Body Mapping with Survivors of Human Rights Violations: The Experience of Kenya’s Nyayo House Survivors and Lessons for Others

THE TRUST FOR INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND HEALTH (TICAH)

Developed by the Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH), a Sites of Conscience member in Kenya, this is an introduction to body mapping, an art therapy and dialogue-based methodology used to create spaces for healing, reflection, sharing and activism with groups who have survived human rights violations and other traumas. The toolkit discusses the challenges and successes of body mapping methodology and provides a guide to conducting body mapping workshops.

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