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The "North-South lens" starts by assuming fundamental differences between countries and cultures. Its unstated assumptions are that the North is industrialised and the South is developing, that the North is rich and the South is poor, that the North is skilled and the South is not. The commonalities lens, meanwhile, focuses on what we share, creating solidarity and the space to learn from one another as equals.
We tested out the commonalities lens through a ground-breaking visit of Haitian NGO AIDS practitioners to Vancouver. The results, we feel, were spectacular.
The development community is visually-challenged. Our analyses and policies are suspect because we do not see the world as it is, but how it used to be. We are half-blinded by our 50-year old-eyeglasses.
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"Should we dump the North-South lens?"
article by Jon Tinker
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