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Learning in Agriculture: building social capital in island communities
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Kilpatrick, SI and Falk, I, Learning in Agriculture: building social capital in island communities, Local Environment, 8, (5) pp. 501-512. ISSN 1354-9839 (2003) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1080/1354983032000143662
Abstract
Social capital helps communities respond positively to change. Research in agricultural
businesses and into managing change through learning in communities, has highlighted the
importance of relationships between people and the formal and informal infrastructure of
communities to the quality of outcomes experienced by communities, businesses and
individuals. Communities can be geographic communities - the data drawn on in this paper is
from an island community, for example - or communities-of-common-purpose, such as
agricultural organisations. In this paper we review research into managing change through
learning and social capital, present a model of the simultaneous building and use of social
capital and explore the ways in which learning as part of an agricultural community can be
used to bring benefits to geographic communities such as islands.
The model presented in this paper stems from studies of the informal learning process that
builds resilient communities. It conceptualises the way in which social capital is used and
built in interactions between individuals. There are two stages to the model. The first stage
depicts social capital at the micro level of one -on-one interactions where it is built and used.
The second stage of the model is about the interrelationship of micro level social capital
processes with the community and societal level social capital resources.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | social capital, learning in agriculture |
| Research Division: | Environmental Sciences |
| Research Group: | Environmental Science and Management |
| Research Field: | Environmental Education and Extension |
| Objective Division: | Education and Training |
| Objective Group: | Other Education and Training |
| Objective Field: | Education and Training not elsewhere classified |
| Author: | Kilpatrick, SI (Professor Sue Kilpatrick) |
| ID Code: | 27187 |
| Year Published: | 2003 |
| Deposited By: | Education |
| Deposited On: | 2003-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2012-11-06 |
| Downloads: | 392 View Download Statistics |
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