2019: Volume 3: Isseu 2
■ Agnes Turner & Reijer Jan van ’t Hul
…. was this year’s theme of ANSE Summer University in Bolzano Italy from 25th until 29th of August. It was a relevant and up to date theme, as we find ourselves more confronted with tension of separation and polarization in our society. Because we as supervisors are confronted in our work with clients, it is why it is important to discuss these topics here in the context of Supervision. – whether on a personal, ethical or political level in national organisations.
ANSE builds bridges between the supervisors and coaches in Europe between the countries and national organisations, between different approaches of supervision, methods, tradition and wants to connect while always keeping the most possible diversity. It’s not about that we all do and think the same, it’s much more about the bridging between different landscapes and idea and again it’s is about the question – what happens on the bridge and where do we go. Supervision and coaching can be the vehicle for understanding, learning, development, change management and so on.
It was a successful week with over 120 participants from 15 countries. During the week there were 7 keynotes, 17 workshops and 3 ANSE-platform presentations, study groups and social events.
This ANSE Journal is dedicated to the Summer University and therefore it is titled “Bridging, connecting worlds through supervision and coaching”. We asked all keynote speakers and workshop leaders to share their presentation, outcome or summary of the workshops. We are very proud to present 15 articles of the Summer University 2019. This ANSE Journal represents the diversity in our community, it shows a range of theoretical and practical articles. We tried to use the possibilities of a digital Journal, by placing hyperlinks to YouTube movies, or slides of the PowerPoint presentations. The first four articles are written by the keynote speakers, Wolfgang Looss and Sara Niese, Marjaana Gunkel, Silvia Sacchetti and an interview with Brigitte Geissler-Piltz and Karin Herrmann. After these articles, the summaries of the workshop leaders are presented in random order.
Of course, there is the column of Gerian Dijkhuizen and one of the interviews she did for the LVSC in this ANSE Journal. This time an interview with Ruslan Goshovskyi from Ukraine, the president of the Ukrainian Association, full ANSE member since last year.
We are very happy with the beautiful pictures of Gabriel Scherer (Instagram @getaoutandcapture). Gabriel has a talent for capturing the atmosphere of the week. Every morning during Summer University he presented his pictures of the day before. A selection of 250 of his pictures can be found at the ANSE website.
The cover of this Journal has been designed by Waldemar Kerschbaumer, www.adpassion.it/de/ He turned the logo of the Summer University into the ANSE colors. In that way we made the circle round for this ANSE Journal.
Special thanks go to Gerian Dijkhuizen, because she started video-blogging for the LVSC during Summer University. Every day she interviewed participants and we posted them on our Facebook. This gave a very lively view on what was happening in Bolzano. For everyone who missed it, the interviews are still available.
We hope you enjoy reading this ANSE Journal and get back into the good vibes of ANSE community during a Summer University. ■
