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September 2012, Volume 43, Issue 5
- 76-83 Radio, ICT Convergence and Knowledge Brokerage: Lessons from Sub‐Saharan Africa
by Heather Gilberds & Mary Myers - 84-90 Changing the Financial Landscape of Africa: An Unusual Story of Evidence‐informed Innovation, Intentional Policy Influence and Private Sector Engagement
by Simon Batchelor - 91-97 Reframing Digital Storytelling as Co‐creative
by Lara Worcester - 98-103 Digital Storytelling in Bangladesh: Experiences, Challenges and Possibilities
by Samia A. Rahim - 104-109 Changing Focus: Exploring Images of Women and Empowerment in Egypt
by Kristina Hallez - 110-116 Real World: Empowering Representations of Women through Film
by Tessa Lewin - 117-127 Emerging Implications of Open and Linked Data for Knowledge Sharing in Development
by Tim Davies & Duncan Edwards
July 2012, Volume 43, Issue 4
- 1-13 Introduction: Hybrid Security Governance in Africa
by Niagalé Bagayoko - 14-19 The African Standby Force: An Element of Prospective Multilevel Security Governance
by Olaf Bachmann - 20-34 Multilevel Governance and Security: Security Sector Reform in the Central African Republic
by Niagalé Bagayoko - 35-48 Mapping Police Services in the Democratic Republic of Congo
by Thierry Nlandu Mayamba - 49-62 A ‘Force for Good’? Police Reform in Post‐conflict Sierra Leone
by Joseph P. Chris Charley & Freida Ibiduni M'Cormack - 63-73 Security Systems in Francophone and Anglophone Africa
by Niagalé Bagayoko - 74-88 Criminal Networks and Conflict‐resolution Mechanisms in Northern Mali
by Kalilou Sidibé
May 2012, Volume 43, Issue 3
- 1-7 Introduction: Action Research for Development and Social Change
by Danny Burns & Blane Harvey & Alfredo Ortiz Aragón - 11-26 Getting to Grips with Power: Action Learning for Social Change in the UK
by Jethro Pettit - 27-44 Shifting Identity from Within the Conversational Flow of Organisational Complexity
by Alfredo Ortiz Aragón - 45-58 Guns, Silences, and Change: Using Action Research in Contexts of Violence
by Joanna Wheeler - 59-70 Action Research with Children: Lessons from Tackling Disasters and Climate Change
by Thomas Tanner & Frances Seballos - 71-87 Sharing and Co‐generating Knowledges: Reflections on Experiences with PRA and CLTS
by Robert Chambers - 88-100 Participatory Systemic Inquiry
by Danny Burns - 101-117 Linking Community, Radio, and Action Research on Climate Change: Reflections on a Systemic Approach
by Blane Harvey & Danny Burns & Katy Oswald
March 2012, Volume 43, Issue 2
- 1-9 Introduction: ‘Some for All Rather than More for Some’? Contested Pathways and Politics since the 1990 New Delhi Statement
by Alan Nicol & Lyla Mehta & Jeremy Allouche - 10-12 Some for All Rather Than More for Some: A Myth or a Reality?
by Gourisankar Ghosh - 13-20 Barriers and Opportunities for Sanitation and Water for All, as Envisaged by the New Delhi Statement
by Jon Lane - 21-26 Anti‐Privatisation Debates, Opaque Rules and ‘Privatised’ Water Services Provision: Some Lessons from Indonesia
by Mohamad Mova Al 'Afghani - 27-36 Pipe Dreams? The Governance of Urban Water Supply in Informal Settlements, New Delhi
by Suneetha Dasappa Kacker & Anuradha Joshi - 37-43 Swajaldhara: ‘Reversed’ Realities in Rural Water Supply in India
by Shilpi Srivastava - 44-50 Enabling or Disabling? Reflections on the Ethiopian National WASH Inventory Process
by Katharina Welle & Florian Schaefer & John Butterworth & Kristof Bostoen - 51-58 Redefining Water Security through Social Reproduction: Lessons Learned from Rajasthan's ‘Ocean of Sand’
by Michael Mascarenhas - 59-68 Closing the Gap between ‘Expert’ and ‘Lay’ Knowledge in the Governance of Wastewater: Lessons and Reflections from New Delhi
by Tim Karpouzoglou & Anna Zimmer - 69-78 Is Water Policy the New Water Law? Rethinking the Place of Law in Water Sector Reforms
by Philippe Cullet - 79-85 Negotiating Marginalities: Right to the City's Water
by Nishtha Mehta - 86-92 Sanitation: What's the Real Problem?
