Hilary Brad
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Gathering Nov 9-12, 2023. Nourishing Self & Soil. Secure your seat.
It’s time to register and secure your participation in the AR+| Action Research Plus community gathering-retreat. Our theme for Nov 9-12, 2023 is nourishing self & soil. Our meetings space is in the Italian Alps, moving between the University and an eco farm in Bressone/Brixen. Everything is walkable within the town, which is, itself, a train […]
Read More...An introduction to radical participatory design: decolonising participatory design processes
Victor Udoewa writes, by way of introducing a new paper on radical participatory design: “Outside of community-led design projects, most participatory design processes initiated by a company or organisation maintain or even strengthen power imbalances between the design organisation and the community on whose purported behalf they are designing, further increasing the absencing experience. Radical […]
Read More...Entangled Life: Insights from Amicables coLAB
Blog by Susanne Pratt, Ruth Förster and Alastair Wyllie Within the AR+ Amicables coLAB we draw on provocative books, music, films, photograph, poetry, art to inspire our action research for transformation. We have two key intentions – 1. “Being inspired by each other” in which we share what speaks to each of us, personally and […]
Read More...Reciprocity in eco-relationship
In eco-relational meditation, inspired by a quote shared by a friend on Earth Day, we are invited to contemplate reciprocity with the natural world. Ilaria Di Stefano, who leads eco-meditation** explains…“with Ada Limón, current US poet laureate, we notice: “Oh, it isn’t just me looking. It is the world and the trees and the grasses […]
Read More...Leadership as Developmental Friendship starting May 23rd. Registration closing soon.
Starting May 23rd and throughout this coLAB all participants are encouraged and supported in finding ways in which our leadership positively impacts our relevant community stakeholders. Our stakeholders may be our workmates, colleagues, family, students, i.e., the people important to our work of Action Research for Transformations (ART). To get started we’ll use an assessment […]
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