Session 13: April 25
When trust is broken
How do we start when oppression, distrust, past pain and trauma stands in the way?
Creating together relies on the premise that people will want to create together. But sometimes the system’s trust is in tatters, the actors in the system live in vehement denial, suffer from painful psychological wounds, or the system in locked in seemingly intractable conflict. What then? In this session we look at things that have help to move delicate situations towards a better state. We also spend a moment looking at ourselves and our positions of privilege: what is our response to and responsibility inside a system that favors a few?
Lecture and activities
- Introduction to oppressive power
- Transformative scenario planning: when no agreement can be found
- Truth and reconciliation commissions and restorative justice as alternative ways to heal the past
- When the system favors a few: privilege of constructed identities
Key concepts
- Presencing vs. absencing
- Societal trauma, restorative justice, white supremacy, creative class, the possibility of privilege
- Healing as a creative process
- Recovery and rest
Required materials
Listen to Vanessa German, I lost my cool at a community meeting (start at 13:40)
María del Carmen Lamadrid, Social Design Toolkit
Homework
- Daily practice for week six: Shifting shame and guilt
- Working with constructed identities
Optional materials
Tema Okon, From White Racist to White Anti-racist
Wikipedia articles on restorative justice, transitional justice, and truth and reconciliation commissions
Reos Partners, material on transformational scenario planning
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