Barbara Pamphilon
Biographic Data
| ID | 644197 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Pamphilon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Pamphilon |
| SIGNATURE | PAMPHILON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Canberra |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8858-6899 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 32 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
You want them to be learning not just about the skills, but the entire foundation of the person they need to be’
The implications of farmer‐to‐farmer learning and local knowledge networks for food security in Solomon Islands and beyond
Across the Pacific, socio‐cultural networks are a key way to share knowledge and skills. However, as peer‐to‐peer learning is contextually and culturally located, it is important to understand the place‐based specifics of such learning. This article draws on the evaluation of a series of household‐based workshops on agricultural development and food security in a remote area of Solomon Islands. It outlines this community's kinship ecology for far…
Case study
This article explores the first field epidemiology training programme (FETP) through a case study to understand its approach to learning and education.Field epidemiologists deploy to outbreaks to investigate, control, and prevent future epidemics and pandemics.Since the 1950s, they have learned their trade through FETP.FETP arose at a paradigmatic crossroads, has endured for seventy years, and is now delivered in over ninety countries.COVID-19 ha…
Showing our story our way
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), smallholder farmers, particularly women and girls, are the backbone of food production and food security; therefore, engaging these farmers in learning and development programs is key. We present and analyse a project that developed a story-telling digital video for farmers with low literacy as a learning tool in the sensitive area of gender equity. Although the video was a cross cultural collaboration between PNG and A…
Learning from teachers like us
Providing professional development (PD) for Papua New Guinea (PNG) teachers is highly challenging due to the remoteness of schools, limited budgets, travel costs, and safety. The essential follow-up guidance and support after PD workshops is rarely possible, especially for the majority of teachers, who work in rural schools. In addition, the effectiveness of PD in facilitating collaboration among members of the school community can be affected by…
The ‘Maria’ books
This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language, culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s reading and encourage the u…
Coping with Drought in Rural Papua New Guinea
The short- and long-term effects of climate change on Papua New Guinea's agricultural sector have generated significant debate in recent times. Current literature demonstrates that different population groups have differing levels of vulnerability and resilience to the flow-on effects of climate change, particularly drought. Yet different schools of thought on the country's food security and effects on livelihoods persist. This article draws on e…
The importance of stories in understanding people’s relationship to food
Objective Despite the usefulness of quantitative research, qualitative research methodologies are equally needed to allow researchers to better understand the important social and environmental factors affecting food choice and eating habits. The present paper contributes insights from narrative inquiry, a well-established qualitative methodology, to a food-related doctoral research study. The connections between food shoppers and the producer, f…
Weaving knowledges
Since the early 1970s there has been increasing interest in effective adult education systems and practices as a core foundation for capacity building in developing countries. This paper presents the philosophy behind the concept of an ‘intercultural learning space’ and argues its relevance for such adult learners. Drawing on work in Papua New Guinea, I use a series of stories to illustrate some of the complexity of creating an empowering adult l…
Participatory visual research with subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea
This article discusses the trial of visual research methods in a socio-economic research and development project with women subsistence farmers and their families in two regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It reports on the benefits and challenges of three visual research methods (drawing, participatory photography, and picture elicitation) to explore the agricultural practice of women subsistence farmers and their families. The paper discusses th…
Training by Papua New Guinea women, for Papua New Guinea women’
This article examines the lessons from a collaborative project that worked with women agricultural leaders in Papua New Guinea. The project sought to build the capacity of these leaders as trainers in a way that would enable the development of a sustainable community of practice and worked within a critical and place-based pedagogy underpinned by asset-based community development principles. Whilst the process of our collaborative work has a numb…
The Zoom Model
It is neither appropriate nor ethical to work with life histories in a way that writes the storytellers out of their own lives or that presents their words as an unexpurgated truth. The zoom framework encourages the examination of life histories from different perspectives, recognizing that no one perspective alone can reveal their full complexity. The macro-zoom focuses on the sociohistorical dimension, exploring collective meanings as they rela…
The Zoom Model
It is neither appropriate nor ethical to work with life histories in a way that writes the storytellers out of their own lives or that presents their words as an unexpurgated truth. The zoom framework encourages the examination of life histories from different perspectives, recognizing that no one perspective alone can reveal their full complexity. The macro-zoom focuses on the sociohistorical dimension, exploring collective meanings as they rela…
Training by Papua New Guinea women, for Papua New Guinea women’
