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Before we jump into this episode, I wanted to alert listeners that this episode may contain content that is triggering to some people. In it we discuss sexual abuse and working with Design alongside issues of trauma.
Today on the show we have Rachael Dietkus a phenomenal person and advocate for trauma led approaches in design.
First and foremost, Rachael is a social worker, based 2-hours south of Chicago in Urbana Champaign in Illinois. We speak in depth about trauma as a societal problem, that is owned by all. We go into the details around working in this space and the affects it can have on change-makers, and how we, as designer and change makers are very much exposed to this reality. How might we protect Designers from likely vicarious traumas in this space? How can we prepare the next wave of change-makers to be ready? We speak about what Designers need to be aware of when approaching some of the most sensitive subjects known, such as child sexual abuse, domestic violence etc. Can and should Design be seen as the saviour? It is a big conversation, and a wonderful one that is pretty raw.
- https://twitter.com/rdietkus
- https://www.socialworkerswho.design
- Practicing Without a License: Design Research as Psychotherapy: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339844239_Practicing_Without_a_License_Design_Research_as_Psychotherapy
- There’s also Gabor Maté’s new documentary The Wisdom of Trauma, which comes out June 8th: https://thewisdomoftrauma.com
- In response to George Ayes post about IDEO recently, Rachael wrote this wonderful piece / https://medium.com/surviving-ideo/trauma-and-design-62838cc14e94
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