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(Archived) Background – From wanderer to researcher
Introduction I wanted to be a professor. I ended up being more practical and another kind of life-long learner. As an economist my research focuses on the nature of capital. As a sociologist my research focuses on natural change. As a social worker my research focuses on people who are locked out of the system.…
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Small Project: RFT in Patrick Street. Street counselling at a local drop in centre.
Where A drop-in centre. What I Did We didn’t just drop in. We showed up consistently. Same place, same days, long enough that people stopped seeing me as “new” and started seeing me as “known.” We learned names. Stories. Habits. Who drank tea, who avoided eye contact, who needed silence before words. We got to…
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We just went down to a shelter and helped
Project We started hanging out at a drop-in centre but we had a purpose What we did We visited a drop-in centre and simply spent time there. We talked with people, listened to stories, shared a few ordinary conversations. No surveys. No agenda. Just presence. Why this mattered We were studying the topic, but books…
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(Archived) About
G’DAY, FRIENDS CALL ME “CHRIS” Did you know living in poverty is work? Have you heard of a schizophrenic family? Are you aware of the violence inherent in the system? Has wealth overcoming your Would you give up everything to be wealthy? If you answered ‘No’ to any of these questions, you need me! My…
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When Truth Moves Slower Than Harm
I’ve been in ongoing conversation lately with a family. Separately. Carefully. Slowly. They are circling the same truth: abuse by the mother. But they are not standing in the same place. The father doesn’t tell the story all at once. He lets it come out in pieces. And something strange happens in our conversations—he borrows…
