Drawing on first-hand accounts of action research in the Americas,
Africa, and Asia, The Heart of Community Engagement illustrates the
transformative learning journeys of exemplary catalysts for
community-based change. Practitioners' stories of community
engagement for social justice in the Global South elucidate the
moments of insight and transformation that deepened their practice:
how to deal with uncertainty, recognize their own blind spots,
become aware of what is emergent and possible in the moment, and
weave an inclusive bond of love, respect, and purpose. Each
successive narrative adds a deeper level of understanding of the
inner practice of community engagement. The stories illuminate the
reflective, or inner, practice of the outside change agent, whether
a planner, designer, participatory action researcher, or community
development practitioner. From a shantytown in South Africa, to a
rural community in India, or an informal settlement in peri-urban
Mexico, the stories focus attention on the greatest leverage point
for change that we, as engaged practitioners, have: our own
self-awareness. By the end of the book, the practitioners are not
only aware of their own conditioned beliefs and assumptions, but
have opened their minds and hearts to the complex and dynamic
patterns of emergent change that is possible. This book serves as a
much-needed reader of practice stories to help instructors and
students find the words, concepts, and examples to talk about their
own subjective experience of community engagement practice. The
book applies some of the leading-edge concepts from organizational
development and leadership studies to the fields of planning,
design, and community engagement practice. Key concepts include the
deep dive of sensing the social field, seeing the whole, and
presencing the emergent future. The book also provides a creative
bridge between participatory action research and design thinking:
user-based design, rapid prototyping, and learning from doing.
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