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

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dc.contributor.author Dissanayake, P
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-28T21:14:14Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-28T21:14:14Z
dc.identifier.uri http://dl.lib.mrt.ac.lk/handle/123/13442
dc.description.abstract Today, “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.language.iso en en_US
dc.subject Development Discourse; Development Projects; Sri Lanka; People’s Experience en_US
dc.title Dreams fall apart : people’s experience of a development project in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Conference-Abstract en_US
dc.identifier.faculty Architecture en_US
dc.identifier.department Department of Town & Country Planning en_US
dc.identifier.year 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.conference 7th FARU International Research Symposium - 2014 en_US
dc.identifier.place Galle, Sri Lanka en_US
dc.identifier.pgnos pp. 284 - 293 en_US
dc.identifier.proceeding Practice Based Research : exploring built environmental through evidence en_US
dc.identifier.email dissanyk@gmail.com en_US


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