A Community of monastic development practice

The Formation of a Nationwide Collaborative Development Monk Network

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ID3887381
AuthorsDylan Southard (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume32
Issue5
Pages684-693
Publication date2022-07-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment in Practice (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0961-4524 • E-ISSN: 1364-9213
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09614524.2021.1958163
OpenAlexW3189535999
LanguageEN
References cited11

The importance of development strategies that emphasise local agency and authenticity has long been recognised, but these goals often preclude the access to the extralocal resources and knowledge systems available to large-scale top-down organisations. This paper presents the case of development monks in Thailand, who have recently begun selectively adopting the practices of their state and civil society collaborators. Modelled after the organisational structures of development NGOs, government agencies, and the Thai Sangha, development monk networks facilitate a community of monastic development of practice, through which practitioners’ skills are honed, resources are procured, and knowledge and meanings are shared and negotiated

Business · Civil society · Community development · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Law · Public Administration · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Tourism, Volunteerism, and Development

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