See
SEE-ing is about exploring the lived experience of those who struggle for their humanity. It concerns how current social, economic and political structures continue to deprive people of their humanity and dignity, and how inequality persists despite varied efforts. At the SEE phase, space is created for participants to reflect on their realities, and to draw on a collective wealth of experience in exploring the challenges they face – as development practitioners, activists and communities – within changing contexts. By holding a mirror to what organisations do, we are able to critically review practices of solidarity with struggling communities. This enables us to identify and name the limitations that prevent the achievement of genuine solidarity and fundamental change.
Judge
This phase is focused on critical reflection and analysis. Participants locate their own struggles within the context of global structures of inequality, and collectively analyse and critique those structures and power relations. The JUDGE phase allows us to explore theoretical approaches that explain the persistence of global inequality and to challenge econometric definitions of human progress. This reflection and analysis of root causes begins to reveal new ways of tackling the limitations and problems identified in the SEE phase. We reflect on our own struggle against injustice, and deepen our understanding by learning from those waging similar struggles elsewhere in our communities and across the globe.
Act
The ACT phase allows participants to translate their reflections on the world, and their practice within it, into actions that are transformative. It asks, and answers, the questions: What implications do these learnings and experiences hold for the practice of solidarity? What principles will underpin the actions of those who seek to collaborate against inequality, and how can struggles against the denial of humanity and dignity be elevated and enhanced? How do we become more engaged with those who resist, and deepen our capability to help bring change?..
