Given the lack of more words to describe the impact of the RESTORE pilot course in Porto, on those who were involved in it, here are some excerpts of the reflections written and shared by the class and a video that sums up the course sessions:
“Thinking of the course as an experimentation of different “ways of being together”, understanding this “being together” as a knowledge producer that, in the end, reveals to us a cruel truth: there are no formulas within this work.”
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“Points of return: constantly reminding ourselves that availability is a place of risk, a place of delicacy, a place of listening.”
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“How many forms of listening are possible?”
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“Collective practices mean caring for the other”
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“Finding new definitions and synonyms for facilitator” (…)
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“It was for the questions (that were left simmering), and the provocations of given knowledge that became a point of constant questioning, for me and for others.”
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“I believe that with this journey, I have changed practices and looks, I feel slower, more connected with my body and with the different senses of the others.”
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“I also feel more courageous to continue with my projects.”
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And today, seven months later, I still have no concrete words for the journey that led us to take off, from which I have yet not landed.
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A feeling of MISSION ACCOMPLISHED.
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It was a “dive” of giganticness.
Video summary of the Course in Porto, Portugal