Where the Rivers Meet the Sky: A Collaborative Approach to Participatory Development

The "Skyriver process" is a development fieldworker’s use of video and film tools to enhance and strengthen citizen participation in the decision-making processes of government. This book describes the collaborative process of economic and social development, facilitated within and among Native Alaskan villages, which, as reported here, led to direct communication between the villages and government officials and, ultimately, to positive social change. This book provides a detailed review of how the process evolved and the lessons learnt from its evolution.

Contents include:

"Introduction by Kanaqlak (George P. Charles) Yup'ik

Foreword by William Foote Whyte

Preface

1. Into the River
2. From Social Advocate to Social Mobilizer: First Year as Development Fieldworker in Noorvik, Alaska
   
3. From Social Advocate to Social Mobilizer: Second Year as Development Fieldworker in Noorvik, Alaska
   
4. The Greater Anchorage Area Community Action Agency
   
5. Yukon Delta Fish Marketing Cooperative
   
6. The Lower Yukon Project
   
7.  Comparative Analysis of Development Fieldworker's Attitudes and Roles
   
8. Assumptions of the Skyriver Process
   
9. Beyond the Documentary: Analysis of Video and Film Tools
   
10.  Features of the Skyriver Process"