Being Reflective
Reflective practice is important because it helps people navigate the complex ethical, emotional, and practical challenges connected with working with spontaneous memorial collections.
By reflecting on your own experiences and the potential impact of your work on yourself and others, you can ensure that you are acting with sensitivity, respect, and a commitment to trauma-informed practices.
The value of sharing best practice and guidance
Cathy Long, The Common Ground Project, UK
Long-Term Engagement
Launching digital archives, planning exhibits and displays, and engaging creatively with your collection – this page looks at different approaches to long-term engagement with spontaneous memorial collections.
Journey Mapping Survey
This survey can be completed at two points in the framework – during the plan phase, when perhaps you are still new to this work and establishing your collection; and during the heal phase, after some time has passed and you find yourself in a position to reflect on some of the earlier decisions you and your team made. If you complete this survey in this way, you will hopefully reveal some interesting correlations between how you felt in the moment and how you feel now – this will enable you critically reflect on the practicalities of working with spontaneous memorial collections and to determine what worked well in the context of your own case and what didn’t. These results can be used for your own personal reflection or they can be used in groups to spark interesting discussions about how you might respond in the future, if faced with similar work.
Data Protection: Your responses are collected using Google Forms, which uses end-to-end encryption to keep your data secure. The only personal information requested is your email address, which will be used to send you a copy of your results. Please note that your data is retained by us for a period 24 months (for research and evaluation purposes) before being permanently deleted. If you have any questions about how we store your information, please contact us here. Thank you for taking the time to complete our survey.
The results from these three questions can be used to paint a picture of your journey working with spontaneous memorial collections and can reveal interesting correlations – i.e. how confident you felt might be impacted by how supported you were.
These results can be used for your own personal reflection or they can be used in groups to spark interesting discussion. Click the link below to see an example set of results.