by Duncan Mara - 93-96 Why not Basics for All? Scopes and Challenges of Community‐led Total Sanitation
by Kamal Kar - 97-100 Working Locally and Globally for Lasting Change: Linking Community Demand and Political Leadership
by Barbara Frost - 101-111 Equity and Inclusion in Sanitation and Hygiene in South Asia: A Regional Synthesis
by Ravi Narayanan & Hendrik van Norden & Louisa Gosling & Archana Patkar - 112-118 Needs, Rights and Responsibilities in Water Governance: Some Reflections
by Synne Movik
January 2012, Volume 43, Issue 1
- 1-15 Introduction: The Pulse of the Arab Revolt
by Mariz Tadros - 16-25 Precursors of the Egyptian Revolution
by Khalid Ali - 26-36 The Role of the Youth's New Protest Movements in the January 25th Revolution
by Yusery Ahmed Ezbawy - 37-46 The Mubarak Regime's Failed Youth Policies and the January Uprising
by Youssef Wardany - 47-53 The Political Economy of the Egyptian and Arab Revolt
by Omar S. Dahi - 54-61 Accumulative Bad Governance
by Sameh Fawzy - 62-70 Backstage Governance
by Mariz Tadros - 71-77 The January 25th Uprisings: Through or in Spite of Civil Society?
by Ayman Abd el Wahab - 78-86 Human Rights Organisations and the Egyptian Revolution
by Mohamed Hussein El Naggar - 87-93 The Islamist vs the Islamic in Welfare Outreach
by Emad Siam - 94-98 The Jaded Gender and Development Paradigm of Egypt
by Hania Sholkamy - 99-109 Donors' Responses to Arab Uprisings: Old Medicine in New Bottles?
by Yousry Mustapha
July 2012, Volume 43
- 1-1 Foreword
by Olivier De Schutter - 1-7 Overview. Standing on the Threshold: Food Justice in India
by Lawrence Haddad & C.P. Chandrasekhar & Biraj Swain - 8-14 Hunger and Malnutrition in India
by N.C. Saxena - 15-24 Food from the Courts: The Indian Experience
by Harsh Mander - 25-31 Elimination of Identity‐based Discrimination in Food and Nutrition Programmes in India
by Rajendra P. Mamgain & G. Dilip Diwakar - 32-39 Who do ICDS and PDS Exclude and What Can be Done to Change This?
by Biraj Swain & M. Kumaran - 40-48 Priority Changes for Strengthening Women's Role as Producers, Processors and Providers of Food and Nutrition
by Amita Shah - 49-57 How Best to Ensure Adivasis' Land, Forest and Mineral Rights?
by Felix Padel - 58-64 Food and Nutrition Justice: How to Make it More Newsworthy?
by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta & Subi Chaturvedi - 65-73 Measuring Political Commitment to Reducing Hunger and Under‐nutrition: Can it be Done and Will it Help?
by Dolf J.H. te Lintelo - 74-83 Food Price Levels and Volatility: Sources, Impact and Implications
by C.P. Chandrasekhar - 84-91 How Can India Help Prevent Food Price Volatility?
by M.S. Swaminathan & Swarna S. Vepa - 92-103 Large‐scale Investments in Agriculture in India
by R. Ramakumar - 104-112 Revitalising Agriculture in Eastern India: Investment and Policy Priorities
by Nilachala Acharya & Subrat Das - 113-121 Adapting Smallholder Agriculture to Climate Change
by G.V. Ramanjaneyulu - 122-129 India's Climate Policy: Squaring the Circle
by D. Raghunandan
November 2011, Volume 42, Issue 6
- 1-9 Introduction: Social Protection for Social Justice
by Stephen Devereux & J. Allister McGregor & Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler - 10-12 Democratic Governance for Social Justice: The Politics of Social Protection
by Deepta Chopra & Dolf te Lintelo - 13-20 One Step Beyond: From Social Protection Recipients to Citizens
by Savina Tessitore - 21-27 Social Protection in Zambia – Whose Politics?
