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Welcome to a new newsletter for Proximate, where I reflect on the possibilities for a world without traditional international aid.
Isabelle ClériéAs we talk about community-led anything, there is an urgency to build anthropological skill sets like participant observation and thick description
Isabelle ClériéTo development practitioners – please actively unlearn what you think you know about the Global Majority
Isabelle ClériéToo often there's a narrative that people are operating in deficiency. But in fact, they are demonstrating resourcefulness
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