Dreams fall apart : people’s experience of a development project in Sri Lanka

dc.contributor.authorDissanayake, P
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-28T21:14:14Z
dc.date.available2018-08-28T21:14:14Z
dc.description.abstractToday, “development” has become one of the most influential and dominant concepts among global political and economic discourses. For many scholars the concept of development has become a convincing notion after the Second World War. After sixty years of development, one wonders whether developing nations were able to achieve their targets. In order to examine the link between the hegemonic development discourse and the practice, this study focuses on a particular development project carried out by the renowned NGO, World Vision, in two rural areas in Sri Lanka. I spent a month in Mahakumbukkadawala and Nawagattegama areas to collect data and stories. The study examines the notion of development as adopted by World Vision and how the project has affected the people in these areas. Further, the research demonstrates that development is unique to the place and the people; hence, it is impossible to import, but needs to grow from within the communities and individuals.en_US
dc.identifier.conference7th FARU International Research Symposium - 2014en_US
dc.identifier.departmentDepartment of Town & Country Planningen_US
dc.identifier.emaildissanyk@gmail.comen_US
dc.identifier.facultyArchitectureen_US
dc.identifier.pgnospp. 284 - 293en_US
dc.identifier.placeGalle, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.identifier.proceedingPractice Based Research : exploring built environmental through evidenceen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13442
dc.identifier.year2014en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectDevelopment Discourse; Development Projects; Sri Lanka; People’s Experienceen_US
dc.titleDreams fall apart : people’s experience of a development project in Sri Lankaen_US
dc.typeConference-Abstracten_US

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