Power and communication in the participatory upland development program in Dampalit Watershed of the Makiling Forest Reserve / Mildred O. Mocoso ; Maria Celeste H. Cadiz, chair, advisory committee.

Date

6-2011

Abstract

This single instrumental case study sought to explore and understand the relationship of power and communication in the participatory upland development program in the Dampalit watershed of the Makiling forest Reserve (Dampalit Program). Premised on the assumption that communication is interaction, it (1) described the context of the interaction betwen Samalup farmersa and the MCME implementers in the Dampalit program; (2) identify the different stages of their interaction; (3) identify the strategies thewy employed in the interaction; (4) surfaced the relations of power embedded in their interaction; and (5) interpreted the relationship of power and communication in the program. Primary and secondary data were gathered where the primary data consisted of interviews with nine of the actors. Data went through coding, surfacing of themes and then thorough interpretation and critique. MCME-SAMALUP interaction proceeded in four stages where MCME was generally the dominant and interaction with Samalup. "Its power Samalup came from expertise, legitimacy and coersion. In the beginning, SAMALUP expressed its power ägainst"MCME through disbelief and low participation in program activities. Later, SAMALUP went through individual and organizational empowerment and developed "power within, "power to", and "power with"through various MCME initiated activities. The partnership formed between the two actors continued until after thye program and was characterized by a common goal, was relational, provided a sense of legitimacy to SAMALUP, and was based on unequal power relationship. The communication process which helped in empowering SAMALUP were compromise, capability building and organizational development and the development of interpersonal relationships. The communication process that have undermined SAMALUP's ability to challenge unequal power relations in their context, particularly in the issue of their legitimate access to Makiling were inclusionary control, governmentality, and normalization.

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy in Development Communication

College

Graduate School (GS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Maria Celeste H. Cadiz

Committee Member

Virginia R. Cardenas, Alexander G. Flor, Cleofe S. Torres, Maria Celeste H. Cadiz

Language

English

LC Subject

Communication in small groups, SAMALUP farmers, Development communication

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 996 2011 D46 M67

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