 Development practitioners’ emotions for resilience: sources of reflective and transformative practicesJae-Eun Noh Third World Quarterly, 2022, vol. 43, issue 10, 2509-2525 Abstract: Emotions are rarely discussed in development due to concerns about professionalism or rationalism in the sector. This research explores emotions that practitioners experience and the roles of emotions in their resilience by drawing on Bourdieu’s practice theory to conceptualise emotions as resources to be embraced rather than something to be managed and controlled. Interviews with 13 Korean non-government organisation workers showed that practitioners’ emotions were influenced by religion and social conditions, and their emotions influenced their development practices and relationships with self and others. The findings highlight that emotions can promote practitioners’ reflective and transformative practices, helping practitioners build resilience. Resilience has been described as a process of deconstructing and reconstructing conditions of existence and assumptions of self and practice. This research points to the need to develop a community of practice that connects and supports development practitioners to facilitate changes. Date: 2022 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:43:y:2022:i:10:p:2509-2525 Ordering information: This journal article can be ordered from DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2022.2102476 Access Statistics for this article Third World Quarterly is currently edited by Shahid Qadir More articles in Third World Quarterly from Taylor & Francis Journals |
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