by Esther Schüring & Julie Lawson‐McDowall - 28-34 Collaborative Governance: Analysing Social Audits in MGNREGA in India
by Nidhi Vij - 35-37 Social Protection to Address the Drivers of Vulnerability: A Bridge too Far?
by Keetie Roelen - 38-44 Reflections on Including Disability in Social Protection Programmes
by Marguerite Schneider & Wamundila Waliuya & Joseph Munsanje & Leslie Swartz - 45-52 Why is Social Protection Gender‐blind? The Politics of Gender and Social Protection
by Nicola Jones & Rebecca Holmes - 53-59 Dignity and Stigma among South African Female Cash Transfer Recipients
by Tessa Hochfeld & Sophie Plagerson - 60-66 Richer but Resented: What do Cash Transfers do to Social Relations?
by Ian MacAuslan & Nils Riemenschneider - 67-70 Social Protection and Climate Change
by Christophe Béné - 71-78 Adaptive Social Protection in Rwanda: ‘Climate‐proofing’ the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme
by Paul B. Siegel & Justine Gatsinzi & Andrew Kettlewell - 79-85 Is there a Role for Cash Transfers in Climate Change Adaptation?
by Rachel Godfrey Wood - 86-88 (Re)distribution and Growth: What is the Role of Social Protection?
by Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler & Gabriele Koehler - 89-95 Addressing Inequality: Framing Social Protection in National Development Strategies
by Kate Carroll - 96-103 Transformative Social Protection: Reflections on South Asian Policy Experiences
by Gabriele Koehler - 104-110 Political and Civil Society in India's Welfare Trajectory
by Ellen Ehmke - 111-117 Social Protection, the Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights
by Wouter van Ginneken
September 2011, Volume 42, Issue 5
- 1-12 Introduction: Time to Reimagine Development?
by Lawrence Haddad & Naomi Hossain & J. Allister McGregor & Lyla Mehta - 13-16 A Methodological Strategy for Reimagining Development: Enabling Complex Systemic Patterns to Surface through Multiple Voices
by Danny Burns - 17-23 Reimagining Development through the Crisis Watch Initiative
by J. Allister McGregor - 24-29 Reimagining Development with Indigenous People: Reflections from the São Gabriel da Cachoeira Workshop
by Alex Shankland - 30-35 Experiences and Reimaginings of Development from a Kutchi Village
by Lyla Mehta - 36-40 Transforming a Country? A Debate on Reimaginations of Development, Change and Crisis in Ethiopia
by Birgit Habermann - 41-44 Better Social Welfare, Ukraine
by Marc P. Berenson - 45-51 Development Professionals: Reconciling Personal Values with Professional Values
by Neranjana Gunetilleke & Nilakshi De Silva & Gayathri Lokuge - 52-57 Reimagining Development in the UK? Findings from the UK Public Opinion Monitor
by Johanna Lindstrom & Spencer Henson - 58-62 ‘Images, Reflections, Mirrors’: Student Perspectives on the Financial Crisis and Challenges for Development
by Lars Otto Naess - 63-67 The Faith Factor in Reimagining Development
by Mariz Tadros - 68-73 Beyond Silos: Complex Global Shocks and the New Challenges for Civil Society
by Naomi Hossain - 74-80 Grassroots Women Organising for Resilient Communities around the World
by Dahlia Goldenberg - 81-86 Reimagining Aid for the Next Ten Years: What do Donors Think?
