III. Open Educational Resources for Global Development Studies

This page includes a variety of OERs and OAs that can be used to teach Global Development Studies. Click on the title to access the resource.

E. Hartman & S. Brandauer. (Eds.). Interdependence: Global Solidarity and Local Actions Toolkit. The Community-based Global Learning Collaborative.

This online inquiry and action toolkit to help instructors teach about global interdependence in ways that are ethical, respectful, and critical. Some of the themes highlighted are: understanding our planet and humanity through a lens of interdependence, humility and polyvocality, recognition that ideas, concepts and opportunities for action are more concrete from interpersonal and local levels, and commitment to participatory and public scholarship

Podcast: Memorias Parroqiales Rurales

Created by the city of Cuenca

This Spanish podcast is referenced in the chapter Opening Global Development Studies: Promoting Equity and Representation through Inclusive Pedagogy. Kurlanska used this podcast as a resource to teach the students about local traditions and practice their Spanish comprehension skills.

Hoffman, S., Eriksen, T. H., & Mendes, P. (Eds.). (2022). Cooling Down: Local Responses to Global Climate Change. Berghahn Books.

This book is referenced in the chapter as an OA resource that was used in Kurlanska’s course. The book emphasizes the importance of ethnographic detail and community level explanations in portraying how people in different parts of the world are addressing global warming.

Cornwall, A., & Scoones, I. (Eds.). (2022). Revolutionizing Development: Reflections on the World of Robert Chambers. (1st ed.). Routledge. 

This book is referenced in the chapter as an OA resource. It tells the story of the last fifty years of development studies practice through the work of Robert Chambers: an extremely influential actor in development thinking and practice.