TY - JOUR
T1 - When Evaluation Meets the ‘Rough Ground’ in Communities
AU - Schwandt, Thomas
AU - Dahler-Larsen, Peter
PY - 2006/1/1
Y1 - 2006/1/1
N2 - Based on experiences from two evaluation projects, the two partners in the following dialogue discuss the meaning of ‘resistance’ to evaluation, or more specifically, resistance to evaluation touching upon values that are central in some communities. Step by step, the dialogue identifies a tension between evaluation as a modernist undertaking and the traditional values of these communities. Through the dialogue about this tension, the ‘rough ground’ in evaluation is revealed, then the implications for evaluation practice are discussed.
AB - Based on experiences from two evaluation projects, the two partners in the following dialogue discuss the meaning of ‘resistance’ to evaluation, or more specifically, resistance to evaluation touching upon values that are central in some communities. Step by step, the dialogue identifies a tension between evaluation as a modernist undertaking and the traditional values of these communities. Through the dialogue about this tension, the ‘rough ground’ in evaluation is revealed, then the implications for evaluation practice are discussed.
KW - community
KW - evaluability
KW - modernist undertaking
KW - resistance to evaluation
KW - values
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33845265634&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1356389006073745
DO - 10.1177/1356389006073745
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:33845265634
SN - 1356-3890
VL - 12
SP - 496
EP - 505
JO - Evaluation
JF - Evaluation
IS - 4
ER -