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‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Group-analytic training : inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position (2020)
Journal Article
Forrest, A., & Nayak, S. (2021). ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Group-analytic training : inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position. Group Analysis, 54(1), 55-68. https://doi.org/10.1177/0533316420947999

Having in mind those gripped by ambivalence over whether to start, or stay on, the Qualifying Course in Group Analysis, we consider the training as one in ambivalence. We see ambivalence as an asset, not a hindrance. Forsaking familiar notions of amb... Read More about ‘Should I stay or should I go?’ Group-analytic training : inhabiting the threshold of ambivalence is a matter of power, privilege and position.

For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles (2020)
Journal Article
Nayak, S. (2020). For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles. Critical and Radical Social Work, 8(3), 405-421. https://doi.org/10.1332/204986020x15945755847234

This article offers women of colour in social work a black feminist self-care practice based on three principles from Audre Lorde’s work. The colonial situation of social work inevitably marginalises black feminist thinking and methods. In the contex... Read More about For women of colour in social work : black feminist self-care practice based on Audre Lorde’s radical pioneering principles.

Black feminist methods of activism are the tool for global social justice and peace (2020)
Journal Article
Nayak, S., & Sheehy, C. (2020). Black feminist methods of activism are the tool for global social justice and peace. Critical Social Policy, 40(2), 234-257. https://doi.org/10.1177/0261018319896231

We use the method of conversation as a tool of living activist struggles to end social injustice. We draw on Black feminism to create an intersectionality of diverse activist voices across time and space. We insist on an intersectional acuity to anal... Read More about Black feminist methods of activism are the tool for global social justice and peace.