You are invited into a supported space of transformative compassionate curiosity, to ask ourselves and each other
'what is it like to be you?’
in restorative and re-humanising ways.

Join OpenEdge's team of scholar-practitioners to explore the phenomenon and experience of 'otherness' and 'being othered' in our personal lives and within the systems and structures of our communities. 

We will look at the phenomenon of 'mainstreams' and 'margins' and how we relate to the experiences both internally and in relationship and how without exploring this explicitly we can unconsciously reproduce division and separation.
We will work in ways that re-connect us beyond 'them and us’, beyond centring our own or one particular experience of life …beyond reproducing otherness.
Who are we already connected to, and what is the nature of these connections? Which of these connections are visible to us, which ones might we be missing? What stands in the way of building other kinds of relationships?


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​In the Lab we also explore the confusion, disconnection and challenges that can arise when trying to have conversations about diversity and inclusion, power and privilege in our communities and organisations.



​We embody positivity and enthusiasm to embrace discomfort and experiences that may be different to our own. We value this kind of space as an exciting possibility for profound connection and transformation.

​Through participatory activities for connection, reflection and learning, we focus on key themes such as
  • the tragedy of how we have learned to engage with difference and diversity
  • how equity and inclusion serves everyone
  • power-with and power-over relations
  • dominant, centralised perspectives and experiences
  • unconsciously creating outliers and 'others'
  • the intrinsic link between systemic norms and personal behaviours 
  • the spectrum of privilege and marginalisation
  • the neurobiology of oppression
  • connecting political, social, personal, emotional, and physical experiences 
  • untold storytelling and multiple social truths
  • beyond reductionism to plural identities 
  • beyond moralistic judgments of self and others
  • experiencing interdependency of human needs
  • experiencing 'difference' as enriching
  • integrating concepts, emotions, experiences, personal capacity and skills into embodied action
  • liberation and new choice in engaging with difference, inclusion, equity and justice…
We invite you to reach for your honest, courageous, reflective self, put on your systemic goggles, break the violence cycle, get beyond the myth of separation, find your dynamic shared identities, and walk towards 'the other' with OpenEdge's experienced team of scholar-practitioner-explorers!
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