by Sara J. Wolcott & Lawrence Haddad - 87-92 Using the Financial Crisis to Reimagine the Private Sector
by Sara J. Wolcott - 93-98 How can the Financial Sector Better Serve People and the Planet? The Need to Reimagine Finance
by Sara J. Wolcott - 99-103 Reimagining 21st Century Development in Malawi: Generating and Sharing Knowledge Beyond the Traditional Development Establishment
by Liz Allcock & Jimmy Kainja - 104-108 Reimagining Participation: Opportunities and Challenges of the Open Source Model of Collaboration for Development Thinking and Practice
by Evangelia Berdou - 109-113 Tackling Instability in Financial Markets with a Panic Tax
by Neil McCulloch - 114-119 From Reimagining to Repositioning Accountability
by Wenny Ho - 120-123 100 Voices: Southern NGO Perspectives on the Millennium Development Goals and Beyond
by Amy Pollard & Andy Sumner & Monica Polato‐Lopes & Agnès de Mauroy
July 2011, Volume 42, Issue 4
- 1-23 The Politics of Seed in Africa's Green Revolution: Alternative Narratives and Competing Pathways
by Ian Scoones & John Thompson - 24-35 The Political Ecology of Cereal Seed Development in Africa: A History of Selection
by James C. McCann - 36-47 Plant Breeding in Sub‐Saharan Africa in an Era of Donor Dependence
by John Lynam - 48-58 From Farmer Participation to Pro‐poor Seed Markets: The Political Economy of Commercial Cereal Seed Networks in Ghana
by Kojo Sebastian Amanor - 59-68 Seeds and Subsidies: The Political Economy of Input Programmes in Malawi
by Blessings Chinsinga - 69-77 The Political Economy of Ethiopian Cereal Seed Systems: State Control, Market Liberalisation and Decentralisation
by Dawit Alemu - 78-89 Can Agro‐dealers Deliver the Green Revolution in Kenya?
by Hannington Odame & Elijah Muange - 90-101 The Politics of Seed Relief in Zimbabwe
by Charity Mutonodzo‐Davies & Douglas Magunda - 102-110 Crowdsourcing Crop Improvement in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Proposal for a Scalable and Inclusive Approach to Food Security
by Jacob van Etten - 111-120 Whose Power to Control? Some Reflections on Seed Systems and Food Security in a Changing World
by Geoff Tansey
May 2011, Volume 42, Issue 3
- 1-14 Towards a New Political Economy of Climate Change and Development
by Thomas Tanner & Jeremy Allouche - 15-22 The Political Dimension of Vulnerability: Implications for the Green Climate Fund
by Richard J.T. Klein & Annett Möhner - 23-32 Understanding the Political Economy of the Adaptation Fund
by Sven Harmeling & Alpha O. Kaloga - 33-41 Towards an Understanding of the Political Economy of the PPCR
by Fran Seballos & Sönke Kreft - 42-51 Forest Voices: Competing Narratives over REDD+
by Rocío Hiraldo & Thomas Tanner - 52-61 The Political Economy of Climate Resilient Development Planning in Bangladesh
by Khurshid Alam & Md Shamsuddoha & Thomas Tanner & Moshahida Sultana & Muhammad Jahedul Huq & Sumaiya S. Kabir - 62-69 Prioritising PPCR Investments in Mozambique: The Politics of ‘Country Ownership’ and ‘Stakeholder Participation’
by Alex Shankland & Raul Chambote - 70-79 Negotiating Climate Resilience in Nepal
by Jessica Ayers & Nanki Kaur & Simon Anderson - 80-88 Indigenous Peoples and the Regulation of REDD+ in Brazil: Beyond the War of the Worlds?
by Alex Shankland & Leonardo Hasenclever - 89-96 The Political Economy of Clean Development in India: CDM and Beyond
by Peter Newell & Jon Phillips & Pallav Purohit - 97-103 Bridging Research and Policy Processes for Climate Change Adaptation
by Lars Otto Naess & Emily Polack & Blessings Chinsinga - 104-109 Meteorologists Meeting Rainmakers: Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Policy Processes in Kenya
by Paul Guthiga & Andrew Newsham - 110-117 The Political Economy of Adaptation through Crop Diversification in Malawi
by Blessings Chinsinga & Ronald Mangani & Peter Mvula
March 2011, Volume 42, Issue 2
- 1-10 Introduction: Working with the Grain? The Africa Power and Politics Programme
by David Booth - 11-21 Towards a Theory of Local Governance and Public Goods Provision
by David Booth - 22-31 The Eight Modes of Local Governance in West Africa
by Jean‐Pierre Olivier de Sardan - 32-42 Local Powers and the Co‐delivery of Public Goods in Niger
by Jean‐Pierre Olivier de Sardan - 43-52 Local Governance and Public Goods in Malawi
by Diana Cammack - 53-63 Makeni City Council and the Politics of Co‐production in Post‐conflict Sierra Leone
by Anna Workman - 64-75 Popular Concepts of Justice and Hybrid Judicial Institutions in Ghana
by Richard C. Crook & Kojo P. Asante & Victor K. Brobbey - 76-87 Rethinking the Relationship between Neo‐patrimonialism and Economic Development in Africa
by Tim Kelsall - 88-96 Neo‐patrimonialism, Institutions and Economic Growth: The Case of Malawi, 1964–2009
by Diana Cammack & Tim Kelsall - 97-101 Conclusion: Rethinking African Governance and Development
by Richard C. Crook & David Booth
January 2011, Volume 42, Issue 1
- 1-9 Introduction: Gender, Rights and Religion at the Crossroads
by Mariz Tadros - 10-14 Disentangling Religion and Politics: Whither Gender Equality?
