| Submit an Account about Witnessing
The Witnessing Archive accepts written accounts by email or
mail. There are a few simple criteria:
- You may submit an account that is about your
own experience or the experience of another, if you
have that person’s
written permission. (See permission form).
- The account must describe an experience of witnessing
violence or violation. (See definitions
of violence and violation).
- It may be written about an experience of finding
yourself in any of the four witness
positions;
a shift between any of the positions; or the consequences for
yourself
and others of any of the four positions.
The account may record any quality of witness
experience, for instance, times of unintentional witnessing,
helpless
witnessing, compassionate
witnessing, or some other kind. The account may
describe a moment of transformation, when a “small” act
shifted a witnessing experience. Or you may write
about an intention
to witness.
- Accounts may be short or long, from one paragraph up
to a maximum of 30 pages.
You must transfer copyright in your witnessing account
to Kaethe Weingarten, Ph.D., as the representative
of the Witnessing
Archive (See Copyright Transfer page and form).
If you would like to contribute a story about yourself or someone
you know to the Witnessing Archive, please email your contribution (see Contact Page). All contributions
must include the copyright transfer form and
permission form (if required),
which can be found on this web
site.
If you are uncertain whether an account meets the criteria,
please feel free to send it along and a staff member will read it and
get back to you.
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