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TOOLKIT - GROUND WORK

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How do you negotiate the explicit or embodied hierarchies that exist within groups? There are different forms of explicit and embodied hierarchies that may emerge in groups. Explicit hierarchies are ones that we may acknowledge or agree to, such as allowing certain group members to take on certain tasks on behalf of the group, while embodied hierarchies, which sometimes overlap with the explicit hierarchies, can be understood as forms of entitlement that are either unconsciously or consciously internalized by group members. When explicit hierarchies are not acknowledged, we revert to the embodied hierarchies that exist in the group. These may be based on socioeconomic categories, such as class, race, gender, sexual orientation, and so on. 1 1 For a helpful framework for understanding how power may be negotiated, see “Finding the Spaces for Change: A Power Analysis” by John Gaventa. November 2006, IDS Bulletin Volume 37 Number 6, powercube.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/ finding_spac

TOOLKIT - GROUND WORK INTRODUCTION 1 PREP WORK 2 GROUND WORK 3 GROWTH WORK 4 EXPANDED WORK ABOUT THE PROJECT ROLES & HIERARCHY How do you negotiate the explicit or embodied hierarchies that exist within groups? There are different forms of explicit and embodied hierarchies that may emerge in groups. Explicit hierarchies are ones that we may acknowledge or agree to, such as allowing certain group members to take on certain tasks on behalf of the group, while embodied hierarchies, which sometimes overlap with the explicit hierarchies, can be understood as forms of entitlement that are either unc

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