2006: Issue 4 Archives - The Dulwich Centre

Deconstructing Addiction and Reclaiming Joy— The Deconstructing Addiction League

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:26:30 +0000

This paper consists of extracts from discussions on the Deconstructing Addiction League E-list. It includes correspondence between members, theoretical and practical considerations, celebrations, a virtual interview and definitional ceremony, as well as the first story in what is hoped to become an archive of practices of joy and connection – free from substances. This collection also demonstrates the ethic of community that is central to the League’s work.

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Alternative Interventions to Violence: Creative Interventions— Mimi Kim

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:24:17 +0000

Are the solutions to violence against women and children to be found via state interventions – through the police, prosecution and imprisonment? Or are alternative, grassroots, communitybased responses required? These are questions being asked by many women of colour in the USA. Creative Interventions is an organisation based in Oakland, California, which seeks to empower families and communities to resolve family, intimate partner and other forms of interpersonal violence. It is hoped that this piece will spark conversations about ways of supporting community initiatives to address violence against women. Practitioners and community members working on similar issues in other countries are invited to contribute their ideas and stories.

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Conversations in Groups with Women About Their Experiences of Using Anger, Abuse and Violence— Julie Sach

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:22:15 +0000

This paper considers gendered constructions of anger and how women’s experiences of using anger, abuse and violence may be shaped by these. It also examines the contribution of difficult life experiences like trauma and abuse in shaping women’s anger responses. The article describes an evolving approach to group work with women that seeks to address some of these complexities.

Free article:

Talking About Women's Violence: An editor's note

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Talking with Men Who Have Used Violence in Intimate Relationships: An interview with Tod Augusta-Scott

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:17:14 +0000

Tod Augusta-Scott works with men who have used violence in their intimate relationships. This interview considers a number of key themes in this work, including ways of inviting men to consider the effects of their violence; ways of exploring expressions of shame and remorse; the importance of developing alternative story-lines of respect and responsibility; approaches to group work; and the use of documentation. The interview also provides Tod with the opportunity to reflect upon his own work practices and performance of masculinity. The interviewer was David Denborough.

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Caring about Violence and Our Communities— Amanda Reddick

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:14:53 +0000

Developing meaningful partnerships and relationships between workers responding to violence and communities affected by these issues requires considerable care and thoughtfulness. In this piece, Amanda Reddick describes some of the thinking that is informing the community engagement she is involved in and the histories upon which this is based.

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Documents of Knowledge About Violence from African Nova Scotian Communities

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:12:50 +0000

Members of North End Halifax and East Preston, two African Nova Scotian communities, have been meeting together to talk about violence and ways of addressing it in their context, and in their ways. Included here are key documents that have been created from these conversations.

These include:

• ‘Some key knowledge and ideas about violence in African Nova Scotian communities’ from women representing North End Halifax and East Preston
• ‘Principles in relation to responding to violence in African Nova Scotian Communities’
• ‘Men speaking out to prevent abuse’ & ‘A Brother’s food for thought’ from the men of the communities of East Preston and North Preston.

These documents have been circulated throughout the communities to spark further conversation and action on these issues.

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Responding to Men’s Violence: An interview with Nancy Gray

Dulwich — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 03:10:21 +0000

In their work with men who have enacted violence against their partners, a team of workers at New Start, in Halifax, Canada, draws upon the metaphor of ‘migration of identity’ to assist men to move away from violence and domination and towards different forms of masculinity. In this thoughtful and reflective two-part interview, Nancy Gray describes some of the key ideas that inform their work. The first part of the interview conveys how the migration of identity map and the re-authoring conversations map can be put to work with men who are violent. It also conveys some of the unexpected discoveries that emerge as a result. The interviewer was David Denborough.

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