The chapter shows how social dreaming can shed light on racialised and social conditioning and creatively disrupt the mindset of whiteness.For millennia indigenous cultures around the world have shared dreams and visions to guide community life, as Topa and Narvaez have argued. We are five white women, who come together to share dreams that may guide us in our work relating to the ecological emergency. In this work together we have experienced dreams as boundless, unfettered by conscious rationa…
Read moreThe chapter shows how social dreaming can shed light on racialised and social conditioning and creatively disrupt the mindset of whiteness.For millennia indigenous cultures around the world have shared dreams and visions to guide community life, as Topa and Narvaez have argued. We are five white women, who come together to share dreams that may guide us in our work relating to the ecological emergency. In this work together we have experienced dreams as boundless, unfettered by conscious rationality. In the dream world all is possible. Dreams show us unexpected points of view; all we have to do is look, listen, feel and learn. Our approach is aligned with social dreaming methods where dreams are believed to emerge from a collective source that gives insight into the collective. In social dreaming, we don’t look for personal meaning, but accept the invitation to go beyond the individual into a wider and deeper space.