This article examines the lessons from a collaborative project that worked with women agricultural leaders in Papua New Guinea. The project sought to build the capacity of these leaders as trainers in a way that would enable the development of a sustainable community of practice and worked within a critical and place-based pedagogy underpinned by asset-based community development principles. Whilst the process of our collaborative work has a numb…
The ‘Maria’ books
This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language, culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s reading and encourage the u…
The Zoom Model
It is neither appropriate nor ethical to work with life histories in a way that writes the storytellers out of their own lives or that presents their words as an unexpurgated truth. The zoom framework encourages the examination of life histories from different perspectives, recognizing that no one perspective alone can reveal their full complexity. The macro-zoom focuses on the sociohistorical dimension, exploring collective meanings as they rela…
Training by Papua New Guinea women, for Papua New Guinea women’
This article examines the lessons from a collaborative project that worked with women agricultural leaders in Papua New Guinea. The project sought to build the capacity of these leaders as trainers in a way that would enable the development of a sustainable community of practice and worked within a critical and place-based pedagogy underpinned by asset-based community development principles. Whilst the process of our collaborative work has a numb…
Weaving knowledges
Since the early 1970s there has been increasing interest in effective adult education systems and practices as a core foundation for capacity building in developing countries. This paper presents the philosophy behind the concept of an ‘intercultural learning space’ and argues its relevance for such adult learners. Drawing on work in Papua New Guinea, I use a series of stories to illustrate some of the complexity of creating an empowering adult l…
Participatory visual research with subsistence farmers in Papua New Guinea
This article discusses the trial of visual research methods in a socio-economic research and development project with women subsistence farmers and their families in two regions of Papua New Guinea (PNG). It reports on the benefits and challenges of three visual research methods (drawing, participatory photography, and picture elicitation) to explore the agricultural practice of women subsistence farmers and their families. The paper discusses th…
The importance of stories in understanding people’s relationship to food
Objective Despite the usefulness of quantitative research, qualitative research methodologies are equally needed to allow researchers to better understand the important social and environmental factors affecting food choice and eating habits. The present paper contributes insights from narrative inquiry, a well-established qualitative methodology, to a food-related doctoral research study. The connections between food shoppers and the producer, f…
Coping with Drought in Rural Papua New Guinea
The short- and long-term effects of climate change on Papua New Guinea's agricultural sector have generated significant debate in recent times. Current literature demonstrates that different population groups have differing levels of vulnerability and resilience to the flow-on effects of climate change, particularly drought. Yet different schools of thought on the country's food security and effects on livelihoods persist. This article draws on e…
The ‘Maria’ books
This article describes the development and uptake of two dual-language, culturally relevant picture books in five primary schools in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The purpose of the books was to disseminate agricultural and livelihood messages both at school and at home. Schools were provided with big-book versions as permanent school resources and asked to send small-book versions home to families to both support children’s reading and encourage the u…
Learning from teachers like us
Providing professional development (PD) for Papua New Guinea (PNG) teachers is highly challenging due to the remoteness of schools, limited budgets, travel costs, and safety. The essential follow-up guidance and support after PD workshops is rarely possible, especially for the majority of teachers, who work in rural schools. In addition, the effectiveness of PD in facilitating collaboration among members of the school community can be affected by…
Showing our story our way
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), smallholder farmers, particularly women and girls, are the backbone of food production and food security; therefore, engaging these farmers in learning and development programs is key. We present and analyse a project that developed a story-telling digital video for farmers with low literacy as a learning tool in the sensitive area of gender equity. Although the video was a cross cultural collaboration between PNG and A…
The implications of farmer‐to‐farmer learning and local knowledge networks for food security in Solomon Islands and beyond
Across the Pacific, socio‐cultural networks are a key way to share knowledge and skills. However, as peer‐to‐peer learning is contextually and culturally located, it is important to understand the place‐based specifics of such learning. This article draws on the evaluation of a series of household‐based workshops on agricultural development and food security in a remote area of Solomon Islands. It outlines this community's kinship ecology for far…
Case study
This article explores the first field epidemiology training programme (FETP) through a case study to understand its approach to learning and education.Field epidemiologists deploy to outbreaks to investigate, control, and prevent future epidemics and pandemics.Since the 1950s, they have learned their trade through FETP.FETP arose at a paradigmatic crossroads, has endured for seventy years, and is now delivered in over ninety countries.COVID-19 ha…
You want them to be learning not just about the skills, but the entire foundation of the person they need to be’
Sociology (11 works) · Geography (7 works) · New guinea (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Agriculture (4 works) · Ethnology (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development (4 works)