Taking post‐development theory to the field: Issues in development research, Northern Thailand
Year: 2008
Type: article
Abstract: Emerging post‐development literatures consider how post‐structural and post‐colonial critiques of development could form the basis for new kinds of development practices. Much of the search for such post‐development possibilities draws on new theories of discourse. This paper considers the challenges of bringing together empirical research and the experience of doing development with the often ethereal and deeply speculative work of discourse theorists. I reflect on the course taken by my own research in Northern Thailand, and discuss the possibilities that can emerge as theory confronts empirics, and conceptual frameworks are transformed through the daily politics of fieldwork.
Source: Asia Pacific Viewpoint
Author: Katharine McKinnon
Institution: Macquarie University
Language: English
Subfield: Development
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Funder: Strong
OpenAlex ID: W2126306248