Kia ora tatou, Greetings all,
My name is James Hudson and I'm posting from Aotearoa/New Zealand. I am
Māori the indigenous people of Aotearoa. My iwi (tribes) are Tuhoe,
Ngati Awa and Ngaitai. The primary purpose of this post is to invite
suggestions from the Systemic Constellation Community about opportunities to
experience and train in systemic/organizational constellations in 2003, ideally
in the UK/Europe.
I have been passionately involved in systemic constellations for 6 six years
now. And for the past couple of years I've had the privilege of assisting
Angelika Chisholm in the facilitation of her workshops, here in Auckland. I'm
also very grateful to have experienced the skilled facilitation of other
facilitators from New Zealand/Aotearoa, Australia and beyond.
Professionally, my former career was in legal practice and I completed my
Masters degree in law as well. More recently, though, I have been undertaking
research within a university in the area of Māori development and am
currently in the final stages of completing my doctorate. My doctoral research
has developed an integrated, outcomes framework to measure the progress of
positive Māori development.
With respect to systemic constellations, I have a growing interest in two
areas: systemic constellations within a Māori context; and organizational
constellations. I view the two complementing each other very well.
With respect to working with Māori, I believe systemic constellation
approaches align well with our traditional Māori values and worldviews.
Angelika and I had honor of introducing systemic constellations to Māori
by way of a workshop for members of my iwi and those from neighbouring regions.
The workshop was attended primarily by Māori, and incorporated Māori
protocol. Approximately 50 participants attended the workshop (purely by word
of mouth!) ranging from traditional healers to tribal development practitioners
to family members `just checking it out'. And we were especially privileged to
have our tribal tohunga (tribal spiritual leader/elder) attend and bless with
work. He also supported its future application within Māori communities in
Aotearoa/New Zealand.
I also have a growing interest in organizational constellations. My experience
with it to date suggests that it would be particularly useful within the
collective, tribal settings within which Māori operate. For the last 30
years I have been personally and professionally involved with various
Māori tribal authorities, all of whom are trusted with the governance
and/or management of tribal resources, both tangible and intangible. A variety
of organisations will typically be found within any tribal setting, including
tribal authorities, land and resource trusts, health, social service and
education providers, and the like. A dominant feature of the governance of any
tribe is the role of whakapapa (genealogical connection) to tribal ancestors of
the past, and the whakapapa that connects hapu (sub-tribes) and whanau
(extended families) within the tribe in the present. To some extent, whakapapa
is integral to all decision-making made by Māori concerning the economic,
social and cultural wellbeing of a tribe - today and for the future. My
experience with organisational constellations to date suggests that its
approach will be well suited to inform and support the future directions of
iwi. Over the past six years, we have facilitated constellations involving
these themes which have proved valuable and insightful. I have a goal of
further exploring the application of organizational constellations within a
tribal setting.
So, in addition to providing some background about me, as mentioned earlier,
the primary purpose of this post is to explore opportunities to experience and
train in systemic/organizational constellations in 2013. I expect to complete
my doctoral study by the end of this year, following which I intend to spend
time overseas with the main focus of gaining as much experience and training in
constellation facilitation and approaches. I am particularly interested in the
UK/Europe region. I suspect the period of time I spend doing this will be
determined by what may be available!
If anyone can provide helpful suggestions in this respect, I'd be very grateful
to receive them. My email address is: jt_hudson@xxxxxxxxxxx. I welcome warmly
any direct communications.
Heoi ano, kia tau te rangimarie ki runga i a koutou katoa.
