Pete's podcast on community development
By Peter Westoby
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Episodes: 62
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An exploration of all things community development (CD) in dialogue with citizens and practitioners around the world. Dr Peter Westoby has been on the CD journey for over 30 years, as citizen practitioner, professional and academic. He's published over 60 journal articles and 15 books. He's worked in many countries, including South Africa, Uganda, Australia, Nepal, India, and Vanuatu. He's currently a Director/Senior Social Practitioner with Community Praxis Co-op, a visiting professor at University of the Free State/South Africa and Honorary Associate Prof with Deakin Uni/Australia.
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Community development and the 'invitation'
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Jacques Derrida and a Community Development Yet-to-Come
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Supporting citizen-led community development - The Community Builders Journal
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Towards a contemplative community deveopment practice
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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In Remembrance of the late John McKnight - a conversation with Cormac Russell
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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A conversation with Dr Jamie Gorman on community development and environmental justice
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Jun 29, 2024 |
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The Future of Community Development
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Conversation #3 with Jennifer Buchanan and Dr David Palmer on their journey working with indigenous Australians
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Nov 11, 2023 |
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Conversation #2 with Dr David Palmer and Jennifer Buchanan about their journey working with Indigenous Australians
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Nov 04, 2023 |
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Conversation #1 with Dr Dave Palmer and Jennifer Buchanan about their journey into working with indigenous Australians
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Oct 28, 2023 |
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Conversation #3 with Richard Warner - on taking community enterprises/cooperatives to scale - the journey of meta-method
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May 19, 2023 |
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Conversation #2 with Richard Warner, Co-ordinator/CEO of Nundah Community Enterprise Co-op - on why the cooperative model and some key lessons in 25 years
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May 13, 2023 |
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Conversation #1 with Richard Warner, Co-ordinator/CEO of Nundah Community Enterprise Co-op - on an inspirational story of social enterprise and community development
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May 06, 2023 |
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Final and fifth episode on Three Rivers Flowing - a conversation between Dr Lynda Shevellar and Peter Westoby at the official Brisbane book launch on 18th April 2023
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Apr 22, 2023 |
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Conversation #4 about the book Three Rivers Flowing, Peter Westoby and Rachael Donovan discuss elemental #4 - Expanding Consciousness
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Conversation #3 on the book Three Rivers Flowing - Peter Westoby and Rachael Donovan explore the 2nd and 3rd elementals, aliveness and working from the inside-out of a social phenomenon
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Conversation #2 with Peter Westoby and Rachael Donovan - on the book Three Rivers Flowing & Elemental One on Observation and the Faculty of Seeing/Sensing
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Conversation #1 with Peter Westoby and Rachael Donovan on Peter's new book 'Three Rivers Flowing' - exploring phenomenological reflective practice for community development workers.
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Cormac Russell conversation #2 on his new book (co-authored with John McKnight) The Connected Community
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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Conversation #1 with Cormac Russell on his new book (co-authored with John McKnight) The Connected Community: Discovering the Health, Wealth, and Power of Neighbourhoods
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Conversation #3 with Dr Jacques Boulet - on how social media impacts on the 'caring economy'
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Jun 19, 2022 |
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Conversation #2 with Dr Jacques Boulet - on community development and the caring economy
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Jun 11, 2022 |
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Conversation #1 with Dr Jacques Boulet - on the community economies tradition and community development
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Jun 04, 2022 |
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Conversation #3 with Professor Sue Kenny on community development and a response to right wing populism
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May 28, 2022 |
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Conversation #2 with Professor Sue Kenny - community development practitioners responding to right-wing populism
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May 21, 2022 |
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Conversation #1 with Professor Sue Kenny - the seduction of right wing populism
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May 14, 2022 |
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Conversation #3 with Charlie McConnell - dreams and aspirations to support professionalisation of CD globally
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May 08, 2022 |
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Conversation #2 with Charlie McConnell - the possibilities and challenges of professionalisation of community development
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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Conversation #1 with Charlie McConnell - on the new IACD book International Community Development Practice - why a professional?
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Apr 23, 2022 |
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Conversation #3 with Cormac Russell - 'community' as a better narrative than institutions
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Conversation #2 with Cormac Russell - 'Services supplement a life, but don't a life make'
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Mar 19, 2022 |
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Conversation #1 with Cormac Russell - his journey in discovering ABCD
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Conversation #3 with Dee Brooks - the global ABCD movement
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Mar 05, 2022 |
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Interview #2 with Dee Brooks - the 'heart and soul' of the ABCD approach to community development
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Feb 27, 2022 |
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In Conversation #1 with Dee Brooks - finding her way to the ABCD Tradition of Community Development
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Feb 19, 2022 |
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CD as engaging with difference, the 'enemy' in our communities - interview #3 with Dave Andrews
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Feb 12, 2022 |
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CD as a vocational and radical-revolutionary profession - interview #2 with Dave Andrews
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Feb 05, 2022 |
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Community Development as Love and Justice - Interview #1 with Dave Andrews
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Jan 30, 2022 |
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Episode 6 Traditions and Wisdom in Community Development - E.F. Schumcher 'small is beautiful'
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Episode 5: Traditions and wisdom in community development - bell hooks, 'I came to theory because of my pain...'
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Jan 15, 2022 |
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Wrap up of 2021 - leaning into 2022
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Dec 11, 2021 |
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Episode 4: Traditions and Wisdoms - Arundhati Roy and Jane Addams
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Dec 04, 2021 |
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Episode 3: Traditions and Wisdoms - Vandana Shiva and Gustavo Esteva
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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Episode 2: Traditions and Wisdoms for Community Development - Paulo Freire and Fran Peavey
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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Episode 1: Traditions and wisdoms for Community Development - Myles Horton/Paulo Freire - 'Education First, Organising Second'
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Nov 13, 2021 |
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Participatory Community Development - Meta Method (episode 6)
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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Participatory Community Development - Macro-Method
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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Participatory Community Development - Mezzo Method #2 - the 7 steps of mezzo
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Oct 23, 2021 |
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Participatory Community Development - Mezzo Method #1
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Oct 17, 2021 |
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Participatory Community Development - Micro Method
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Oct 10, 2021 |
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Participatory Community Development - Implicate Method
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Oct 02, 2021 |
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Introduction to Participatory Community Development [development practice]
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Sep 25, 2021 |
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Soul-force and Community Development: Gandhi and Tagore
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Colonisation of the soul
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Sep 11, 2021 |
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'Soul of the World' perspective on community development
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Sep 04, 2021 |
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Soul and community development
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Aug 28, 2021 |
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Conclusion: Reflections on the Place of Dialogue
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Aug 21, 2021 |
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Dialogue Skill #4: Changing the Story, but Always with Permission
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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Dialogue Skill #3: Discovering the Pathway Forward
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Aug 07, 2021 |
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Dialogue Skill #2: Nurturing the Thread of Trust
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Jul 31, 2021 |
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Dialogue Skill #1: Text, commentary, subtext
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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Introduction: what is dialogue?
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Jul 19, 2021 |