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- Interactive whiteboard with internet access to display the PowerPoint and Kahoot.<\/li>\n
- Printed copies of the worksheets provided – 1 per group (group specifications below).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Basic requirements<\/h1>\n
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- This lesson plan is set out for a class of approximately 30 students. This will allow them to divide into 6 groups of 5 for the longer activity.<\/li>\n
- Three groups will be \u2018development providers\u2019 and three will be \u2018development recipients.\u2019 Groups will be paired to allow a debate between \u2018developers\u2019 and \u2018recipients.\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Background<\/h1>\n
In preparation for the lesson, teachers should read Li\u2019s (1999) article \u2018Compromising Power: Development, Culture, and Rule in Indonesia.\u2019 This article examines the failures of a development program led by Indonesia\u2019s Department of Social Affairs (DEPSOS) which aimed to resettle people from isolated, rural areas to more accessible, urban regions. The writing analyses the failure of the development program to reveal how intentions do not always achieve their desired outcomes and draws our attention to how aid recipients aren\u2019t the passive objects they may be perceived as. The article shows that the people being resettled were aware of the changes and regulation this program would bring into their lives and explores the ways in which the subjects ignored, or even sabotaged, the aims of the project. Through this, students will come to acknowledge the agency these individuals have in affecting the outcome of a program.<\/p>\n
LESSON PLAN<\/h1>\n
Brief\/ Introduction for students<\/h2>\n
(3 mins.)<\/em><\/p>\n
Social Anthropology is the cross-cultural study of human society and cultures. The discipline allows much critical thought and enables us to rethink many things taken for granted in our world. Today, we will be exploring the world of development. Development refers to the social, economic, and technological advancement of societies, and the concept is underpinned by a notion that different countries have different levels of these. We will take an Anthropological approach as we begin to \u2018rethink\u2019 development and familiarise ourselves with some of the issues development work creates.<\/p>\n
Through the activities, which will be based on research exploring the impact an Indonesian government development programme had on the lives of those living in rural areas, you will all come to see that the initial goals of the development work can, and do, fail. As we explore the gaps between intentions and outcomes and failures to improve the lives of the aid recipients, we will come to see the importance of the active roles the aid recipients have in determining whether a development project is a success or a failure.<\/p>\n
Activity 1: Kahoot<\/h2>\n
(8 mins.<\/em>)<\/p>\n
Teacher to open the Kahoot on the interactive whiteboard and carry out the quiz as a \u2018hands-up\u2019 or \u2018shout out the answer\u2019 activity. This will allow the teacher to discuss the questions as they come up to ensure the class understands the key concepts before the class moves onto the longer activity.<\/p>\n
Activity 2: Debate activity<\/h2>\n
(15 mins.) <\/em><\/p>\n
This activity will require students to look at Li\u2019s (1999) case study on development in Indonesia from two perspectives (depending on their group), either acting as development providers or development recipients. They are in \u2018Country A\u2019.<\/p>\n
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- Divide the class into 6 groups of 5, each with enough classroom space to have their own discussion.<\/li>\n
- Give three groups the \u2018development provider\u2019 worksheet and the other three the \u2018development recipient\u2019 worksheet.<\/li>\n
- 5 minutes: groups read their \u2018biographies\u2019 and familiarise themselves with the scenarios.<\/li>\n
- Provider groups prepare to \u2018pitch\u2019 their plan.<\/li>\n
- Recipient groups prepare to respond in character, according to the context on the worksheet.<\/li>\n
- 7 minutes: each provider group is paired with a recipient group.<\/li>\n
- Providers begin the discussion with a 30-60s pitch of the programme they want to implement.<\/li>\n
- Recipients quickly discuss the pitch and respond accordingly (assuming a degree of disagreement).<\/li>\n
- The remaining time will be used for a continued back-and-forth between the groups.<\/li>\n
- 2 minutes: The class is brought together and each group of 10 gives feedback how they think the situation would have turned out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
(Images of the worksheets for students.)<\/em><\/p>\n
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<\/p>\nConclusion<\/h1>\n
(5 mins.) <\/em><\/p>\n
This last section of the lesson should be used to get the students to think critically about the development project and its consequences. Ask the students questions to get them thinking about why development projects aren\u2019t always so straightforward. What problems arose in their discussion and why did or didn\u2019t the project work? Who really benefited from this project and what could have been done differently?<\/p>\n
The teacher should then reveal that the previous activity was based on a real development project in Indonesia, studied by an anthropologist called Tania Li. The teacher should give an overview of the real outcome, such as how the mountain community struggled with their new environment, how they made use of the free food, and then returned to their original homes. Ask students to reflect upon whether they would have initially thought the project would have ended in this way. Conclude by reinforcing the message that development projects do not always go to plan and that the recipients\u2019 agentive responses have a major impact.<\/p>\n
Bibliography<\/h1>\n
Li, T. (1999) \u2018Compromising Power: Development, Culture, and Rule in Indonesia\u2019, Cultural Anthropology<\/em>, 14(3), pp. 295\u2013322.<\/p>\n
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