Category: Social issues
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The New Year: We Are Still Here!
As we enter the New Year, we are asked to rekindle and nurture the fire of hope, and to remember that we are, in spite of whatever travail that we have passed through in our lives, still here.
Michael Watson PhD
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Water Is Rising:Dreaming the Renewal of the Sacred Hoop
The cast radiated caring, openheartedness, and sincerity. Through the instrument of the show, they offered us, the audience, a glimpse into their lives and culture, lives centered on the sea, singing, and dancing. They also offered a dream of a healed, caring, humane world. They cast no stones, demonstrated no animosity, occupied only the stage…
Michael Watson PhD
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Shamans, Race, and Story In Our Time of Occupation
Shamanism and, more recently, Narrative Therapy seek to challenge the authority of colonialism and its allies in the lives of those who seek healing. They use differing tools and strategies to do so, yet often their territories overlap. Together they provide evolving maps of the technologies, visions, and behaviors of colonial practice. They challenge the…
Michael Watson PhD
