
Humanizing Tensions through Dialogic Possibilities
"Explore the process of meaning-making, different discursive communities, and resources for humanizing tensions. Learn to avoid judgment, engage in reflexive inquiry, and seek new ways of understanding to navigate (dis)connecting tensions."
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Humanizing Tensions: Dialogic Possibilities Sheila McNamee, PhD Professor of Communucation University of New Hampshire Founder & Vice President, Taos Institute
The Process of Meaning Making Rituals and Patterns Coordinate Values, beliefs Realities Standards and expectations
DIFFERENT DISCURSIVE COMMUNITIES RITUALS RITUALS COORDINATION COORDINATION STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS STANDARDS AND EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDERS MORAL ORDERS
MULTIPLE DISCURSIVE COMMUNITIES RITUALS COORDINATION RITUALS COORDINATION COORDINATION RITUALS COORDINATION RITUALS STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS COORDINATION RITUALS MORAL ORDER STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER RITUALS RITUALS COORDINATION COORDINATION STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS RITUALS COORDINATION MORAL ORDER STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS COORDINATION RITUALS MORAL ORDER STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER RITUALS COORDINATION STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER MORAL ORDER STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER COORDINATION RITUALS STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER RITUALS COORDINATION STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER STANDARDS & EXPECTATIONS MORAL ORDER
Resources for Humanizing Tensions Avoid speaking from abstract positions Engage in self reflexive inquiry Engage in relationally reflexive inquiry Coordinate multiplicities Use the familiar in unfamiliar contexts Examine institutional/dominant discourses Be attentive to isolation and alienation Imagine the future
Avoid judgment Avoid attempts to persuade or change the other Seek new ways of understanding (dis)connecting tensions