2.10 Methodologies and Frameworks
Tools and Resources
Diagrams, templates, instruments and guidance for working with the approach, generated from the platform’s data and free to download.
In this section2 · Methodologies and Frameworks
Every file below states where its content comes from. Diagrams and templates are editorial: they are drawn from the founder’s published terms, but they are not instruments issued by the founder, and are offered for discussion until approved. The same files are listed under Downloads and Resources.
Framework Diagrams
- The ten contextual layers and their relationsSVG
The ten layers on a ring, joined by the relations proposed between them.
Interpretation Awaiting the founder’s approval
- Scales of contextSVG
Universal values, regional ideas, the neighbourhood and the site, after Reza (2023).
Editorial summary Awaiting the founder’s approval
- Read, Plan, ProcessSVG
The three phases named by Reza and Nitu (2025), with the ten layers that structure the reading.
Editorial summary Awaiting the founder’s approval
- Relations between the layersCSV
The relations behind the diagrams, as a table: each pair of layers, its description and any example.
Interpretation Awaiting the founder’s approval
Analytical Templates
- Ten-layer reading sheetCSV
One row per layer, with the founder’s terms, questions proposed by the editors and empty columns for observations, sources and weight.
Proposed statement Awaiting the founder’s approval
Assessment Instruments
No assessment instruments for New Contextualism have yet been published by the founder or approved for this platform. They will be listed here when they are.
Guidance Documents
A guide to New Contextualism for students, co-edited by Upama Das Nitu in collaboration with the founder, is listed as in progress (BRAC University n.d.b). It will be listed here once published.
The platform’s own guidance:
- Editorial Standards: how texts are labelled, sourced and approved.
- Citation Tools: how to cite New Contextualism and the records of the archive.
- Contributions and Review Process: how to propose material for the platform.
Sources
Documentary sources
- BRAC University n.d.bBRAC University. n.d.b. “Upama Das Nitu.” Faculty profile, BRAC University. Accessed October 31, 2026. https://www.bracu.ac.bd/about/people/upama-das-nitu. Record