emeritus professor jim ife curtin university. the global crisis decline of the usa and the shift in...
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Emeritus Professor Jim Ife
Curtin University
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The Global Crisis
Decline of the USA and the shift in power to Asia
Challenging Western assumptions
The ecological crisis
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Retreating to extremes
Extreme individualism
Denial of the collective
Xenophobia and racism
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Neo-liberal assumptions of humanity
Individual Workers/consumers OR
investors/entrepreneurs Independent Motivated by self-interest Citizenship not important Inequality is both natural and desirable
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Human rights and ethical duties Conventional western discourse starts
with rights and implies duties Other cultural and religious traditions
start with the ethical duty to the other, and imply rights
‘Human rights’ became important when ethical obligations were weakened by the breakdown of community
‘My rights’ not ‘my duties to others’
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The decline of the welfare state
Lack of obligation to others
Incompatible with selfish individualism
State spending seen as wasting resources and eroding productive economy
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Community versus development ‘Development’ seen in terms of
investment, and so has destroyed community in many places
‘The community’ is seen as standing in the way of development
So community and development are opposed: each undermines the other
‘Community Development’ becomes a contradiction
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Focusing on the HUMAN
The idea of ‘human’ and ‘humanity’ is constructed differently at different times and in different contexts
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The Enlightenment view of Humanity Individual rather than collective Secular rather than spiritual Man rather than men and women Young and vigorous rather than valuing
elders Rational rather than emotional Healthy and able-bodied Distinct from the natural world
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The Humanities
All cultures have: Stories Art Literature Songs Drama History Philosophy
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Community Development needs Human Rights
Human Rights need Community Development
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Both Human Rights and Community Development stand against the dominant individualism of the neo-liberal discourse
The shift in global power represents an opportunity to articulate both ideas more collectively and vigorously
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Exploring and reaffirming our humanity
Reconnecting to the natural world
i.e a creative and holistic community development approach to policy and practice
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A Culture of Human Rights
From rule-based human rights to relationship-based human rights.
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Beyond simple binaries
individual AND collective
rational AND emotional
sacred AND secular
human AND non-human
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Times of Crisis
are
Times of Opportunity