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SECTION I
LOOKING INWARDS
A.
PROCESSES AND CHANGES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY
KEY TOOLS
Activity monitoring table
Basic forms of measurement
illustration
Most Significant Change stories
Trend line analysis
Assessing community capacities
and
Community wellbeing impact assessment
worksheet
Forum theatre
Participatory video
Photo stories
Audio interviews
Developing a biocultural community protocol can be a transformative process, sparking new ideas about
how communities can identify and organize themselves around a shared vision or in response to a
common threat. Working with a number of allies to realize the rights, responsibilities, and priorities
outlined in a protocol can also lead to unexpected insights and opportunities that may not have been
evident before. Reflecting upon these processes can help illustrate some of the key changes, outcomes,
and lessons learned to date.
There are many ways in which information can be measured and depicted. Consider brainstorming a
number of issues that the community feels are important to reflect upon. For each issue, you could
further brainstorm a list of questions to facilitate discussion about specific internal processes and changes
relating to the protocol. Certain questions could be considered in greater detail, ‘measuring’ or illustrating
them in clear ways to begin to assess the impact of the protocol process.
As a concrete (fictitious) example, several open questions set out in Box 50 below focus on the role of
women in the development and use of the community protocol. These are guiding questions only and
could be adapted to explore other issues relating to processes and changes within the community. Each
question could potentially be explored using a different method and tool.