Freelance Community Development Collaborator & Consultant // Facilitator // Creative & Participatory Practitioner // Glasgow // London
Do you ever come across some words at exactly the right time? After chatting with some folk I know about their feelings and challenges of the very real weight and pressure of a big idea they've been trying to get moving in their community, I was listening to a podcast that really resonated with our conversation 👂 I shared these words from Dr Kamna Patel with them and I'm now sharing here for anyone else that needs to hear this right now, or for past you, or for future you 👇 "There are moments when I find myself stopping myself from thinking too far into the future. Stopping myself from thinking too far of what could be built and coming back to what is possible and what is in my control in the here and now. Setting up the building blocks of what is to come. The here and the now of practice may not be where I want it to go, but it's what I can influence and I have to let go of the rest. I think it's sort of what it means to be reflexive. To understand the orders of my influence and power. The cost, and it's a very real cost of pushing a vision, of pushing an idea, of disrupting and acting still with credibility and respect for the bigger picture. I can't dismantle development, but what steps can I take in service to a bigger vision of what is possible?" This episode with Dr Kate Bird and Charmaine McCaulay and podcast is well worth a listen if, like me, you're looking to develop your understanding of decolonial theory and practice 👇 https://lnkd.in/ePZ6iYmn #decolonialtheory #decolonialpraxis #criticalreflixivity #influence #power #communitydevelopment
Socio-economist | Director of The Development Hub | Podcast host | Advisor | Trainer | Research | Focus: power; intersectional feminism; decolonisation; resilience, poverty escape & bottom up growth.
3moGlad you got something from the podcast. Dr Kamna Patel is a very wise thinker & practitioner!