Table of Contents

Acknowledgements About the authors Joining journeys: an introduction 1. Building common ground: frameworks and framing the work 2. Implicate method: positioning self for the work with a practice framework 3. With one another: the craft of micro method 4. Taking steps together: the craft of mezzo method 5. Building development organization: the craft of macro method 6. From the local to the global: the craft of meta method 7. Promissory notes and reflections: together on common ground Index

About the Author

Anthony Kelly has been involved in development work for more than forty years. He taught development practice at The University of Queensland for twenty-five years. In more recent years Anthony has worked with a range of transnational mining companies helping them form productive relationships with local communities. Peter Westoby has been involved in development practice for over thirty years, working as a grassroots practitioner, facilitator and scholar in diverse contexts such as Australia, PNG, the Philippines, Vanuatu, India, South Africa and Uganda. He is currently Associate Professor of Social Science and Community Development at Queensland University of Technology, Australia, and a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Development Support, University of the Free State, South Africa.