Evaluating for the past, present and future: a values-based evaluation of an Aboriginal-led project in rural and remote Australia
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Article Title | Evaluating for the past, present and future: a values-based evaluation of an Aboriginal-led project in rural and remote Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 18535 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Palmer, Jane (Author) and Burton, Lorelle J. (Author) |
Journal Title | Futures |
Journal Citation | 109, pp. 1-12 |
Number of Pages | 13 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0016-3287 |
1873-6378 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.futures.2019.03.005 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016328718303963 |
Abstract | We use ideas from futurist Sohail Inayatullah and others to unpack the layers of a values-driven evaluation, and the potential role for such an evaluation strategy to support Aboriginal people in Australia to gain acknowledgement of the past and to support a desired future. Inayatullah’s Causal Layered Analysis (CLA) is used as a way of understanding the deep context of evaluation and the way in which a project might meet community priorities emerging from a dark history and its legacy. We present a proposed evaluation strategy centred around the CLA domains of Narrative, Discourse, Systems and Litany. We then use a case study from remote Australia to illustrate the kinds of community priorities that emerge from this deep context, and suggest that in an environment of complex and evolving relations, rather than measuring the contribution of a particular project to economic opportunity or social change, evaluation may need to focus on the ways in which the project becomes integrated into stories of change and other activities, either as a catalyst, an affirmation of commitment, or as part of an array of connected activities enabling change. |
Keywords | formative evaluation; values-based evaluation; causal layered analysis; truth-telling; Aboriginal culture; deep context |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520402. Decision making |
450599. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, society and community not elsewhere classified | |
449999. Other human society not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Arts and Communication |
School of Psychology and Counselling | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q531y/evaluating-for-the-past-present-and-future-a-values-based-evaluation-of-an-aboriginal-led-project-in-rural-and-remote-australia
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