The Hydraulics of Community Power
May 10, 2019
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In this vlog we discuss that and how institutional dependency can be decreased and interdependency in community life can be increased....
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Organizing institutions to support family and community care
My son's yogurt and how framing superficial programmes that lack particularity and knowledge of the person as though they are the high water mark...
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Does more medicine make us sicker? Ivan Illich revisited
I'd like to share my article with you: ’Does More Medicine Make Us Sicker? Revisiting Ivan Illich’...
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Can I Help You?
“Can I help you?” is an often-asked question, yet helping can cause unintended harm: that realization places us at a moral crossroads....
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Off the Roundabout
When we preclude citizen power, and chose technocratic solutions over democratic ones we lose the opportunity to address the root problems that cause the...
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Bridging The Gap – Expert to Alongsider
Done to the people; Done for the people; Done with the people; Done •by• the people. This is the path of transitions from institutional...
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Nurturing the Carrying Capacity of Communities
In structural engineering the concept of “carrying or bearing capacity” of soil refers to “a given mass of soil’s resilience and receptivity to infrastructure...
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Conversation with John McKnight and Peter Block
Audio recording, John McKnight, Peter Block and Cormac Russell in conversation. They discuss concepts of Learning Sites, Community Animators and a wide range of...
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We Will Prevail
We Will Prevail When potholes come and they're ignored By salaried strangers On rainy days we will sail endangered Rubber ducks by the thousands In those tiny pools...
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Are Social Housing Organisations Wholesalers or Retailers?
Increasingly I hear Social Housing Organisations refer to the people they serve as customers. The implication is that their customers are ‘consuming their products’...
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Celebrating the impact of ABCD Guides in England
Over the last few months, we have trained over 45 ABCD Guides in Leeds, Bristol and Kirklees. This blog will share our thoughts on...
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7 top tips for supporting citizen driven community building – part 7
Last week's blog highlighted the virtues of hyper local, civic relationships. Food provides the perfect example of this. Eating food together, especially locally sourced...
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