Ideas about security change when we start dialoguing in our own communities, when we allow ordinary voices to be heard in discussion about security. We offer these How to Guides as ways for beginning these conversations.
Dialogue with your MP about security
In our current context global crises, wars and ‘national security’ are high on the agenda for Parliament. It is crucial to dialogue with our MPs/MSPs/Senned members about how they understand security and offer alternative approaches rooted in sustainability and inclusion. Use our new lobbying guide, created with Hope for the Future, to start discussions and let us know the outcomes. It’s great to hear how parliamentarians engage with the ideas.
How to Host a Discussion to Rethink Security
This Guide is for people who want to facilitate a local conversation about security. It sets out some ideas you could use and things to think about and connects to various resources that might help. In the early days of Rethinking Security, several discussions were held across the country and the reports of these are included in this Guide.
How to Organise a Visualising Security Discussion
The Visualising Security project is a photovoice project that was used in the Alternative Security Review to help people think about their own definitions of security using images and stories. A Visualising Security session is not difficult to run and can produce profound results. Click the image to access the guide
How to become a Citizen Social Scientist
This how to guide is for people who are in interested in doing research on issues that concern them. It allows users to create their own research questions, gather real-life data, and come up with answers. Created by the Research Centre for Coventry Trust, Peace and Social Relations in collaboration with Rethinking Security.