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Hell…tag:artofhosting.ning.com,2015-06-01:4134568:Comment:980192015-06-01T10:04:22.316ZRia Baeckhttps://artofhosting.ning.com/profile/RiaBaeck
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<p>Hello Anna-Karin,<br></br> <br></br> I'm wondering if Dynamic Facilitation is a methodology to look into regarding your question, or indeed Process Work as Linda adviced. Rosa Zubizaretta (isn't that a beautiful name?), who is also on this list I guess, could help you out with this. if I remember well she wrote some article when to use DF and when AoH... (or I have dreamed it?)<br></br> <br></br> What I learned from Process Work so far is that as Western middle class…</p>
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<p>Hello Anna-Karin,<br/> <br/> I'm wondering if Dynamic Facilitation is a methodology to look into regarding your question, or indeed Process Work as Linda adviced. Rosa Zubizaretta (isn't that a beautiful name?), who is also on this list I guess, could help you out with this. if I remember well she wrote some article when to use DF and when AoH... (or I have dreamed it?)<br/> <br/> What I learned from Process Work so far is that as Western middle class people - consultants and facilitators and hosts and ... - we are sometimes blind that 'having conversations' and circle is a certain style of communication; and other cultures, or other groups in society have other styles and need to shout and talk all at once etc. Then we need other methodologies than the circle or World Café... I haven't been myself in these situations but I definitely see the need for this!<br/> <br/> with love,<br/> Ria</p>
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<div><div>Hi Ria, hi Anna-Karin, hi Linda,<br/><br/></div>
for starters, I want to second the recommendation of process work (especially Deep Democracy). I, too, am a bog fan of Arnie Mindell's writing and his work... <br/><br/></div>
<div>In Dynamic Facilitation, I would say we are somewhere halfway between the "western middle class" format that Ria refers to, and the intense "everyone talking at once" nature of process work. We help people learn an approach to deep listening that holds a generative space for strong emotions and conflicting perspectives, and welcome those energies as a rich resource for creativity. However, unlike process work, we do ask that people speak one at a time! :-) This is because we are engaging in a "mini-fishbowl" with each person, offering a relational approach to listening and allowing others to "overhear" perspectives that they might find personally challenging.</div>
<div>So... each "tool" can be useful in its own way... Just yesterday I finished leading a 3-day learning journey in DF, with Holger Scholz of Kommunikationslotsen. We met at a yoga retreat center called Grube Louise, outside of Bonn.... As we do each time, participants choose a "challenging topic" for the initial demonstration of the DF process. In this case, the topic that was chosen, was the issue of Islamic people in Germany, and all of the fear, controversy, and complexity that swirls around this.... <br/><br/>Afterward, one of the practice groups chose to continue with that topic, while another practice group explored "privacy issues in the world of Big Data", and a third one chose to look at the issue of refugees. We opened and closed each day in Circle, and offered some Open Space as well on the third day, so that participants could explore their own areas of application in greater depth...<br/><br/></div>
<div>I also very much appreciate what you wrote about Constellations, Linda... My husband, Bruce Nayowith, has been studying this work intensively for the last year, and he is particularly interested in its application to social issues. I would love to hear more about the work you have been doing with this, Ria and Linda!<br/><br/></div>
<div>with all best wishes,<br/><br/></div>
<div>Rosa</div>
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