wilmore, Michael Joseph Abstract: Recent studies suggest that meta-evaluation can be valuable in developing new approaches to evaluation, building evaluation capacities, and enhancing organizational learning. These new extensions of the concept of meta-evaluation are significant, given the growing emphasis on improving the quality and effectiveness of evaluation practices in the South Asian region. Following a review of the literature, this paper presents a case study of the use of concurrent meta-evaluation in the four-year project Assessing Communication for Social Change which developed and trialled a participatory impact assessment methodology in collaboration with a development communication Non-government organization(NGO)in Nepal. Key objectives of the meta-evaluation included to: continuously develop, adapt and improve the impact assessment methodology, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) systems and process and other project activities; identify impacts of the project; and build capacities in critical reflection and review. Our analysis indicates that this meta-evaluation was essential to understanding various constraints related to the organizational context that affected the success of the project and the development of improved M&E systems and capacities within the NGO. We identified several limitations of our metaevaluation methods, which were balanced by the strengths of other methods. Our case study suggests that as well as assessing the quality, credibility and value of evaluation practices, meta-evaluations need to focus on important contextual issues that can have significant impacts on the outcomes of participatory evaluation projects. They include hierarchical organizational cultures, communication barriers, power/knowledge relations, and the time and resources available. Meta-evaluations also need to consider wider issues such as the sustainability of evaluation systems and approaches.

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Taylor, James Leslie http://hdl.handle.net/2440/77196 2013-04-26T00:30:14Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: No way forward but back?: re-emergent Thai falangism, democracy, and the new "Red Shirt" social movement Author: Taylor, James Leslie

2011-12-31T13:30:00Z Taylor, James Leslie http://hdl.handle.net/2440/76757 2013-04-10T01:30:35Z 2011-12-31T13:30:00Z

Title: Is there an in-between?: The "city-nation," imagining rule, lines and protests from the periphery in Thailand Author: Taylor, James Leslie

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