{"product_id":"the-heart-of-community-engagement-practitioner-stories-from-across-the-globe-community-development-research-and-practice-series-9780367175825","title":"The Heart of Community Engagement: Practitioner Stories from Across the Globe (Community Development Research and Practice Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eDrawing on first-hand accounts of action research in the Americas  Africa  and Asia  The Heart of Community Engagement illustrates the transformative learning journeys of exemplary catalysts for community-based change. Practitioners stories of community engagement for social justice in the Global South elucidate the moments of insight and transformation that deepened their practice: how to deal with uncertainty  recognize their own blind spots  become aware of what is emergent and possible in the moment  and weave an inclusive bond of love  respect  and purpose. Each successive narrative adds a deeper level of understanding of the inner practice of community engagement. The stories illuminate the reflective  or inner  practice of the outside change agent  whether a planner  designer  participatory action researcher  or community development practitioner. From a shantytown in South Africa  to a rural community in India  or an informal settlement in peri-urban Mexico  the stories focus attention on the greatest leverage point for change that we  as engaged practitioners  have: our own self-awareness. By the end of the book  the practitioners are not only aware of their own conditioned beliefs and assumptions  but have opened their minds and hearts to the complex and dynamic patterns of emergent change that is possible. This book serves as a much-needed reader of practice stories to help instructors and students find the words  concepts  and examples to talk about their own subjective experience of community engagement practice. The book applies some of the leading-edge concepts from organizational development and leadership studies to the fields of planning  design  and community engagement practice. Key concepts include the deep dive of sensing the social field  seeing the whole  and presencing the emergent future. The book also provides a creative bridge between participatory action research and design thinking: user-based design  rapid prototyping  and learning from doing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666299543605,"sku":"ByrdShop_0367175827","price":114.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780367175825.jpg?v=1782427500","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-heart-of-community-engagement-practitioner-stories-from-across-the-globe-community-development-research-and-practice-series-9780367175825","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}