dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Hosking, Prof. D.M. | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Boin, Prof. A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kabalt, J. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-11-18T18:01:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-18 | |
dc.date.available | 2011-11-18T18:01:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/9629 | |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines the working of Appreciative Inquiry in the context of the newly constituted country of Curaçao. Previous research identified a call for a mentality change on Curaçao in relation to the new autonomous status. People were said to have a lack of an own identity, a lack of self-respect and a passive and indifferent attitude towards the future of the island. In this study I worked with an Appreciative Inquiry approach rooted in a relational constructionist thought style. This approach opens up possibilities for change by locating change agency in ongoing processes that facilitate non subject-object ways of relating. A cooperative project was organised in the field, wherein fifty youngsters from Curaçao entered into conversations with their fellow inhabitants about the strengths and future of Curaçao. In this thesis I give an in-depth description of the Appreciative Inquiry process. This case study shows that Appreciative Inquiry can be a valuable method for community development. People reacted to the invitation to engage in a positive conversation about Curaçao and participating in this project has handed people new hopeful and appreciative vocabularies and ways of talking about their island and themselves. A vocabulary wherein deficits, blaming and helplessness have given way to feelings of trust, hope, helpfulness and connectedness. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.format.extent | 20382121 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.title | Curacao, our nation: An Appreciative Inquiry on the future of Curacao | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | Curacao, Appreciative Inquiry, Relational Constructionism, Community Development | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Research in Public Administration and Organizational Science | |