The Sadder the Story, the Bigger the Check: Reciprocity as an Answer to Organizational Deficit Models

Community Literacy Journal Oct 2010 OA PDF

The Sadder the Story, the Bigger the Check: Reciprocity as an Answer to Organizational Deficit Models

Kathryn Johnson Gindlesparger University of Arizona

Abstract

This ethnographic research argues that reciprocity—the attempt to equalize the power dynamics that occur in working relationships—is a way to counteract the widely-used but rarely-critiqued deficit models that dominate the nonprofit landscape. If community work is not done with a near constant attention to power dynamics, programming that is intended to help clients actually replicates and rewards structures that take away agency from those being served in community programs. The practice of reciprocity offers this structure.

Journal: Community Literacy Journal
Published: 2010-10-01
DOI: 10.25148/clj.1.009427
Open Access: OA PDF Bronze
Topics: multimodality

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