Peete tT Internat Seat BO tte trace CEy ional Office ARLDE NETWORK NEWS <1 VOLUME 1, IssuE 3 RURAL COMMUNITY TRANSFORM neath ON NETWORK SAN RURAL UTE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION FVLin this eaition: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT— ART OR SCIENCE? Community development. Is it an art or a nce? OF. le of both? Itis true that there are good tools, pro dures and methods and these things are As a ase definition, community develop based on beep social ten orcs : ment ig. process in which 2 community ig eve". itis also true that every place, persor strengthened in order to creatively help and situation is unique and requires crea- 5 ‘meet its own needs: physical, spiritual tive teonniques to achieve optimal sue- oe mental, psychological. social, economic cess. and political. it works from the premise for the small that all people have the right to basic food, —_go, what is CD? Science or art? Based + Community Development| | shelter, healt rest, education, job upon our experiences in the Philippines experiences. Guliban | | opportunity and secu ae ‘and a host of other rity, without being yay: Baie places, | oot for the worite and | excluded from or ex : middle ground ar ee resource poi the forces swer: I's bot of the market place. + Meet the ARLDF Incor porated Board of Diree A person wantin a8 commu do CD needs to be developers, ent well trained in the sciences. They need 1 tools of CD to do € good joo within the communities they work. But just as im ‘One resurrected rural community would be more convincing and help strengthen. ance and in some instances imbue the past 50 years, Renewal of | respectful of t peoples’ culture and —_jg always looking to help the people them- our ...communities could way of life but also in a way that responds selves discover their own way in develop- be the beginning of the to felt and real needs within the commu ‘ment. This is the “art” component. renewal of our country os and ultimately the renewal ‘Tete will alwaye be room forthe techni of urban communities. There are those that say community devel cian with good skills in CD work. Likewise, But to be authentic, atrue OPMENT. oF ce science ne a cer. there will also be room for the dreame: ey tain tools such as mapping, village tran amtist and visionary. if | had to choose one begining or5 fray honed y the develop ete Ba : approach, nave to be a resurrection | worker in order aoe accomplished mainly by | would argue that CD is more of an art and the community itself.” every village and every person is so unique Community development. I's a science that these tools and the “science” of CD and it’s an art Wendell Berry can only take us $0 far J Jeff Palmer