Transforming Trauma by Kate Lockwood Harris - 9780197783955

Transforming TraumaA Relational Approach to Disorganizing Systemic Violence\nAuthor(s): Kate Lockwood Harris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197783955, 978-0197783955\nSynopsis\nTransforming Trauma emerges from contemporary, overlapping social challenges: Global losses of life and connection amidst the COVID-19 pandemic; brutal US police murders of Black and brown people followed by uprisings against systemic racism; and organizing against pervasive gender-based and sexual violence. In the wake of these historical and ongoing events, many people have experienced personal and collective trauma. Although much has been written about how individuals can resolve their personal traumas, and some literature reflects on healing collective trauma, little has been written about how organizations themselves experience trauma and can transform it. This book takes up that work. \n\nIt does so by relying o.