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References
Much has been written on dialogue and dialogue methods. Here are some key
texts:
Baldwin, C., and Linnea, A. 2010, The Circle Way, Berrett- Koehler, San
Francisco.
Bohm, D., 1996, On Dialogue, Routledge, NY. Isaacs, W. 1999, Dialogue and the art of thinking together,
Doubleday, New
York .
Kahane, A. 2010, Power and Love A Theory and Practice of
Social Change,
Berrett-Koehler, San Franciso.
Maddison, S., Cronin, D., Williams S., Coggan, R., 'Democratic Dialogue
Finding the right model for Australia' , 2009
Indigenous Policy and Dialogue Research Unit, University of NSW. Available
here
McDonald, D., Bammer, G., and Dean, P. 2009, Research Integration Using Dialogue Methods,
ANU E Press, Canberra. Available here
Mille Bojer, M., Roehl, H., Knuth, M., Mapping Dialogue: Essential
Tools for Social Change, The Taos Institue Publications; Chagrin Falls,
2008.
Roberts, N. M., (Ed) 2008, The Transformative
Power of Dialogue,
Emerald, Bingley, UK.
Websites
http://www.publicconversations.org/
provides practical and detailed
guidance on how to conduct community dialogues on contentious issues
Every day democracy http://www.everyday-democracy.org/en/HowTo.aspx
provides practical guidance on community dialogue
The Art of Hosting is an international community dedicated to hosting and providing experiences related to
hosting and harvesting conversations that matter.
The website has information on a wide range of
dialogue based techniques.
The dialogue website at Clark University in the US provides a range of references on dialogue.
http://www.clarku.edu/dd/learnmore/readings.cfm
The Sciencewise Expert Resource Centre is the UK's national centre for public
dialogue in policy making involving expert opinion in public
dialogue.
http://www.sciencewise-erc.org.uk/
'Democratic Dialogue - A Handbook for Practitioners.' This
document offers
helpful insights into contemporary
conceptual approaches to dialogue, and
provides
practitioners with practical options on how to design, start,
convene, conduct, monitor and evaluate a dialogue process.
http://www.undp.org/cpr/documents/we_do/democratic%20_dialogue.pdf
Guidance on selection of dialogue methods
Dialogue is often associated with meetings in-the-round,
but there is a range of methods to suit different purposes. While processes
need to be designed to
fit the particular
circumstances, the suggestions here are a starting point.
For conversations that matter -
Exploration, awareness raising:
World Cafe; Conversation Cafe; Dialogue
Cafe;
Open Space Technology,
Circle processes;
Legotia process; Theatre of the Oppressed
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Relationship building and working through conflct:
Sustained Dialogue; Inter-group Dialogue;
Public Conversations Project: Deep
democracy;
Israeli- Palestinian School for Peace; Participatory Action Research;
Compassionate Listening
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Deliberation - working through tough decisions:
America Speaks 21st Century Town Hall Meeting;
Citizen
choicework;
Citizen
Deliberative Councils;
Citizens' Jury;
Consensus Conference;
Study Circles;
Deliberative Polling; National Issues Forums
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Collaborative action - multistakeholder whole system change:
Appreciative Inquiry; Future Search;
Change Lab; Scenario Planning
For more information see
Democratic Dialogue - A Handbook for
Practitioners.http://www.undp.org/cpr/documents/we_do/democratic%20_dialogue.pdfnbs,
p 113
For research integration -
Understanding a problem broadly - integrating
judgements:
Citizen's Jury; Consensus Conference; Consensus
Development Panel;
Delphi Tecnique; Future Search Conference;
Most Significant Change Technique;
Nominal Group Technique; Open Space Technology; Scenario Planning;
Soft Systems
Methodogy
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Understanding particular aspects of a problem - integrating visions,
world views, interests and values:
Appreciative Inquiry; Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing;
Principled Negotiation: Ethical Matrix. |
For more information see chapters 3
and 4, Research Integration Using Dialogue Methods
(reference above)
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