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- Title
Spirituality Matters: The Role of Religion in Development Project Evaluation in the Tibetan Communities in China.
- Authors
Luo, Laura Pan; Liu, Yonggong; Liu, Yanli
- Abstract
Abstract: The Chinese Indigenous/ethnic minority people have rich cultural traditions. Spirituality, including religion, is central to their worldviews and is manifested in their daily lives. Many development projects in China are conducted in ethnic minority areas. This paper discusses the authors’ experiences and reflections on evaluations of development interventions in the Tibetan communities. The authors propose: (1) project participants’ values, including religion and spirituality, be fully integrated into project design, implementation, and evaluation and (2) evaluators be humble to gain insight and wisdom from ethnic cultures, and conduct evaluations in a culturally responsive way.
- Subjects
CHINA; INDIGENOUS peoples; SPIRITUALITY; COMMUNITIES; ETHNIC groups; RELIGION
- Publication
New Directions for Evaluation, 2018, Vol 2018, Issue 159, p97
- ISSN
1097-6736
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ev.20328