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10th International Conference on Narrative Therapy and Community Work, in
Salvador (Bahia), in 2011, together with the Dulwich Centre. In addition to
receiving participants from many parts of the world, this event was a living
testimony of how extensively narrative therapy and community work were
already rooted in Brazilian soil and how creative were the practices developed
with the marks of our local culture.
Another encouraging source of our development in narrative therapy and,
especially, in collective narrative practices, was the collaborative work between
Marlene Simonetti and Adriana Müller, in Espírito Santo, in 2009. By inviting
David Denborough and Cheryl White to a workshop in the same year, they
contributed to the development of collective narrative practices in Brazil. Invited
again in 2010, by INTERFACI, for a workshop in São Paulo, the Tree of Life, the
Team of Life, among other practices, resulted in a great movement of practices
and production of knowledge and contributions to effective social
transformations. Many creative and innovative methodologies and several
community projects have been inspired by collective narrative practices. I am not
including them here, as they go beyond the purposes of this article. Those
interested in the topic, can find great sources in Müller (2013) and Abdalla
(Denborough & Abdalla, 2019). I consider Cheryl White and David Denborough as
the influential partners and gateways for Recycling Minds Institute, in Rio de
Janeiro (RJ), to begin a project of intense repercussion in Brazilian territory,
always in partnership with Dulwich Centre. In addition to holding events that
encourage collective practices, since 2021, Recycling Minds Institute has been
promoting training courses in narrative practices and community work, starting its
fourth class in 2024. The online modality has enabled access to people from the
most varied regions of our immense country.
As for the INTERFACI Institute, we were able to contribute to the dissemination of
narrative practices in Brazil, in addition to the Open and Continuous Study Group
started in 2006, through the workshops we organize. John Winslade, with his
theoretical-philosophical contributions, in which he highlighted the importance of
Deleuze and Foucault's ideas to the practice of narrative therapy, opened
possibilities for us to integrate externalizing conversation, re-authoring,
scaffolding, absent, but implicit and double listening practices to the use of
narrative therapy in conflict situations. Then Stephen Madigan brought the
relational interview as a great contribution. And, as our last workshop before the
pandemic, we welcomed David Epston, Tom Carlson and Sanni Paljakka, with
Editors’ Note
Journal of Contemporary Narrative Therapy, February 2024 Release
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