@article{ref1,
title="'Better safe than sorry': examining trauma as an obstacle to empowerment and social change in a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention",
journal="Journal of applied communication research",
year="2021",
author="Kogen, Lauren",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Communication for social change (CSC) research often addresses 'empowerment.' This paper argues that CSC must better incorporate trauma healing into the concept of empowerment, and thus into a revised model of social change. Data from a U.S. intimate partner violence intervention are used to provide evidence for the validity of, and usefulness of, such a revised model. Three broad theoretical arguments are offered regarding trauma within CSC: (1) trauma is rarely addressed outside peacebuilding interventions, but is relevant to other marginalized populations; (2) storytelling work has mostly focused on its politically empowering effects, and insufficiently on its healing effects related to trauma as a precursor to political empowerment; and (3) storytelling work almost always assumes an audience, but there is also value in internal communication - e.g. telling a story to oneself or journaling - when trauma has limited one's opportunities for communication.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-9882",
doi="10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00909882.2021.1978521"
}