What does #accountability mean to you?
¿Qué significa #rendicióndecuentas para usted?
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ARC’s Accountability Keywords project addresses cross-cultural communication challenges in the accountability field, where key terms often have different meanings, to different actors, in different contexts – and in different languages.
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The Accountability Keywords project has 34 published posts about “what counts” as accountability. All the Accountability Keywords Posts are here.
The posts come from 27 practitioners and applied researchers from Asia (India, Pakistan, Indonesia, the Philippines & China) to Africa (Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, Zambia & Ethiopia) and Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Peru & Colombia). To learn more about the authors, please explore all Accountability Keywords Author profiles here.
The Accountability Keywords posts are incredibly diverse but they all focus on the power of people, ideas, culture, and words in the quest for accountability. Two posts focus on creative repurposing of Arabic terms by accountability movements in Lebanon and Sudan. Posts reflect on customary governance in Ethiopia and Zambia and the indigenous leaders defending health rights in Guatemala and Peru. Other posts trace the institutionalization of accountability in Brazil, Colombia and India. The series also covers broader topics such as Contraloría Social, Causal Chains, Accountability Ecosystems, and the Corporate Accountability Paradox. One post documents the emergence of a word for whistleblowing in China as Dr. Li Wenliang tried to warn the world about the pandemic which continues to wreak devastating consequences.
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Looking forward ...
“Word of the Week”: Starting September 8th, each week ARC will publicize an Accountability Keyword Post on ARC social media channels. Find ARC on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram to follow, like, and share the "Word of the Week" posts.
Contact the authors: In many cases, authors have provided their social media handles and would welcome feedback. Reach out and start a conversation.
Propose your own post: If you are inspired to propose a post of your own, please share your proposal for an Accountability Keyword with us via email (arc@american.edu) or any social media you prefer.
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Special thanks to all authors and Jennifer Johnson
ARC is deeply appreciative to all the authors who dedicated their time, talents, and insights to this series thus far. We'd like to give a special thanks and acknowledgement to research communications consultant Jennifer Johnson who worked directly with ARC director Jonathan Fox and many authors to cultivate and curate content published in these posts.
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Please share with colleagues who may be interested to sign up for future monthly updates on publications, accountability keywords, and highlights of our partner organizations’ work for social change and greater accountability. You can follow ARC on @AcctResearchCtr, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram!
With Regards from the ARC team:
Jonathan Fox, director
Angela Bailey, managing director
Naomi Hossain, research professor
Joy Aceron, G-Watch convenor-director, and ARC researcher / advisor
Rachel Nadelman, scholar-in-residence (World Bank Citizen Engagement)
Mariana Cepeda, researcher (Colombia)
Judy Gearhart, visiting scholar (transnational labor & environmental rights)
Abrehet Gebremedhin, research assistant (publishing support)
Jennifer Johnson, research consultant (health worker protest & accountability keywords)
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