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| David Leeming
PhD Student
Department of Social Sciences
Wageningen University (Netherlands)
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Independent consultant based in Solomon Islands full time since 1996. My skills bridge digital technology with education and culture. I have an M.A. in Communication for Development at Malmo University (2016). I specialised in the role of social knowledge in the maintenance of intangible culture. I am currently (2024) an external PhD candidate at Department of Social Sciences, Wageningen University, Netherlands researching the role of knowledge and discourse in digital transformation in Solomon Islands. The project explores the social impacts and experience of digitalisation, via the sociology of knowledge and its approach to discourse analysis (SKAD).
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Discipline(s) |
Communication studies
Sociology
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Geographic administrative areas |
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Geographic places |
Melanesia
Polynesia
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Historical periods |
Ancestral Oceania
First and Early contacts
21st century
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Indigenous languages |
Tok Pisin, Pijin, Rennell-Bellona |
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Experiences |
Masters Research (2016)
— Malmo University, Sweden
Social representations, Solomon Islands, Communication for Development, Social psychology, social knowledge, cultural heritage, cultural studies, Rennell, Bellona
A social knowledge approach to the preservation of Bellonese intangible cultural heritage, Solomon Islands. By using a ComDev approach in regards to such cultural forms (embodied, tattoo) it extends the field. Furthermore, it informs the discourse on the protection of traditional knowledge and forms of cultural expression (TKEC) in the Pacific by demonstrating a communications and social knowledge approach, and it also relates to cultural education. I have also co-authored two papers on ICTD themes in Solomon Islands. These are all available at http://mah.academia.edu/DavidLeeming (2016 to now)
— SATSOL Ltd, Solomon Islands
Business development and project management for one of Solomon Islands major ISPs, including managing government contracts, business process development, innovation (2021 to 2025)
— University of Groningen
The role of knowledge and discourse in digitalisation and digital transformation in Solomon Islands. A deep exploration of sense making, value creation and contested knowledge in different contexts of digitalisation. Methods/themes include the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD), ethnography, indigenous epistemology and orality. (2022 to 2023)
— MECDM / SPREP
Communication and engagement expert for the GCF readiness project; co-develop the No Objection Letter Procedure, Country Program, GAP analysis and TNA, private sector mapping, communication strategy and materials. (2023 to 2024)
— MFMRD / MFAT
Senior advisor to implement the Kiribati Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resource Development HR Capacity and Capability Training Plan and Fisheries Sector Training Plan. |
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