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The Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate Change
The Kamaʻāina Creatives Tackling Climate ChangeA new, experimental venture studio designed to invest in Hawai‘i creative talentMeg Massey
Can Citizen Science Drive the Sustainable Development Goals?
Can Citizen Science Drive the Sustainable Development Goals?A new collection of articles demonstrates the potential of citizen science to measure and drive the SDGsProximate
Putting Patients at the Heart of Medical Research
Putting Patients at the Heart of Medical ResearchA model for patient-centered careJess Rimington and Joanna L. Cea
Repairing Development • Issue 4 What Happened to Resourcefulness?
What Happened to Resourcefulness?Too often there's a narrative that people are operating in deficiency. But in fact, they are demonstrating resourcefulnessIsabelle Clérié
Repairing Development • Issue 3 Shiny Resumes, Stale Ideas
Repairing Development • Issue 3 Shiny Resumes, Stale IdeasTo development practitioners – please actively unlearn what you think you know about the Global MajorityIsabelle Clérié
Repairing Development • Issue 2 We Need More Anthropologists in Development
We Need More Anthropologists in DevelopmentAs we talk about community-led anything, there is an urgency to build anthropological skill sets like participant observation and thick descriptionIsabelle Clérié
Repairing Development • Issue 1 USAID’s Freeze and the Future of Aid
USAID’s Freeze and the Future of AidWelcome to a new newsletter for Proximate, where I reflect on the possibilities for a world without traditional international aid.Isabelle Clérié
Our Vision for Proximate Brasil
Our Vision for Proximate BrasilAn exploration of participatory problem-solving in Brazil, by BraziliansJoana Ribeiro Mortari

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