This collection is designed for those who seek narratives that unite and connect us, in times when everything seems designed to separate us.
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It explores how the narrative of interconnectedness can be a powerful response to authoritarianism.
Learn to narrate from the “we” and not from fragmentation.
But what does this mean?
In the face of the dominant narratives that glorify individualism, fragment bonds and normalize fear, we want to positioning another story: one that reminds us that we are sustained by a network of relationships, care and shared knowledge.
This narrative is not only told, it is practiced. It invites us to recognize ourselves as part of a broader “we” that is built by weaving connections between movements, knowledge, territories and new audiences.
We are committed to making the interconnection a master key that opens doors to create community, connect our causes, activate our collective imagination and make sense of the future we seek to build.
Faced with this scenario, at Puentes we are committed to the narrative of interconnectedness: a story that recognizes that no one prospers in solitude, that well-being is relational and that only in community can we face today's challenges. This narrative is not only told: it is practiced. It is an invitation to reorganize our movements and our communications from the awareness that the future is woven collectively.
Use the interconnection as a narrative thread is like share a master key that opens multiple doors: to empathy, to a sense of belonging, to an encounter with other people, to mutual care, and to new ways of imagining democracy, borders and our link with the planet. This narrative allows us to open cracks through which light can enter in this historical moment of uncertainty and transformation. At Puentes, we understand the potential of the narrative of interconnectedness in 3 dimensions:
We need building and communicating a broader “we”The narrative does not reduce the conflict to a battle between good guys and bad guys, but expands the margins of empathy, recognizes human complexity and allows us to imagine shared futures based on interconnectedness and mutual care.
Discover and expose the values that connect us.
It is a practice that begins in the way we understand our own stories: no person, organization or cause exists in isolation.o.
Colombian political scientist, pioneer in digital ecosystem research in the region and creator of “La Lupa Digital: Justicia de Género”, our digital listening lab.
Cristina reminds us that democracy lives in the daily conversations we have in community and that democratic power is built in the collective, in the plural and in the diverse.
Passionate about strategic and intersectional communication. She is co-director of Intrasentido, a feminist organization based in Guadalajara.
We talked with her about how we can communicate interconnectedness from our movements and what narrative strategies we can employ to expand “the we”.
In this virtual event, 90 activists from Latin America discovered that interconnection is a master key that opens doors to encounter, political imagination and mutual care.
Watch the full video of the session here to find inspiration and continue building new possible futures collectively.
Priya Parker
His work helped us to understand that good encounters do not happen by accident. Here you find: the guide with interconnection tips and its compiled of magic questions.
Erika Sasson, Celia Kutz, Kazu Haga and Shilpa Jain
A collective conversation around how we navigate tensions and conflict in our movements. It offers reflections on belonging, trauma and the politics of care in four articles (here the first part), y this page with readings and practical resources.
Fabriders
Practical resources for building trust, addressing risk in digital environments and adapting formats to different types of participation. Especially useful for distributed facilitation. At its website will provide you with resources of interest.
Let's explore how to build narratives that recognize human complexity and weave bonds beyond the boundaries of conflict. Let's discover what neuroscience tells us about how stories help us connect with people, expand our circle of belonging and transform long-term attitudes and perceptions.
To learn more about the effects of stories and communication on the brain, we suggest that you read the Communications manual based on the hope of Thomas Coombes (page 70 and 73).
Interconnection as an articulating narrative is capable of opening doors to empathy, belonging and new ways of imagining the world we inhabit. From the emotional, the political and the strategic, it allows us to resist in community and open cracks through which light can enter in this historical moment of uncertainty and transformation.
expert in research for cultural change, to build shared understandings in the Puentes team about what we mean by interconnectedness, what is the context in which we situate ourselves, and what we consider to be the scope and transformative potential of our work.
As she puts it, this is a “...dance with words, metaphors, and even narratives... that will allow us to have a shared perspective, and clarity to make decisions, to dance to the same beat”.
Colombian political scientist, pioneer in digital ecosystem research in the region and creator of “La Lupa Digital: Justicia de Género”, our digital listening lab.
Cristina reminds us that democracy lives in the daily conversations we have in community and that democratic power is built in the collective, in the plural and in the diverse.
Passionate about strategic and intersectional communication. She is co-director of Intrasentido, a feminist organization based in Guadalajara.
We talked with her about how we can communicate interconnectedness from our movements and what narrative strategies we can employ to expand “the we”.
In this virtual event, 90 activists from Latin America discovered that interconnection is a master key that opens doors to encounter, political imagination and mutual care.
Watch the full video of the session here to find inspiration and continue building new possible futures collectively.
In this virtual event, 90 activists We in Latin America discovered that interconnection is a master key that opens doors to encounter, political imagination and mutual care.
Watch the full video of the session to find inspiration and continue building new possible futures collectively.
We want to meet as a collective to be more than an event and to become a permanent invitation to be like the mycelium that inhabits the forests, moving life with the absolute certainty of bonds.
To reach that level of interconnectedness, we must link our causes more deeply, broadening the idea of ‘we’ as a strategy. We need to draw more common ground, to look for each other in our common pains, aspirations and values. But it is not enough just to come together. We must create encounters with intention and care.
And other inputs we used during the meeting.
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