What are some art-based approaches to aftercare for facilitation?
Project Title
Convalescence
Asli Mahdi with the Pedagogies of Community Engagement Collective
Authors
These collage pages and poem aim to provide ways that facilitators can begin to explore examples of aftercare outlets. Aftercare is a seldom mentioned component of facilitation, and when it is acknowledged, the focus is verbal aftercare (ex. “talking it out”).
Integrating time into one’s schedule or workplan to engage in other artful forms of aftercare through collage and poetry can be helpful in documenting one’s emotions following facilitation. As well, this can be a first step in exploring ways to adjust and advocate for one’s facilitation needs moving forward.