Experience × Shaping

1) Short description

Lived experience is deliberately framed to guide identity, values, and belonging. Media is seen as formative, not neutral.

2) Appreciative Inquiry questions

• How is our communication shaping who we are becoming?
• What values are being reinforced through our stories?
• Where do people experience belonging through our media?

3) Individual 

• Develop cultural awareness.
• Reflect on implicit messages.
• Frame stories with identity in mind.

4) Organisation 

• Name shared values explicitly.
• Support editorial framing.
• Monitor cultural impact over time.

5) Stretch 

• Reflect on unintended cultural signals.
• Invite diverse voices into interpretation.

Foundational conditions

• Deep contextual and cultural awareness
• Theological and ethical grounding
• Credibility within the community
• Ability to hold complexity and difference
• Trust earned over time
• Sensitivity to unintended consequences

Right to play comes from legitimacy and wisdom.