Tonight we're airing our very first NGV Radio guest show, hosted by Kamila Bialy, from Poland!
Kamila, with the support of Thomas, will host two guest shows on the topic of generational dynamics. The second will air on 25th of February.
She got inspired to create this radio series through working on the Humans of Gestalt project:
“Doing Humans of Gestalt interviews I have experienced the expression of generational differences. It started to become clear to me that I am part of this younger generation, with a shared historical life experience as well as a shared symbolic reference.
As a sociologist it was revealed to me that my generation is living in an economically as well as ecologically precarious society and thus project-oriented as well as activism-oriented.
And I could see another generation raised after WW2 in a long period of peace and prosperity - developing theory laid down by the founders.
I understood this different ground determines the way our generation thinks of gestalt and wants to apply gestalt."
In this NGV Radio series, together with guests from the different generations, Kamila will ponder on the question how this knowledge on generational shifts can inform our theory and practice.
Can we meet intergenerationally? How?
The guests of this first of two episodes are representatives of the younger generation, Badr Hajjani from France and Federica Ronchi from Italy. We will discuss specific ways of bringing gestalt outside of a therapy room to community work, schools, activism, everyman, etc..
Why has it become relevant to my guests to get involved in this? Why may this move be essential for gestalt therapy per se nowadays?
Enjoy !
Thomas and Kamila