by Deniz Kandiyoti - 15-20 Religion and Development: A Practitioner's Perspective on Instrumentalisation
by Cassandra Balchin - 21-25 The Islamisation of Human Rights: Implications for Gender and Politics in the Middle East
by Yousry Moustafa - 26-40 Cohesion, Multi‐faithism and the Erosion of Secular Spaces in the UK: Implications for the Human Rights of Minority Women
by Pragna Patel - 41-46 Islamism and Secularism: Between State Instrumentalisation and Opposition Islamic Movements
by Islah Jad - 47-55 Creating Conservatism or Emancipating Subjects? On the Narrative of Islamic Observance in Egypt
by Hania Sholkamy - 56-66 Re‐thinking the Promotion of Women's Rights through Islam in India
by Nida Kirmani - 67-77 Beyond ‘Islam’ vs ‘Feminism’
by Ziba Mir‐Hosseini - 78-87 From Islamic Feminism to a Muslim Holistic Feminism
by Margot Badran - 88-98 The Muslim Brotherhood's Gender Agenda: Reformed or Reframed?
by Mariz Tadros
November 2010, Volume 41, Issue 6
- 1-1 Foreword
by Uma Lele - 1-5 Overview: Getting a More Balanced View of What is Working in Agriculture to Reduce Hunger
by Yvonne Pinto - 6-25 The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People‐centred Approaches Help?
by Lawrence Haddad & Johanna Lindstrom & Yvonne Pinto - 26-27 Commentary on ‘The Sorry State of M&E in Agriculture: Can People‐centred Approaches Help?’
by Zenda Ofir - 28-35 Evaluation: Why, for Whom and How?
by Henry Lucas & Richard Longhurst - 36-44 Three Approaches to Monitoring: Feedback Systems, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation and Logical Frameworks
by Alex Jacobs & Chris Barnett & Richard Ponsford - 45-55 A Revolution Whose Time Has Come? The Win‐Win of Quantitative Participatory Approaches and Methods
by Robert Chambers - 56-64 Creating the Missing Feedback Loop
by Alex Jacobs - 65-72 Private Sector Metrics Contributions to Social Change: Customer Satisfaction Meets Agriculture Development
by David Bonbright & Jamey Power - 73-74 Commentary on ‘Private Sector Metrics Contributions to Social Change: Customer Satisfaction Meets Agriculture Development’
by Edward Mabaya - 75-87 Monitoring and Evaluating Agricultural Science and Technology Projects: Theories, Practices and Problems
by Erik Millstone & Patrick Van Zwanenberg & Fiona Marshall - 88-95 Incorporating Seasonality into Agricultural Project Design and Learning
by Stephen Devereux & Richard Longhurst - 96-104 Context‐specific and Project‐induced Risk: Designing Projects for Promoting Resilient Livelihoods
by Rachel Sabates‐Wheeler & Saul Butters & Martin Greeley - 105-113 Women's Empowerment, Development Interventions and the Management of Information Flows
by Naila Kabeer - 114-120 A Learning Approach to Monitoring and Evaluation
by Katy Oswald & Peter Taylor - 121-123 Commentary on Latin American Experiences on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning
by Osvaldo Feinstein - 124-131 Does Research Reduce Poverty? Assessing the Impacts of Policy‐oriented Research in Agriculture
by Andy Sumner & Edoardo Masset & Rajendra Mulmi - 132-134 Commentary on ‘Does Research Reduce Poverty? Assessing the Impacts of Policy‐oriented Research in Agriculture’
by Raghav Gaiha & Shantanu Mathur
September 2010, Volume 41, Issue 5
- 1-10 Introduction: Quotas – Add Women and Stir?
