CKC was engaging with potentially affected communities in eliciting and aggregating their opinions and judgments on the development of a wind farm project in their locality (Nhon Hoi, Binh Dinh). Our approach was both methodologically and socially inclusive. Key informant interviews, focus group discussions and household surveys were being conducted. Voices from diverse livelihood-oriented groups, the elderly, women and economically disadvantaged groups were being pooled, acknowledged and integrated in our assessment.
In several social baseline studies, CKC social researchers and painters have co-worked with local villagers in mapping their natural and social resources. Not only does this exercise help us to understand current socio-economic developments of the village, but it also contributes to impact analysis against IFC Performance Standards, such as stakeholder engagement (PS1), land use (PS5), ecosystem services (PS6), Indigenous Peoples (PS7), and cultural heritage (PS8). And we have found that we love painting our reality so much.
Hereby are the paintings which map the natural and social resources of two villages, mountainous and coastal, who host wind farm developments in Vietnam.
Some memorable ‘kefi’ moments during CKC’s field research in Soc Trang (March 2020) and Quang Tri (May 2020).
Kefi Moment from the Field in Soc Trang (March 2020): Beleaguered by intensive interviews with loosely clustered households and multiple focus discussions with diverse local groups within an extremely demanding work package under a tightly compacted schedule, the team has never given up seeking ways to maintain its high spirits and quality performances.
Just after the Covid-19 pandemic has been brought under control nationwide (May 2020), allowing resumed operation of schools and businesses, CKC has started our field research to support a renewable energy project in understanding of the local context and community engagement with ethnic minority groups along the eastern slopes of the Annamite Range. We were greatly grateful to villagers for their hospitality, participation, and information quality. We received local generous support and mobilisation to be able to reach villages only accessible on two wheels.
