CREATING INDENTITIES BY RECOVERING THE VALUES
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12th International Conference of Narrative Practice and Community Work, Adelaide Pavilion, Australia. 10th-12th of November 2014
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12th International Conference of Narrative Practice
and Community Work
10th-12th of November 2014
ADELAIDE AUSTRALIA
Ana Turmac
CREATING IDENTITIES RETRIEVING VALUES
A preventing bullying project using collective narrative practices
COLLECTIVE NARRATIVE PRACTICE
“In the face of seemingly overwhelming problems, if you gather together with a few other people, take action, and make a contribution…then you never know the possibilities that will follow.”
Erica and Michael Denborough
(Denborough, 2008)
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Hello again Michael!
NARRATIVE PRACTICES:
- Decontruction conversations: the gender construction in society, the media influence, the unequal education and the danger of the single story
- Critical and reflexive analysis (dialogical/interpretative methodology)
- Tree of life adapted to bullying context
- Collective Documents (The Traveling Document)
- Double listening
- Empowering adolescents/making their contribution
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"A story is not just a story.
Once the forces are awakened and put into motion, they cannot be stopped at the request.
Once it starts, the story is destined to circulate; humanly, it may have a temporary end, but its effects last and the end is never a true end."
(Minh-ha Trinh, 1989)
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THE PROCESS I
1. Presentation
2. Reading the collective document from other schools
(sharing knowledge in order to facilitate)
3. Deconstruction conversations
4. Tree of life (conflict and violence context)
5. Collective document draft and first reading with the core group.
(5 sessions)
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THE TRAVELING DOCUMENT
Presentation and conversations about conflicts
PASSING THE BRIDGE
DRAWING THE TREE OF LIFE
adapted to school violence context
Untitled Slide
Sharing stories of skills and abilities
CREATING COMMUNITY
The Forest of Life
Unity in diversity
we are the trees of our mountains.
We are the forest that gives life to our school.
WHEN THE STORM COME
THE DANGERS OF TREES
THE PROCESS II
1. Dividing the core group ( in the last session).
2. Deciding and preparing their work.
3. Working time (2-3 weeks with supervision).
4. Adolescents presentations (Traveling Document).
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THE CORE GROUP PRESENTING
THEIR WORK TO THE PEERS
making our contribution
"We are not indifferent..."
we have the ability to find solutions to conflicts
THE PROCESS III
1. Certificates and Definitional Ceremony.
2. "Placing" the Traveling Document.
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CERTIFICATES AND CELEBRATION
WE ARE AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY
CERTIFICATES
STORIES BEHIND THE STORIES
multi-storied identities
EL TRÍO DE LA ALEGRÍA
THE TRIO OF JOY
ALEXANDRA
"Singing won't get my parents back together but..."
VICTOR
Saying hullo again to mum.
Celebrating expertise
My mum would be so proud of this.
RAISING OUR OWN DEFINITIONS OF VIOLENCE
Sharing ideas and practices
WHY I BELIEVE IN THIS WORK?
"...is not optimism. It is a HOPE that knows despair and is stronger for this knowledge."
Paulo Freire
(Denborough, 2008)
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RECLAIMING THE RIGHT OF EVERY STORY OF SUFFERING TO BE CONSIDERED AS HARDSHIP. Every person is expert in his/her own life.
I would like to acknowledge all the persons involved in this project, students, teachers, coworkers. I would like to pay respect to Michael White and David Denborough, for their inspiring ideas and practices, and extend that respect to the Dulwich Centre.
www.terapiasnarrativas.com
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