Process Arts continues...
Here are the three parts of the question I asked of David Isaacs during the World Cafe webinar today:
I notice fairly frequently that there seems to be a tension between being a method founder/owner and being a colleague, and that this dilemma negatively impacts our field in a way that often prevents us from growing as a discipline and having a broad impact on the world as a whole.
What if we were to define collaboratively and speak publicly of the field as the "process arts" in order to to identify as a discipline and co-create a shared ethics and development community? This phrase/name for the field aligns us with the liberal arts, implies the process arts should be taught to children and adults, and could impact the impact our field was on peace-making and community building.
For further clarification about my proposal, please go to http://bdwc.net and click on "Process Arts" in the left menu.
Please leave feedback and responses/reacions here and on related blogs and websites.
Gratitude,
B
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Here are the three parts of the question I asked of David Isaacs during the World Cafe webinar today:
- Do you see our field (by which I mean change facilitation methods, or process arts) as being at least as wide as The Change Handbook suggests, crossing the development of organizations, psychology, complexity theory, and so much more?
- If so, how may we frame the field so we may work together to deepen ourunderstanding, clarify individual strengths and weaknesses of methods, and design in a bit of humility - becoming better able to work and grow together?
- How should we help process arts practitioners identify as colleagues and grow the field as a whole in order to impact the making of cultures of peace and collaboration around the world?
I notice fairly frequently that there seems to be a tension between being a method founder/owner and being a colleague, and that this dilemma negatively impacts our field in a way that often prevents us from growing as a discipline and having a broad impact on the world as a whole.
What if we were to define collaboratively and speak publicly of the field as the "process arts" in order to to identify as a discipline and co-create a shared ethics and development community? This phrase/name for the field aligns us with the liberal arts, implies the process arts should be taught to children and adults, and could impact the impact our field was on peace-making and community building.
For further clarification about my proposal, please go to http://bdwc.net and click on "Process Arts" in the left menu.
Please leave feedback and responses/reacions here and on related blogs and websites.
Gratitude,
B
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