{"id":553,"date":"2019-11-04T12:01:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T12:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/?p=553"},"modified":"2019-10-10T13:47:23","modified_gmt":"2019-10-10T12:47:23","slug":"focus-eilish-dillon-on-rethinking-the-divide-between-community-and-international-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/focus-eilish-dillon-on-rethinking-the-divide-between-community-and-international-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus:  Eilish Dillon on rethinking the divide between community and international development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Focus has a chat with Dr Eilish Dillon, exploring some of the ideas, assumptions and practices underpinning much of the work of the international development sector in Ireland and elsewhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We explore the problematic and artificial divide between community and international development that has evolved over times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eilish shines a light on the way that the language of international development and \u2018social justice\u2019 can disguise power imbalances and lead to choices of actions around change, that are much less effective that they might seem.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2923\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/focus\/Comhlamh04.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('2923','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/focus\/Comhlamh04.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton_sm.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/focus\/Comhlamh04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/?powerpress_pinw=553-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/storybud\/www.neararchive.org\/upload\/nearcast\/focus\/Comhlamh04.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Comhlamh04.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 29:47 &#8212; 68.2MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/nearcast.ie\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-very-light-gray-background-color\"><strong>Focus<\/strong>&nbsp;is an audio project from Comhl\u00e1mh, the association of returned development workers and volunteers.&nbsp; Produced and hosted by Mark Malone, Focus is a mix of documentaries and and interviews. 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