Full Description
This important book brings together research from scholars and experts in a variety of disciplines to explore a broad range of issues which affect Camphill life. The essays examine social, political and educational topics as diverse as spiritual needs, residential childcare, disabled identity, working with autistic children and the development of Camphill communities around the world.
The lack of easily accessible literature about Camphill communities has contributed to a common and unjustified perception of Camphill as 'closed' communities which have little interest in communicating with the 'the outside world'. Some influential officials and practitioners who determine education and social-work policy and practice still know little or nothing about Camphill, which increases the risk of misunderstanding and threatens the future of Camphill communities. This book seeks not only to bridge that gap, but to demonstrate to a wider audience the unique and inspiring qualities of Camphill communities.
This book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the provision of services for children and adults with special needs.
Contents
Foreword: ANDREW KENDRICK
Introduction: ROBIN JACKSON
1. Negotiating the Twentieth Century: A Historical Analysis of Camphill Communities
ZOE BRENNAN-KROHN
2. The Power of Organisational Myth: A Case Study
MANUELA COSTA
3. Sensing the Extraordinary Within the Ordinary
JOHN SWINTON & AILEEN FALCONER
4. On Middle Ground: Camphill Practices that Touch the World
DAN MCKANAN
5. Creative Living: Inside a Community for Children with Autism
JUDITH SCHAPIRO
6. Camphill: Children, Childhood and Disabled Identity
CHRIS WALTER
7. Whaur Extremes Meet: Camphill in the Context of Residential Childcare in Scotland
MARK SMITH
8. Social Pedagogy: Past, Present and Future
CLAIRE CAMERON
9. The Development of the BA in Social Pedagogy
ANGELIKA MONTEUX & NORMA HART
10. Camphill Village Communities in Norway
NILS CHRISTIE
11. Camphill in South Africa: A Narrative
JULIAN SLEIGH
12. Healing and Transformation in Vietnam: The Peaceful Bamboo Family, Tinh Truc Gia
HA VINH
13. Eco-communities: An Eco-history of Camphill
JAN MARTIN BANG
14. Quality of Life: Dimensions, Perceptions and Practice
ROY BROWN
15. The Challenges Facing Camphill: An Internal Perspective
ANDREW PLANT
16. Camphill: Further Notes from the Boundary
KATE SKINNER & STEPHEN BARON
References
Acknowledgments
Index
