@article{ref1,
title="In the wake of violence: Enacting and witnessing hope among people",
journal="Family Process",
year="2013",
author="Kotzé, Elmarie and Hulme, Thérèse and Geldenhuys, Tertius and Weingarten, Kaethe",
volume="52",
number="3",
pages="355-367",
abstract="In the territory of violence and despair, hope is rare. Recent work on hope has shifted attention from hope as a feeling to hope as a practice that people can do together. This case report of a family exposed to domestic violence highlights the role played by a South African police officer in the mother's actions to separate from the context of violence. As a witness to the violence, the police officer acted from an ethic of justice and an ethic of compassion. Outsider witnessing of a counseling session resulted in the recruiting of a community of acknowledgement for the mother, the police officer, and an Assistant Commissioner of Police. Listening carefully and doing hope together gave rise to alliances against practices of violence. As a step of accountability, the authors used reflexive practices to question their responses and to avoid colonizing practices.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0014-7370",
doi="10.1111/famp.12010",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/famp.12010"
}