TrustInResoc - Trust in re-socialising dialogues

When it comes to helping vulnerable people researchers and practitioners agree that trust is key. Unfortunately, knowledge about how trust in practiced is very limited. In communications training trust is typically treated as a “black box” and therefore difficult to operationalise in practice. Based on video ethnographic data TIES studies how trust as an interactional phenomenon is achieved, maintained or lost in encounters between employees and residents in social and resocialising institutions. Through identification of indicators of trust and distrust we contribute to trust research with a conceptualization of trust as social interactional phenomenon. We also develop pedagogical tools of reflection and resources for training that will enable employees to practice trust and lead trust building conversations that help to empower residents to reach for their goals and to participate meaningfully in communities in- and outside the institution.
Praxis partners: Bofællesskabet Lioba og Café Exit