TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing frame diversity in environmental participatory processes
T2 - Example from the Fogera woreda in Ethiopia
AU - Hassenforder, Emeline
AU - Brugnach, Marcela Fabiana
AU - Cullen, Beth
AU - Ferrand, Nils
AU - Barreteau, Olivier
AU - Daniell, Katherine Anne
AU - Pittock, Jamie
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Many participatory processes fail to generate social change and collaborative outcomes. This failure can partly be explained by how divergent stakeholders' frames are handled. This paper builds on the framing and participation literature to explain how facilitators can manage frame diversity and foster collaborative outcomes. It suggests two pragmatic steps: identifying frames and managing frames. The two steps are applied to a participatory process for natural resource management in Fogera, Ethiopia. Effectiveness of facilitators’ strategies to manage frame diversity in the Fogera case is discussed. Two main elements challenging effectiveness are identified: counter-strategies used by facilitators and most-powerful stakeholders, and the constraining factors knowledge, champions and frame sponsorship. We argue that these elements need to be taken into account by participatory process facilitators when managing frame diversity.
AB - Many participatory processes fail to generate social change and collaborative outcomes. This failure can partly be explained by how divergent stakeholders' frames are handled. This paper builds on the framing and participation literature to explain how facilitators can manage frame diversity and foster collaborative outcomes. It suggests two pragmatic steps: identifying frames and managing frames. The two steps are applied to a participatory process for natural resource management in Fogera, Ethiopia. Effectiveness of facilitators’ strategies to manage frame diversity in the Fogera case is discussed. Two main elements challenging effectiveness are identified: counter-strategies used by facilitators and most-powerful stakeholders, and the constraining factors knowledge, champions and frame sponsorship. We argue that these elements need to be taken into account by participatory process facilitators when managing frame diversity.
KW - METIS-316599
KW - IR-101034
U2 - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.03.052
DO - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.03.052
M3 - Article
VL - 177
SP - 288
EP - 297
JO - Journal of environmental management
JF - Journal of environmental management
SN - 0301-4797
ER -