Story of Practice – Littlewell, participatory monitoring and video stories (WA)

On the outskirts of the town of Mingenew in Midwest Western Australia lies a former Aboriginal reserve named Jinjamarba Baba, or Littlewell. In 2010, a group of Elders—who are either former residents of Littlewell, or their descendants—established the Littlewell Working Group.  

In 2014-15, Littlewell Working Group invited us to work with them on two projects. This case study discusses the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process we and Littlewell used as part of these projects, including the benefits of the approach. The M&E approach and ethics of the projects were also assessed as part of the BetterEvaluation, ‘Evaluation practice in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander settings’.