Where silence speaks-insights from Third World NGOs

Chakraborty, Kamalika; Saha, Biswatosh; Jammulamadaka, Nimruji

doi:10.1108/cpoib-03-2015-0012

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“…Furthermore, border thinking encouraged us to reflect in the systems of oppression located at the border. Resisting through re-existence we argue, adds to identified coping mechanisms of the colonized within postcolonial management settings such as that of silence (Chakraborty et al, 2017) and mimicry (Siltaoja et al, 2019;Yousfi, 2014).…”

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confidence: 82%

Resisting by re-existing in the workplace: A decolonial perspective through the Brazilian adage “For the English to See”

Irígaray¹,

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Fontoura³

et al. 2021

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For almost 200 years, the expression “For the English to See” has been applied in Brazilian society as part of its colloquial language. We choose to examine the adage from a perspective of decolonial resistance. We seek to interrogate how an understanding of “For the English to See” can help us to better comprehend the ways resistance is shaped and manifest in contemporary Brazilian society. To do so, we conducted in-depth interviews with 76 Brazilian executives, drawing from a decolonial framework. We contribute to knowledge on resistance in Management and Organization Studies through introducing the concept of resistance by re-existing, which is located “in between spaces” of the colonized and colonizers worlds. We reveal several subjectivation strategies of re-existing as resistance, through the lens of the “For the English to See” expression, which range on a spectrum of embodiment and concealing of coloniality. Our study advances decolonial studies through its use of hybridity and borderization concepts that aid our understanding of organizing resistance in postcolonial settings such as Brazil.

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confidence: 82%

Resisting by re-existing in the workplace: A decolonial perspective through the Brazilian adage “For the English to See”

Irígaray¹,

Celano

Fontoura³

et al. 2021

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“…Way-finding approach allowed TRUST and Girish to engage in such activities, whether it was waste land development or women empowerment, both of which were untested initiatives requiring multi-year commitment when they were started. They were able to work together with the community to create "local spaces of action" (Chakrabarty et al, 2017;Nuijten, 2012). This study thus shows how way-finding as a tool for strategic thinking can be an alternative to SP.…”

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confidence: 99%

Not planning but way-finding: critical strategic thinking for Southern NGOs

Jammulamadaka

2023

IJOA

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Purpose This study aims to explore the benefits of strategy as way-finding approach to strategic thinking suggested by Robert Chia for small community-based Southern NGOs. The purpose is to find alternatives to the strategic planning (SP) approach. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts the perspective of phronesis (Flyvbjerg, 2006) using the case study of a 45-year-old NGO based in India and working for community development. The data has been collected for over more than 20 years. Qualitative analysis of the data has been done by focusing on the activities that were performed in keeping with the requirements of phronetic research. Findings The study finds that through way-finding approach to strategic thinking, a Southern NGO is able to manage and reduce its resource dependence while maintaining organizational autonomy and pursuing its vision. The approach avoids the pathologies produced through SP in such organisations. Research limitations/implications This study adds to empirical contexts in which strategy as way-finding may be practiced. This study explicitly shows how this may be very useful to smaller community-based Southern NGOs. This study also adds to the research on strategy as practice by showing its relevance in the NGO sector. Practical implications This study shows alternatives to NGOs that are reluctant to engage in SP. This study also shows how NGOs can benefit from the way-finding approach to strategic thinking to improve their community connect, autonomy and impact. Social implications This study provides alternatives to resisting the power asymmetry of the global North-South development agenda. Originality/value This study demonstrates the usefulness of the way-finding approach to strategy in the context of smaller Third-World NGOs and provides alternatives to SP.

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“…In such projects, native researchers often undertake a tremendous amount of unacknowledged work as "fixers" providing contacts and arranging logistics, and translating questionnaires and conducting interviews (Sukarieh and Tannock, 2019). Sometimes native researchers are given only partial recognition, such as in report and grant writing, but kept at the margins of scholarly publications or at academic and policy forums (Chakraborty et al, 2017). In many cases, native researchers do not speak up due to fears of losing research salaries, stipends, or promises of reciprocity (Sukarieh and Tannock, 2019).…”

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Researching violent contexts: A call for political reflexivity

Abdelnour

Moghli

2021

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Violent contexts are not “normal” research settings; they involve abuses, power disparities, and collective histories of violence that researchers should be alert to. Being unreflexive to these risks can cause harm in the form of objectifying people and context, normalizing violence, or silencing voices. Political reflexivity can equip researchers to better identify, understand and mitigate these harms, and where possible, challenge structures that do the marginalizing. We articulate political reflexivity through feminist standpoint theory, which asks researchers to critically examine their positionality and privilege in relation to the geopolitics of the research setting, epistemic privilege of marginalized participants, and political implications of their work. Practicing political reflexivity can help researchers situate their work along a “decoloniality continuum,” which includes research complicit with the maintenance of violence, a hybridity approach that aims to understand and challenge the (colonial) underpinnings of violence by centering marginalized knowledge, and research that seeks reparation or liberation, meaning redress and radical equality for marginalized peoples, ideas and histories. We conclude with a call for researchers to identify methods and paths to strengthen our understanding of political reflexivity, and to support efforts to decolonize knowledge.

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Where silence speaks-insights from Third World NGOs

Cited by 8 publications

References 13 publications

Resisting by re-existing in the workplace: A decolonial perspective through the Brazilian adage “For the English to See”

Resisting by re-existing in the workplace: A decolonial perspective through the Brazilian adage “For the English to See”

Not planning but way-finding: critical strategic thinking for Southern NGOs

Researching violent contexts: A call for political reflexivity

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