by Mariz Tadros - 11-16 Implementing Affirmative Action: Global Trends
by Julie Ballington - 17-24 The Limits of Women's Quotas in Brazil
by Clara Araújo - 25-34 Does the Political Participation of Women Matter? Democratic Representation, Affirmative Action and Quotas in Costa Rica
by Montserrat Sagot - 35-42 A Silver Lining: Women in Reserved Seats in Local Government in Bangladesh
by Sohela Nazneen & Sakiba Tasneem - 43-51 Towards a Politics of Collective Empowerment: Learning from Hill Women in Rural Uttarakhand, India
by Divya Sharma & Ratna M. Sudarshan - 52-61 Women in Local Government: The Pakistan Experience
by Saba Gul Khattak - 62-71 Forging Ahead without an Affirmative Action Policy: Female Politicians in Sierra Leone's Post‐War Electoral Process
by Hussaina J. Abdullah - 72-80 The Will to Political Power: Rwandan Women in Leadership
by M. Juliana Kantengwa - 81-88 Palestinian Women Contesting Power in Chaos
by Islah Jad - 89-99 Quotas: A Highway to Power in Egypt … But for Which Women?
by Mariz Tadros - 100-108 The Sudanese Women's Movement and the Mobilisation for the 2008 Legislative Quota and its Aftermath
by Sara Abbas - 109-115 A Missed Opportunity: Women and the 2010 UK General Election
by Sarah Childs - 116-120 Quotas as a Path to Parity: Challenges to Women's Participation in Politics
by Ana Alice Alcântara Costa
July 2010, Volume 41, Issue 4
- 1-11 Introduction: Overcoming Barriers to the Extension of Social Protection: Lessons from the Asia Region
by Naila Kabeer & Sarah Cook - 12-21 The Diverse Housing Needs of Rural to Urban Migrants and Policy Responses in China: Insights from a Survey in Fuzhou
by Liyue Lin & Yu Zhu - 22-30 Old Age Protection in the Context of Rural Development
by Xiaomei Pei & Youcai Tang - 31-41 Overcoming Extreme Poverty in India: Lessons Learnt from SKS
by Karishma Huda - 42-51 Residential Security as Social Protection
by Haris Gazdar & Hussain Bux Mallah - 52-62 Tenure Security and Urban Social Protection Links: India
by Darshini Mahadevia - 63-76 National Rural Employment Guarantee as Social Protection
by D. Narasimha Reddy & Rukmini Tankha & C. Upendranadh & Alakh N. Sharma - 77-83 Women's Participation in the NREGA: Some Observations from Fieldwork in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan
by Ratna M. Sudarshan & Rina Bhattacharya & Grace Fernandez - 84-94 Making the Best of all Resources: How Indonesian Household Recipients Use the CCT Allowance
by Muhammad Syukri & Sirojuddin Arif & Meuthia Rosfadhila & Widjajanti Isdijoso - 95-106 Good and Bad News from China's New Cooperative Medical Scheme
by Linxiu Zhang & Hongmei Yi & Scott Rozelle - 107-115 Social Protection during Disasters: Evidence from the Wenchuan Earthquake
by Xiaojiang Hu & Miguel A. Salazar & Qiang Zhang & Qibin Lu & Xiulan Zhang
May 2010, Volume 41, Issue 3
- 1-12 Introduction: Why Reflect Collectively on Capacities for Change?
by Peter Clarke & Katy Oswald - 13-24 Vices and Virtues in Capacity Development by International NGOs
by Rick James - 25-35 Multiple Faces of Power and Learning
by Jethro Pettit - 36-46 A Case for Surfacing Theories of Change for Purposeful Organisational Capacity Development
by Alfredo Ortiz Aragón - 47-59 Capacities for Institutional Innovation: A Complexity Perspective
by Jim Woodhill - 60-67 Values as a Driver for Capacity Development: Promoting Justice in Papua New Guinea
by Frazer Pitpit & Heather Baser