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Course description

The course provides students with the opportunity of 'learning by doing'. Students are exposed to the many and varied complexities of 'development'. Drawing from real-world experiences in the Global South, students are offered hands-on opportunities to better understand the challenges faced by communities to sustain their livelihoods and improve their living conditions, as well as appreciate the politics and governance structures relating to the delivery of development and aid. Students will be offered understandings and theoretical underpinnings of (post)development, poverty alleviation, governance structures, the 'politics of aid' and sustainable livelihoods. Students will also learn research and analytical methods (sustainable livelihoods framework, SWOT analysis, monitoring and evaluation tools, and qualitative research methods).
The 8-day fieldtrip will cement these understandings through first-hand experiences of development, poverty alleviation, governance structures and aid, along with the myriad of complexities relating to how people sustain their livelihoods when faced with multiple challenges and stressors. Students will have the opportunity to learn from a new culture and become more aware of development challenges in urban and rural areas. Additional fees payable. For further information, and to express your interest in applying for this course, please see http://www.gpem.uq.edu.au/field-trips. In the event that students complete the fieldwork and then subsequently withdraw from this course without financial liability, the School reserves the right to charge full cost recovery for this fieldtrip.

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