This paper discusses an action research project in which the making and screening of a film was conceived as a catalyst for social change in a deeply divided community. The context is the history of segregation of Indigenous peoples and settlers in Canada. Is there a decolonizing role for planning, beginning with the work of healing and reconciliation? And, is there a role for film as a methodological tool in such a process? Our findings suggest a very necessary role for therapeutic planning, albeit with caveats; and, that film can be an effective catalyst for creating this therapeutic space.
Changing the Lens: Film as Action Research and Therapeutic Planning Practice / L., Sandercock; Attili, Giovanni. - In: JOURNAL OF PLANNING EDUCATION AND RESEARCH. - ISSN 0739-456X. - STAMPA. - 34:1(2014), pp. 19-29. [10.1177/0739456x13516499]
Changing the Lens: Film as Action Research and Therapeutic Planning Practice
ATTILI, Giovanni
2014
Abstract
This paper discusses an action research project in which the making and screening of a film was conceived as a catalyst for social change in a deeply divided community. The context is the history of segregation of Indigenous peoples and settlers in Canada. Is there a decolonizing role for planning, beginning with the work of healing and reconciliation? And, is there a role for film as a methodological tool in such a process? Our findings suggest a very necessary role for therapeutic planning, albeit with caveats; and, that film can be an effective catalyst for creating this therapeutic space.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.