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Untitled (Landscape), 1950 by Gopal Ghose MAC.00165 — Image courtesy: MAP Collection
Let’s explore the skills we need to build the relationships we want in the worlds we dream.
In a world where disagreements, conflicts, and harms are inevitable, how do we care for ourselves and each other? How do we move away from punishment and toward growth, expansion, and connection? What if we started creating a world where everyone has the skills to keep each other safe?
This three-part workshop series is an invitation to journey together, equipping ourselves with tangible practices, skills and lenses that are rooted in the anti-oppressive principles and values of restorative and transformative justice. These practices will not only help us address conflicts and harms in a nurturing way but also support us in building the kinds of relationships that can prevent violence and harm before they begin. We will start small and build from there.
What to Expect:
Introduction to RJ and TJ
We will ground ourselves in the foundational principles and frameworks of Restorative Justice (RJ) and Transformative Justice (TJ), tracing the roots and history of these practices and understanding their role in addressing conflict, harm, and abuse.
Everyday Practices
We will explore how you likely already practise RJ and TJ in your everyday life, and learn from strategies and experiments that already exist to apply these to the different relationships, communities, and organisations you are part of.
Skill Practice
In this workshop series, the intention is to embody and practice skill sets that deepen RJ and TJ practices and support responding to conflict, harm, and violence in our lives and relationships. In each session, we will practise a specific skill with each other and strategize ways to strengthen these in our own lives.
Session 1: Active Listening
Saturday, June 22, 2024, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm
We will explore the fundamentals of Active Listening, understand its significance in deepening RJ and TJ practices, and practise together to integrate Active Listening more deeply into our lives.
Session 2: Self-Accountability
Saturday, August 31, 2024, 10:30 am to 02:00 pm
We will explore the crucial role of accountability, which has been at the heart of RJ & TJ work, by going inwards – an internal resource that we must develop through regular practice.
Session 3: Boundaries & Conflict Transformation
Saturday, October 19, 2024, 10:30am to 02:00 pm
We will explore anti-oppressive approaches to conflict, identify how we know, communicate and hold our own boundaries, and learn practical tools to navigate difficult conversations.
You can register for all three of the workshops. This is a closed workshop with limited availability. Selected participants will be contacted via email.
This event is part of the larger programming for the exhibition VISIBLE/INVISIBLE: Representation of Women in Art through the MAP Collection.
Logo It Yourself February 16, 2024
Memory Maps Workshop Aug 4, 2023 - Aug 5, 2023
Live Sketching at MAP July 26, 2024
Curator for a Day December 9, 2023
Who Cares? December 15, 2023
Ableton Live Masterclass October 22, 2021