Embodied Social Justice

Description

Embodied Social Justice introduces a body-centered approach to working with oppression, designed for social workers, counselors, educators, and other human service professionals. Grounded in current research, this integrative approach to social justice works directly with the implicit knowledge of our bodies to address imbalances in social power. Consisting of a conceptual framework, case examples, and a model of practice, Embodied Social Justice integrates key findings from education, psychology, traumatology, and somatic studies while addressing critical gaps in how these fields have understood and responded to everyday issues of social justice. Rae Johnson, Ph.D., RSMT, is a queer-identified social worker, somatic movement therapist, and scholar working at the intersection of somatic studies and social justice. They chair the Somatic Studies in Depth Psychology program at Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara, California. 1. Introduction Part I: Body stories 2. Embodied inquiry 3. Crissy’s body story 4. Pat’s body story 5. Natalie’s body story 6. Zaylie’s body story 7. Rae’s body story 8. Learning from the body stories Part II: Oppression and embodiment 9. (Un)learning oppression 10. Learning through the body Part III: Grasping and transforming the embodied experience of oppression 11. The cycle of embodied critical learning and transformation 12. Implications and applications 13. Community resources