…On Joy

HealingCommunities

21 Nov

Centric Lab proposed the following prompts on joy and healing to Nina Rivera, a long standing community organiser and advocate for the health justice of Trans racialised migrants and refugees.

How would you define joy?
What is the relationship between joy and the body/mind/spirit?
What is the role joy has played in your work and community?
How would you relate joy to mental injury?
How would you relate joy to healing or a tool for healing?
What is the role of joy in facing precarity and constant loss?

...On Joy is Nina’s response to these prompts through her experience, reflection, and imagination.

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On Joy

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