Author: Dr. Mark Huhnen
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Doctoral thesis
In this section you find my doctoral thesis downloadable as pdf. Watch this space you will soon find a version of the thesis that allows you do read it in a non-linear way. As part of the research I develop techniques systemic partitioners can use with their clients to tap into the potential of non-verbal…
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Towards anarchy?
Abstract The theme of this edition on decolonisation inspired me to remember, rethink and reclaim my relationship with a philosophical and political idea and movement: anarchy and anarchism. Despite having tried to distance myself from this label in the past due to its negative connotations, I now move towards it and embrace it. Finding connections…
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In relationship with a virus: An argument for new materialist thinking to be introduced into systemic thinking and an argument for why it has always already been there
Abstract The current COVID-19 situation offers an opportunity for us to reconsider our relationship with the world and with our theories about this relationship. While systemic theory already offers many ways and ideas to consider this, in this article I offer another perspective, “new” materialism and highlight its fit with existing systemic theories. Huhnen, M.…
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Co-authoring better futures for children and families – Anticipation Dialogue in children’s social care networks
Abstract Article published at the Anticipation Dialogue (AD), in comparison to Open Dialogue, the lesser known form of dialogical network practices introduced by Seikkula and Arnkil, seems not to be used in children’s social care in the UK, and there is little literature about it. In this article I will introduce and explain Anticipation Dialogue…
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How to do things without words
Abstract for doctoral thesis For this thesis there are two backgrounds: 1 systemic practice in social work, family therapy, training, coaching and consultancy, and 2 physical theatre, martial arts and other physical practices. As a starting point there is a suspicion or hunch from my own practice that systemic practice overly relies and focusses on…