A mid-year reflection
Rachael and I have just returned from Alice Springs/Mparntwe having enjoyed holding space and facilitating a 3-day community development...
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peterwestoby9
Apr 192 min read
What's going on in my world :)
It's been a while since I said hi but now we enter Australia's Autumn season, I'm trying to shift from lots of activity to more...
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Rachael
Sep 17, 20233 min read
Transitioning Home and Upcoming Events
We've spent the last 3 weeks meandering our way through the beautiful forests, alpine regions and mountains of Victoria and New South...
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peterwestoby9
Jul 15, 20232 min read
Blog #19 A journey of listening
We’re on a journey in which we have committed to listening. To country, to others, to self, to ancestors, to silence. And in that...
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peterwestoby9
Jun 10, 20231 min read
Blog #18 - On the road
Hi all, I'm on week 4 of a four month road trip - from Maleny, to Darwin, down to Uluru, the Flinders - due home mid September. It's a...
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peterwestoby9
Mar 7, 20233 min read
Blog #17 ‘Yes, you’re busy, but is that a good enough excuse for crap practice?’
So, it’s already March 2023. A lot is going on. The momentum of this year gathers pace. Everyone I talk to who’s working in the social...
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peterwestoby9
Feb 3, 20232 min read
Blog #16: Portraying a reflective practice in the ecological field
Hi all, it's February 2023 already. I don't know about you, but my January was tough - struck down by illness, and now the humidity-heat....
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peterwestoby9
Dec 10, 20222 min read
Blog #15 – reflection on the year – “having and being”
What a year hey! What a big three years? Think of your December 2019, when you might have been planning for 2020. And then look at what...
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peterwestoby9
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Blog #14 – on the ‘rigour of freedom’
My new book has been out in the world for a few months now. To bring it into the world, we hosted a gentle ceremony in South Africa in...
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peterwestoby9
Oct 30, 20222 min read
Blog #13 – on ‘seeing as if for the very first time’
Recently someone commented on the title of my new book - Understanding Phenomenological Reflective Practice in the Social and Ecological...
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peterwestoby9
Jul 31, 20222 min read
Blog #12 The new book is in the world - Three Rivers Flowing
So my new book is out: Understanding Phenomenological Reflective Practice in the Social and Ecological Fields Three Rivers Flowing – on a...
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peterwestoby9
Jun 30, 20222 min read
Blog #11 on a living social practice – an alternative to the instrumental
In Blog #10 I shared how my latest book Understanding Phenomenological Reflective Practice in the Social and Ecological Fields is ready...
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peterwestoby9
Jun 15, 20222 min read
Blog #10: on the need for a living social practice – what’s the problem with current dominant ways o
My latest book Understanding Phenomenological Reflective Practice in the Social and Ecological Fields is ready for publishing in the next...
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peterwestoby9
Apr 27, 20222 min read
Blog #9 – people, projects and feeling ‘free to fail’
One of the things that I have been noticing in my own community development practice in recent weeks is the instrumental pressure for a...
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peterwestoby9
Mar 30, 20222 min read
Blog #8: “hold your analysis lightly”
Blog #8 Practitioner analysis versus community analysis Most community development practitioners will have an analysis of a social or...
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peterwestoby9
Mar 17, 20222 min read
Blog #7: The importance of holding intention for community development ‘practice’
Over the years I’ve done a fair bit of research inquiring about community development workers ‘practice’ all around the world. I’ve heard...
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peterwestoby9
Feb 23, 20222 min read
Blog #6 - the art of a good question
On the art of a good question in community development A key element of effective community development is the skill of being able to ask...
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peterwestoby9
Feb 10, 20221 min read
A 6Cs Framework for Community Connecting
Blog #5 – looking for, and responding to the opportune moments I’m 54 years old, heading rapidly to 55. Community building and social...
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peterwestoby9
Jan 26, 20222 min read
Our local community connector – 92 year old Don
Blog #4, The Art of the Community Building #3 I moved into the neighbourhood of Maleny, Queensland in February 2020, just before COVID...
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peterwestoby9
Jan 20, 20221 min read
Why the art of community building?
Blog #3, The Art of the Community Building #2 During the past few years, I have been an avid lover of all-things reflective. I love...
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