WHO IS THIS WORKSHOP DESIGNED FOR?
The workshop will be suitable for: those working with individuals who would like to find ways to link people together; those working with groups; those working with communities; and those wishing to work in collective and community orientated ways.
This two-day workshop will provide an immersion into ways of using narrative practices:
• to link individuals with whom you may be working and enable them to contribute to broader collective projects,
• to work with groups,
• and to engage with communities who have experienced significant trauma
The workshop will include:
• Some didactic teaching - about key principles in relation to working in collective ways, and various
key narrative concepts and practices.
• The sharing of stories and songs about hopeful work from Australia, Palestinian Territories, South
Africa, and elsewhere.
• The creation together of a collective document and song during the workshop, and the holding of
a ceremony in relation to these.
• Discussions about some of the differences between therapy and collective/community practice.
• Attention will be paid to the politics of experience and what it means to bring a feminist and collective
perspective to our work as practitioners.
• Special considerations will be given to ways of responding to groups and communities who have
experienced significant trauma.
• Particular discussion will also take place about ways in which workplaces/teams can respond to
crises with collective processes. |
