Alexandre Enkerli PRO
Bilingual freelance ethnographer (English/French) currently working in User Research (UXR), workshop facilitation, collaborative writing, professional training, field observations, open-ended interviews…
Africanist Anthropology
ANTH326/4A – Peoples & Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa
Meeting 12: April 13, 2015
Last Class: Aid
Journal 11: Help Yourself
RP11: Accounting for Aid
- Benon-be-isan Nyuur, R. et al. (2014). Corporate social responsibility in sub-saharan africa: Hindering and supporting factors. African Journal of Economic and Management Studies, 5(1), 93-113.
- Müller, T. R. The Long Shadow of Band Aid Humanitarianism: revisiting the dynamics between famine and celebrity, Third World Quarterly 34(3): 470-484.
- Peiffer, C. and R. Rose (2014) Why do some Africans pay bribes while other Africans don't? Afrobarometer Working Paper 148
- Smith, D. J. (2012) AIDS NGOS and corruption in Nigeria. Health & Place 18(3): 475–480
- Weckesser, A. M. (2011) Girls, gifts, and gender : an ethnography of the materiality of care in rural Mpumalanga, South Africa. PhD thesis, University of Warwick.
Reflection Posts 11: Accounting for Aid
Board
Weckesser (Girls and Gifts)
Smith (AIDS, Corruption)
Müller (Band-Aid)
Benon-be-isan Nyuur (CSR)
Doors
Peiffer (Bribes)
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
Adapted from Elizabeth Bloodgood
- Organisational Design
- Resources and Funding
- Principles and goals
- Activities
- Offices
- Networking
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
1. Organisational Design
- Decision-making: vertical or horizontal
- Accountability
- Professionals or volunteers
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
2. Resources and Funding
- Acceptable sources, types, size
- Funding sustainability
- Tradeoffs/risks
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
3. Principles and Goals
- Mission Statement
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
4. Activities/Tactics
- Service provision (which services to whom?)
- Advocacy (insider or outsider, grassroots or professional)
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
5. Offices
- How many offices?
- Located where?
- Division of labour?
Activity 10: Aid Expertise
6. Networking
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With whom?
- INGOs, national nonprofits, IGOs, states, MNCs…
- Purposes and goals
- Expected costs and benefits
Activity 10: Expertise
Board
Networking (Partnerships, Benefits)
Offices (Number, Locations, Labour)
Resources (Sources, Sustainability, Tradeoffs)
Design (Decision-making, Accountability, Volunteers)
Doors
Principles and goals (Mission Statement)
Activities (Services, Advocacy)
Activity 11: Model Organisations
Board
5
4
2
1
Doors
3
Last Journal: Future Projects
ANTH326, Meeting 12
By Alexandre Enkerli
ANTH326, Meeting 12
Slides for the penultimate class meeting in Alex Enkerli’s ANTH326 course (Peoples and Cultures of Sub-Saharan Africa) at Concordia University.
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