{"id":3156,"date":"2018-11-27T13:43:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2022-05-17T10:21:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T21:21:16","slug":"exploring-the-role-of-buddhist-monks-and-nuns-engagement-in-community-development-as-catalysts-for-social-change-and-sustainable-development-in-lao-peoples-democratic-republ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/exploring-the-role-of-buddhist-monks-and-nuns-engagement-in-community-development-as-catalysts-for-social-change-and-sustainable-development-in-lao-peoples-democratic-republ\/","title":{"rendered":"Exploring the role of Buddhist monks\u2019 and nuns\u2019 engagement in community development as catalysts for social change and sustainable development in Lao People\u2019s Democratic Republic: A case study of the Buddhism for Development Project at Ban Bungsanthueng, Nongbok District, Khammouane Province, by Toung Eh Synuanchanh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Eh-Thesis-Review_final_2.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3160\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UT135602-Eh-Thesis-Review-1-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UT135602-Eh-Thesis-Review-1-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UT135602-Eh-Thesis-Review-1-100x141.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UT135602-Eh-Thesis-Review-1-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/UT135602-Eh-Thesis-Review-1-724x1024.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" \/><\/a>The topic of this research report is an important one in the context of Asia\u2019s rapid economic development in recent years, and the need to rethink development policy and especially methodologies of development communications, so the mistakes of the past will not be replicated. Thus, the study is an important initiative at this period of time. The research takes as a case study the Buddhism for Development Project (BDP) implemented at Ban Bungsanthueng village in the Khammouane Province by its Buddhist Volunteer Spirit for Community network (BVSC network).<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The fieldwork took place at the BDP\u2019s training centre in Vientiane and the Buddhist initiatives at Ban Bungsanthueng. The research demonstrates how the BDP and its network apply participatory approaches through interpersonal communication, such as sermon delivery, Dhamma (Buddhist teachings) talk, and daily interaction with villagers and project members.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Eh-Thesis-Review_final_2.pdf\">Read this review<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/MIC_2018_Toung-Eh-Synuanchanh_1459025_Final-Thesis.pdf\">Read thesis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Seneviratne, K. (2018). Exploring the role of Buddhist monks\u2019 and nuns\u2019 engagement in community development as catalysts for social change and sustainable development in Lao People\u2019s Democratic<br \/>\nRepublic: A case study of the Buddhism for Development Project at Ban Bungsanthueng, Nongbok District, Khammouane Province, by Toung Eh Synuanchanh. ePress Thesis Review Series (4)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/thes.revw4499\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.34074\/thes.revw4499<\/a><\/p>\n<p>About this series:<\/p>\n<p>Unitec ePress periodically publishes occasional and discussion papers that discuss current and ongoing research authored by members of staff and their research associates.For more papers in this series please visit:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/category\/publications\/\">https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/category\/publications\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/category\/pub<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The topic of this research report is an important one in the context of Asia\u2019s rapid economic development in recent years, and the need to rethink development policy and especially methodologies of development communications, so the mistakes of the past&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/exploring-the-role-of-buddhist-monks-and-nuns-engagement-in-community-development-as-catalysts-for-social-change-and-sustainable-development-in-lao-peoples-democratic-republ\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,26,3,69],"tags":[431,429,425,434,426,435,90,120,433,436,432,68,428,427,430,437,104,57,438],"class_list":["post-3156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-epress-series","category-featured-publications","category-publications","category-theses-reviews","tag-asia","tag-ban-bungsanthueng","tag-buddhism","tag-buddhism-for-development-project","tag-buddhist","tag-buddhist-volunteer-spirit-for-community","tag-communication","tag-community-development","tag-development-policy","tag-dhamma","tag-economic-development","tag-epress","tag-khammouane-province","tag-laos","tag-nongbok-district","tag-sanga","tag-thesis-review","tag-unitec","tag-vientiane"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3156"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4647,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3156\/revisions\/4647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}