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How a Letter Can Enlarge the Small 8p9 in 8politics9
Tine Mølgaard, DISPUK
Dear fellow rebels,
If you were to write a letter in solidarity with the people you try to help, what
would you write? Who would you invite as co-signers? Who would you address it
to? And what would be the first step?
I want to share with you an example of a rebellious practice in the form of a
letter. Michael White1 talked about narrative practices as politics with a small
8p9, but the following shows how it can end up differently. With a capital 8P9.
One of the things I love about narrative practice is that it is not just a matter of
therapy. It9s a spirit. The focus on the effects of power and context, as well as on
responses and agency, offers a much-needed perspective in cultures and times
where individualization of problems is a dominating tendency. And this calls for
both small and capital 8P9-actions.
To be fair, my co-psychologist-rebel Tori and I didn9t know that our letter about
inadequate structures in Danish schools and daycares would become anything
more than a
