Workshop: Personal embodied competences in Professions & Partnerships

Beskrivelse

The theory of wicked problems can shed light on what kind of competences social professionals need. The workshop will clarify through participatory exercises the importance of personal bodily aspects in social practice and partnerships. Professionals must act with presence and attention, and for professionals working with wicked problems that is challenging. Professionals must be aware of personal and professional values and at the same time avoid the danger of burnout. Keywords: Self-contact (Contact with body and personal feelings – the ability to be focused and present and to keep a professional focus) Communication reading and contact ability (The ability ‘read’ (see, listen, sense & notice) both verbal and bodily communication and to create trustful and empathic contact with others and to manage conflicts. Leadership in groups or situations. Professional overview, clear leadership of the group and the ability to enter or hold a space with a trustworthy and body-based authority and humility.

Periode	26 apr. 2017
Sted for afholdelse	Goldsmiths College, University of London, Storbritannien