About the editors and contributors Acknowledgements Preface PART I Definitions, History and Issues 1 1. Participation, empowerment and sustainable development 3 RACHEL SLOCUM AND BARBARA THOMAS-SLAYTER 2. A brief history of participatory methodologies 9 BARBARA THOMAS-SLAYTER 3. Participation in context: key questions 17 DIANNE ROCHELEAU AND RACHEL SLOCUM PART II Methods and Ethics in Our Research and in Our Use of Media 31 4. Women's rendering of rights and space: reflections on feminist 33 research methods LOUISE FORTMANN 5. Media ethics: no magic solutions 41 RENUKA BERY PART III Tools for Environmental and Social Change 51 6. How to use the tools and how to facilitate 53 Activities, Resources and Benefits Analysis 59 Advocacy Planning 64 Communicating with Officials and Outsiders 68 Community Drama 72 Conflict Resolution I: Definition 75 Conflict Resolution II: Walking in Others' Shoes 78 Conflict Resolution III: Negotiation 82 Division of Labour Focus Groups Gender Analysis Activity Profile Gender Myths Gendered Resource Mapping Group Definition Household Interviews Institutional Diagramming and Analysis Land Use Feltboard Landscape/Lifescape Mapping Legal Rights I: Education Legal Rights II: The Woman's Walk Mapping the Body Network Formation Oral Life Histories Personal and Household Resources Photography Problem Solving: Trees, Ranking, Assessment Seasonal Activities Calendar Social Network Mapping Study Trips Time Line Variations Transects Video I: Developing a Community Project Video II: Demystifying the Technology Wealth Ranking Who Am I? Who Decides? Endnotes Bibliography