Issue 11 of Brief Encounters brings together explorations of how power can be both a weapon that destroys and a tool that builds. The articles and creative pieces featured in this issue interrogate systems, hierarchies, and forms of power. They engage with multiple contexts, draw on multidisciplinary perspectives, use diverse modes of inquiry, and include both critical and practice-based approaches.  

Brief Encounters remains committed to supporting postgraduate researchers and amplifying their research.  We hope this issue will contribute to interdisciplinary conversations around power and provide a space for researchers and practitioners to encounter diverse perspectives, approaches, and forms of inquiry.