The first section of this publication describes the exciting work of the Anti-Harassment Team of Selwyn College in Auckland, New Zealand. Over the last six years, students who make up the Anti-Harassment Team have responded to some profoundly complex and difficult situations within the schoolyard and facilitated mediations in creative and wonderful ways. The story of the Anti-Harassment Team offers hope and practical ideas to anyone interested in new approaches in addressing conflict, harassment and violence, or in working in partnership with young people. The second section of this publication describes other creative work happening in schools, including work on 'interviewing racism', 'questioning teasing and self-doubt' as well as work related to marijuana use, family conferencing and ways of reclaiming culture and community. The final section features the voices of younger people and their compelling stories of survival, partnership and challenging youth despair.
This groundbreaking issue contains four diverse sections. The first focuses on innovative approaches to working with young people. The lead paper, by Julie Tilsen and David Nylund, ‘Popular culture texts and young people: Making meaning, honouring resistance, and becoming Harry Potter’ describes ways in which narrative therapy practices and an engagement with popular culture can work hand-in-hand. The second paper, by Susannah Sheffer, explores how fiction-writing can assist young people to communicate experience after the death of a loved one. The second section includes papers from Palestinian and Indian therapists. Dulwich... More info
This publication tells the story of a gathering for people with an HIV positive diagnosis and workers from the HIV sector. Within these pages are recorded the stories that were told and the skills and knowledges about living with HIV which were articulated. This document has also been deliberately written in such a way as to convey how the weekend was structured by narrative ideas through the use of prior consultative interviews, a gathering program, and the use of definitional ceremonies and outsider witness practices. A number of reflections... More info
This issue both expands our thinking about how narrative ideas can be applied, as well as reporting on two projects initiated by Dulwich Centre. Part One of the journal features three papers on mental health and families: 'Children, parents, and mental health' by Dulwich Centre; 'Growing up with parents with mental health difficulties' by Ruth Pluznick and Natasha Kis-Sines; and 'When your child is diagnosed with schizophrenia: The skills and knowledges of parents' by Amanda Worrall. Part Two, 'Alternative assessments: Looking for subordinate stories' features the article 'Narrative approaches in Centrelink:... More info
