A few weeks ago, the Executive of the Critical Physiotherapy Network discussed the Terms and Conditions we wanted to place around membership access to our shiny new website. We wanted to establish and encourage some standards of behaviour, because one of our cardinal principles is that people should feel safe within this site to express their ideas, however controversial, critical or radical. At the same time, we wanted to stand up for some particular virtues: inclusive language; participatory dialogue; and fearless minoritarianism. Striking the right balance in defining 'light touch' regulations is surprisingly difficult, but only really if you are bound by conventional beliefs about … [Read more...] about New: Sharing
A new Constitution for the Critical Physiotherapy Network
Over the last 12 months we have been working on a Constitution that will help define the work of the Critical Physiotherapy Network in the coming years. Because we aspire to be 'a positive force for an otherwise physiotherapy,' there is a degree to which we have tried to think outside conventional ways of thinking and doing. Some of the language in our Constitution reflects that. Words like 'alterity' and 'otherness' are used, and there are phrases that talk about 'thinking against the grain.' Some of these words and phrases are provocative and are used deliberately to prompt us to think and practice differently. In each case, though, they are used to open a space to think … [Read more...] about A new Constitution for the Critical Physiotherapy Network
