Anna Taft is Founding Director of The Tandana Foundation. As such, she has led the organization in its partnership with communities in Mali and Ecuador for over seventeen years. She holds a B.A. from Whitman College and a M.A.L.S. from Skidmore College.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Introduction: Between Development and Disengagement2 Dangers of Traditional Approaches to Development1 The View from Above1.1 Alienation1.2 Control1.3 Anonymity1.4 Development2 Overuse of the Mode of Fabrication2.1 Three Modes of Human Activity2.2 Hazards of Applying the Mode of Fabrication to Human Affairs3 An Alternative Approach1 An Example2 A Personal Orientation3 Relational Morality3.1 Experiential Moral Obligations3.2 Respect3.3 Responsibility3.4 Inequality and Mutuality4 Opportunities of Action4.1 Containing Instrumentality within an Enduring Space for Action4.2 Strengthening and Instituting Spaces for Action4.3 Opportunities of the Mode of Action in Community Engagement5 Balancing Personal and Detached Perspectives5.1 Personal and Anonymous Care5.2 Group-Level Relationships5.3 Universality and Context-Specificity5.4 Imagining Extended Communities4 Fruits of Engagement1 Unpredictability2 A Note on Volunteerism3 Reaping the Fruits3.1 Communities Improve on Their Own Terms3.2 Communities Gain Sources of Pride and Respect3.3 Communities Strengthen Desired Aspects of Their Cultures and Choose to Change Others3.4 People Enhance and Experience Their Effectiveness3.5 People Grow in Awareness3.6 Friendship5 Conclusion: Messiness, Mistakes, and MeaningBibliographyIndex

Anna Taft is Founding Director of The Tandana Foundation. As such, she has led the organization in its partnership with communities in Mali and Ecuador for over seventeen years. She holds a B.A. from Whitman College and a M.A.L.S. from Skidmore College.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Introduction: Between Development and Disengagement2 Dangers of Traditional Approaches to Development1 The View from Above1.1 Alienation1.2 Control1.3 Anonymity1.4 Development2 Overuse of the Mode of Fabrication2.1 Three Modes of Human Activity2.2 Hazards of Applying the Mode of Fabrication to Human Affairs3 An Alternative Approach1 An Example2 A Personal Orientation3 Relational Morality3.1 Experiential Moral Obligations3.2 Respect3.3 Responsibility3.4 Inequality and Mutuality4 Opportunities of Action4.1 Containing Instrumentality within an Enduring Space for Action4.2 Strengthening and Instituting Spaces for Action4.3 Opportunities of the Mode of Action in Community Engagement5 Balancing Personal and Detached Perspectives5.1 Personal and Anonymous Care5.2 Group-Level Relationships5.3 Universality and Context-Specificity5.4 Imagining Extended Communities4 Fruits of Engagement1 Unpredictability2 A Note on Volunteerism3 Reaping the Fruits3.1 Communities Improve on Their Own Terms3.2 Communities Gain Sources of Pride and Respect3.3 Communities Strengthen Desired Aspects of Their Cultures and Choose to Change Others3.4 People Enhance and Experience Their Effectiveness3.5 People Grow in Awareness3.6 Friendship5 Conclusion: Messiness, Mistakes, and MeaningBibliographyIndex

Anna Taft is Founding Director of The Tandana Foundation. As such, she has led the organization in its partnership with communities in Mali and Ecuador for over seventeen years. She holds a B.A. from Whitman College and a M.A.L.S. from Skidmore College.

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures1 Introduction: Between Development and Disengagement2 Dangers of Traditional Approaches to Development1 The View from Above1.1 Alienation1.2 Control1.3 Anonymity1.4 Development2 Overuse of the Mode of Fabrication2.1 Three Modes of Human Activity2.2 Hazards of Applying the Mode of Fabrication to Human Affairs3 An Alternative Approach1 An Example2 A Personal Orientation3 Relational Morality3.1 Experiential Moral Obligations3.2 Respect3.3 Responsibility3.4 Inequality and Mutuality4 Opportunities of Action4.1 Containing Instrumentality within an Enduring Space for Action4.2 Strengthening and Instituting Spaces for Action4.3 Opportunities of the Mode of Action in Community Engagement5 Balancing Personal and Detached Perspectives5.1 Personal and Anonymous Care5.2 Group-Level Relationships5.3 Universality and Context-Specificity5.4 Imagining Extended Communities4 Fruits of Engagement1 Unpredictability2 A Note on Volunteerism3 Reaping the Fruits3.1 Communities Improve on Their Own Terms3.2 Communities Gain Sources of Pride and Respect3.3 Communities Strengthen Desired Aspects of Their Cultures and Choose to Change Others3.4 People Enhance and Experience Their Effectiveness3.5 People Grow in Awareness3.6 Friendship5 Conclusion: Messiness, Mistakes, and MeaningBibliographyIndex