Delve into large scale institutional organization together by starting with where people are and with what they do.
Make institutional action concrete by learning people's work and how it's coordinated with others'
Conversational approach to learn from and with people and make fresh discoveries
Make complex work and institutional action visible quickly.
I'm delighted Susan Marie Turner's important mapping of institutional sequences of action becomes available to be learned and practised. I first encountered her remarkable invention in her doctoral dissertation when she drew an extended map of a complex municipal decision-making on a proposal to develop a natural ravine for housing. Since then I have seen it come into play in many useful ways and while I have joined with her in workshops in which she has used it, I have been longing for a way it can be learned as a practice for institutional ethnographers. And here it is.
— Dorothy Smith, Founder of Institutional Ethnography, University of Victoria, Canada
Working with Susan built a foundation of deep respect, understanding, openness and honesty. Upon first meeting, we had a tough conversation on language and difference. Susan listened to our expert knowledge and readily agreed the work for Haudenosaunee people and project documents will be from our worldview vs. from the settler lens. We worked closely, with many straightforward and sensitive conversations. As a result of the project, significant outcomes were achieved. The most important is the first funded Sexual Violence Healing Centre on a First Nations Territory in Ontario.
Nya:weh Susan for being a trusted ally and always being on the journey of decolonization.
— Julia Bomberry, MSW, Manager of Therapeutic Services, Ganohkwasra Family Assault Support Services, Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
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