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- Title
In the Wake of Violence: Enacting and Witnessing Hope Among People.
- Authors
Kotzé, Elmarie; Hulme, Thérèse; Geldenhuys, Tertius; Weingarten, Kaethe
- Abstract
In the territory of violence and despair, hope is rare. Recent work on hope has shifted attention from hope as a feeling to hope as a practice that people can do together. This case report of a family exposed to domestic violence highlights the role played by a South African police officer in the mother's actions to separate from the context of violence. As a witness to the violence, the police officer acted from an ethic of justice and an ethic of compassion. Outsider witnessing of a counseling session resulted in the recruiting of a community of acknowledgement for the mother, the police officer, and an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Listening carefully and doing hope together gave rise to alliances against practices of violence. As a step of accountability, the authors used reflexive practices to question their responses and to avoid colonizing practices.
- Subjects
SOUTH Africa; FAMILY violence &; psychology; EMPATHY; HOPE; POLICE psychology; SOCIAL justice
- Publication
Family Process, 2013, Vol 52, Issue 3, p355
- ISSN
0014-7370
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/famp.12010