Date of Award
1-1-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.A.
Department
Human Communications
First Advisor
Darrin K. Hicks, Ph.D.
Second Advisor
Luis Leon
Third Advisor
Kate Willink
Keywords
Community engagement, Food access, Food desert, Impact, Philantrophy, Storytelling
Abstract
Forwarding a narrative framework of philanthropic impact this thesis problematizes the evaluation methods used by social engagement organizations to measure the impact or change that they are contributing to in a community. By focusing on the example of food access, and the corresponding language of the "food desert", this project locates the power to control the framing of social issues in the hands of funders as opposed to those who experience the real life effects of living in poverty or resource-poor communities. This process then lets the philanthropists set a goal and meet that goal without ever truly communicating or understanding the complexity of factors that affect a community politic. Instead, by looking to the community's stories of a social concern an engagement plan can better reflect the needs and interests of that community.
Publication Statement
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Recommended Citation
Denzler, Jonathan F., "The Impact of Philanthropy" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 1144.
https://digitalcommons.du.edu/etd/1144
Provenance
Received from ProQuest
Rights holder
Jonathan F. Denzler
File size
114 p.
Copyright date
2016
File format
application/pdf
Language
en
Discipline
Rhetoric, Communication, Philosophy