What resources are needed in order to enter into mentoring relationships?
Mentoring as a Practice
- [2025]
- Nora Sobbe
How are mentoring relationships initiated?
What role do differences in experience play in this form of relationship – or can they be understood as peer-to-peer encounters?
How does group mentoring differ from one-on-one mentoring situations?
How do mentoring relationships relate to other social forms such as friendship, partnership, or (chosen) family? Could mentoring perhaps be understood as a conversational mode that friendships, partnerships, and other relationships may temporarily adopt? Or does mentoring extend beyond the moment of speaking?
Do mentoring relationships serve a broader purpose that exceeds the one-on-one encounter?
Mentoring is an integral part of the Master's programme in Transdisciplinary Studies at ZHdK, which I am currently pursuing. By examining different contexts in which mentoring relationships – or related forms of encounter – are practised and discussed, the project reflects on mentoring as a practice and explores ways of extending it beyond institutional educational frameworks.
Nora Sobbe
Nora reacts to specific social situations through object-design processes, creating object-encompassing constellations that invite exploration of social interactions which may initially feel familiar.