The Responsible Use of Authority and Power with the Spirit of Ubuntu: The Msoro Chiefdom in Zambia

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] Introduction Responsible use of authority / power may be domesticated in Central, East and Southern Africa within the spirit of ubuntu. Ubuntu is a profound existential acknowledgement that one exists because of others and vice versa. This is in…

The Oromo Gadaa System and its Accountability Values

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] Introduction There are democratic institutions indigenous to Africa. Much is unknown about these institutions and Africa is often portrayed as undemocratic, a representation reinforced by a widespread democratic deficit on the continent. However, history reveals that this depiction of…

Open Government, Feedback Loops, and Semantic Extravaganza

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] Tom Steinberg recently brought up one of the most important issues for those working at the intersection of technology and governance. It refers to the deficit/surplus of words to describe the “field” (I call it field in the absence of a…

Indigenous Groups, Language, and Challenges in the Construction of Concepts Such as the Right to Health and Governance

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] Versión en español: Pueblos indígenas, idioma y retos para la construcción de conceptos como derecho a la salud y gobernabilidad In 2007, CARE Peru and ForoSalud, the largest network of civil society organizations in health in Peru, began the…

Pueblos indígenas, idioma y retos para la construcción de conceptos como derecho a la salud y gobernabilidad

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] English version: Indigenous groups, language, and challenges in the construction of concepts such as the right to health and governance Allá por el año 2007 iniciamos desde CARE Perú y el ForoSalud – la más amplia red de organizaciones…

Different Understandings of ‘Control Social’ in Latin America

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] The Spanish language term ‘control social’ has been widely used in South America to mean ‘social oversight’ both by governments and in civil society. In Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Colombia the term appears often in national laws and policy…

Do We Mean What We Say for Accountability in Ghana?

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] In Ghana the concept of accountability and how it is communicated is highly influenced by the cultural and traditional usage of euphemisms that avoid touching raw nerves and tackling unpleasant issues head-on. Although there are countless positive local and…

Conceptos de rendición de cuentas en idiomas Mayas de Guatemala

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] English version: Communicating Accountability Concepts in Mayan Languages of Guatemala Existen muchas maneras de comunicar ideas sobre la rendición de cuentas y cómo las comunidades pueden ejercer control sobre los servicios de salud en los idiomas mayas de Guatemala.…

Communicating Accountability Concepts in Mayan Languages of Guatemala

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] Versión en español: Conceptos de rendición de cuentas en idiomas Mayas de Guatemala Mayan languages in Guatemala have multiple ways of communicating ideas about community oversight and public accountability. Linguistically, the different cultures have codified their experiences over time…

Pananagutan: Accountability and the Struggle for Filipino Nationhood

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{!{wpv-post-title}!} Author(s): {!{types field=’blog-author’ separator=’, ‘}!}{!{/types}!} Date: {!{types field=’blog-date’}!}{!{/types}!} Country: {!{types field=’country’}!}{!{/types}!} Language(s): {!{types field=’language’}!}{!{/types}!} [osd_social_media_sharing] In Filipino, the term accountability is often understood as pananagutan. Derived from the root word sagot or answer, pananagutan may be interpreted as the obligation to respond to questions regarding one’s conduct. The word, however, has a much broader…