AWA Workshop: When Harm Happens. Navigating Conflict, Harm, and Accountability
Is it a disagreement, a conflict, or abuse? Is this punishment, or are these consequences? How do we hold slippery terms like “accountability” to account and resist their weaponization and co-optation, moving away from a culture of disposability while remaining true to our values? What mindsets, structures, and practices can help us navigate the stormy waters of interpersonal harm in more discerning, caring, and less destructive ways?
We’ll critically examine current perspectives on these difficult topics within our nightlife spaces and communities, address the challenges involved, and explore how we distinguish between hurt, harm, conflict, and abuse, as well as useful models, protocols, and frameworks for navigating, addressing, and de-escalating various types of dynamics.
December 3, from 2 to 5 p.m.
On site in Berlin
Register by email: awareness@clubcommission.de
FACILITATION
The workshop will be co-designed and co-facilitated for the Awareness Akademie community by two trauma-informed facilitators with decades of experience in nightlife safety organizing, conflict support and process supervision, harm reduction, mutual aid, awareness, and community care work.
LANGUAGE
The discussion will be conducted in English, and we can discuss the need for whispered translation or pauses for explanation once we know who will be attending.