Pete's podcast on community development

In this 2nd episode of the series on participatory community development, Peter Westoby interviews Anthony Kelly exploring additional introductory comments and also implicate method (the first of the five levels of practice in this method framework).

In episode #1 of this new series - which will include a number of interviews/conversations with Peter Westoby, Rachael Donovan and Anthony Kelly - we introduce Participatory Community Development (CD) as an approach to social change. This 14 minute interview considers the differences between service delivery and participatory CD, introduces what a framework is, and particularly the 'method framewo...

In this fourth and final episode on Soul and Community Development (CD), Rachael Donovan and Peter Westoby consider first the Gandhian tradition of CD, particularly the contributions of nonviolence, collective resistance, self-governance and economic self-reliance; and second R. Tagore's bringing together of the poetic and political work, rescuing the 'soul from the Great Machine world'.

In this 3rd episode of the Soul and Community Development (CD) series, Rachael Donovan and Peter Westoby have a 15 minute conversation about colonisation of the soul, resistance and what it all means for CD workers/thinkers. The conversation explores the 'politics of attention' within capitalist economics and also focuses on "Bifo's" work around soul and the contemporary workplaces where most of o...

This second episode in the Soul and Community Development series focuses on what James Hillman calls 'Soul of the World'. This ensouling the world perspective, focusing on the role of the sensory organ of the heart in rigorous observation and imagination (to see/sense images/metaphors/symbols to make sense of a social phenomena) is explored in an 11 minute conversation between Peter Westoby and Ra...

This is the first episode of my short 4 part series on Soul and Community Development. Building on my two books Creating Us: Community work with soul , and Soul, Community and Social Change , we explore what I mean by soul, drawing on the depth psychology tradition (C. Jung, James Hillman, Mary Watkins, Marian Woodman) and consider what it all might mean for community development. It's exciting st...

This is a final 9 minute conversation between Anthony Kelly and Peter Westoby on the power and limits of dialogue. It wraps up this first series on dialogue and community development. Stay tuned for the next 4 podcasts over the next 4 Sunday's on Soul and Community Development. 

A 12 minutes conversation between Anthony Kelly and Peter Westoby on Skill #4 in dialogue theory and practice - understanding how to change the story through four types of grammatical variance, and always doing this with permission to ensure ownership by the people.

A 9 minute conversation between Peter Westoby and Anthony Kelly on skill #3 in dialogue theory and practice - managing the text in dialogue through unearthing and working with key words or heurisms.

This is a ten minute conversation between Peter Westoby and Anthony Kelly on skill #2 in dialogue theory and practice - understanding the three movements that enable bonding and trust-building. It's a beauty, and requires practice and intention :)

This is episode 2 in this delightful first series on dialogue. It's an eleven minute conversation between myself and Anthony Kelly on skill #1 in dialogue theory and practice - understanding the difference between text, commentary and subtext.

This is a short conversation between Peter Westoby and Anthony Kelly on What is Dialogue, and Who it could be helpful for. This is the first episode in our season on the contribution of dialogue theory and practice in different social and ecological fields.