LISTENING LABS
Listening to lived experience is central to informing the quality of responses. Individually and collectively, we can listen to and be led by victim-survivors’ insights and experiences of violence and abuse. Our response to listening to lived expertise is what makes the difference – socially and systemically. Individually and collectively, we can build on our understanding to inform our responses to domestic, family and sexualised violence.
The Listening Labs have been developed to support peers (set of 3) to explore and share lived experience insights, and insight-informed materials in Insight Exchange. Peer participants can use the opportunity to consider if and how the insights and materials can shape and inform their day-to-day work and responses to violence and abuse. Peer participants are invited and supported to each dedicate non-consecutive time in the Listening Lab. The peer work is for exploring Insight Exchange with a focus area specific to the Listening Lab. Each Listening Lab takes a different focus, yet the foundations of each draw from the same central content and structured sequence for participation.
Below you can read about the Listening Lab (Spanish) or follow this link to explore the Listening Lab (Suicidality). The Listening Lab (Arabic) will commence after the insights and materials are published in Arabic.
LISTENING LAB (SPANISH)
Purpose -The purpose of the Listening Lab (Spanish) is to share insights and materials with organisations, communities and individuals. The listening lab draws from local and contextual expertise in who to share with, and how to share, the Insight Exchange insights and materials. Ongoingly, peers in the listening lab are listening and responding to lived expertise of interpersonal, family and sexualised violence.
Peer Participants FY25/26 - Our thanks to peer participants Larissa, Maria and Mora.
Engagement Report (coming) - At the end of FY25/26 we will commence reporting the Spanish Engagement Report.
Scope - The peers in the Listening Lab (Spanish) are supported by the Insight Exchange team to continue to broaden and deepen the way they share insights and materials across the ecosystem. This includes the following:
- Independent time (sharing materials interpersonally).
- Time together as peers to exchange insights and provide peer support.
- Time to share the insights and materials through in-person sessions, mobile galleries and virtual sessions.
In Focus - The focus areas for the Listening Lab (LL) peers align to the five areas used to organise the insights and materials in the Insight Exchange website – Listening, Exploring, Responding, Learning, Participating.
Creating Possibilities and Creating Conversations
Expansive and flexible locations -The Listening Lab (Spanish) peer participants live and work in Mexico however the interpersonal invites and connections they explore for sharing insights and materials are not contained to Mexico only.
Being Invitational - Through interpersonal conversational invitations we gently open the door to offering visibility of Insight Exchange as an invitation. We are also responsive to invitations where organisaitons, communities and individuals ask us to share insights and materials to a specific group or in a specific area. Organisations and communities decide which insights and materials will be welcomed and useful.
Supporting safety - We keep the session information details (date/time/location etc) discreet for invited participants only. We don’t use social media for invitation information.
PARTICIPATION POSSIBLITIES
In-Person Sessions
In-person sessions are facilitated by the Insight Exchange team and supported by the Listening Lab (Spanish) peers.
Some considerations include:
- Some people may not have the safety or privacy to participate virtually.
- Access to the internet is not available to the whole population. An in-person session may be the only way the insights and materials can be introduced.
- Insight Exchange landing cards may be particularly useful for people with internet access only on phones.
Voices of Insight Collection - Mobile Gallery
The Voices of Insight Collection (original artworks inspired by the Insight Exchange Voices of Insight) is printed in large scale format with accompanying collapsible easels. The collections are shared as mobile pop-up galleries at an agreed place/site over a fixed period. We include accompanying donated landing cards.
At times, the Insight Exchange team may be invited to accompany the collection to support conversations.
The Voices of Insight collection is also exhibited at in-person sessions.
Virtual sessions
Virtual sessions are facilitated by the Insight Exchange team and supported by the Listening Lab (Spanish) peers.
Some considerations include:
- Some people may not have the safety or privacy to participate in-person.
- Some people may not have the resources, time or transport access to participate in-person