Devalued role of object
The 18 February 2013 issue of Time magazine had a photo of the actor John Hawkes who starred in The Sessions, playing a man in an iron lung (in real life, the poet and journalist… Read More »Devalued role of object
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announcing a series of workshops on human service history by Jack Yates
Jack Yates, a long-term student of Wolfensberger’s work, is giving a number of (stand-alone) half-day workshops on human service history in March and April (each workshop covers the same material). The focus of the workshops… Read More »announcing a series of workshops on human service history by Jack Yates
NY Times article: ‘Designing for calm’
The NY Times Sunday Review piece from 13 January 2013 entitled ‘Designing for calm’ touches on a number of SRV and PASSING relevant points, and might be seen as a nice counterpoint to an earlier… Read More »NY Times article: ‘Designing for calm’
‘Not In My Backyard’ (NIMBY)
Thanks to Margaret Boyes and John Armstrong for sharing the following news article with me, concerning the proposed opening in a suburban neighborhood of a group residence for adults with addiction. In my reading, the… Read More »‘Not In My Backyard’ (NIMBY)
Writing in human services
One of the things I learned from Wolf Wolfensberger was the power of writing in relation to leadership development, social and societal change, and human service broadly. Even a quick Internet search finds great emphasis… Read More »Writing in human services
‘Architecture of Insanity’
Jack Yates recently shared with me an article entitled the ‘Architecture of Insanity: Boston Government Service Center’ by Michelle Koh and Gwen Lee. Located in Massachusetts (US), the Government Service Center has two parts, one of… Read More »‘Architecture of Insanity’