Dialogue as a means of collective communication / edited by Bela Banathy and Patrick M. Jenlink.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banathy, Bela H.

Jenlink, Patrick M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversation analysis.

Dialogue analysis.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (455 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2005.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Dialogue as a Means of Collective Communication offers a cross-disciplinary approach to examining dialogue as a communicative medium. Presented in five parts, the book takes the reader on a journey of exploring the power and potential of dialogue as a means for communication. In particular, this volume comes at a time when the global society's attention has been directed to creating more productive conversations in the name of world peace and harmony. It provides a unique new work on dialogue that brings the reader into a "dialogue with dialogue", offering an opportunity to understand the communicative potential of dialogue. In the book, readers are introduced to five sections: Section I examines the historical and cultural perspectives of conversation. This examination helps to create a foundation for a deeper study of the emergent and salient aspects of conversation as it relates to cultural creativity and human systems design. Sections II offers the reader an examination of dialogue through different philosophical and theoretical perspectives as well as methodological ideas related to conversation. Section III explores different modalities of conversation and the application of design conversation within and across various types of design settings and human experiences. Section IV examines the field of practice as related to use of different forms of conversation. Here various authors will share their different approaches to conversation and their reflections and insights in using conversation in a variety of settings. Concluding the book, Section V reflectively examines the authors' contributions to the book and provides the reader with a focus on the future.

Contents:

Dialogue

Historical and Cultural Perspectives of Conversation

Wholeness Regained

Martin Buber and Mikhail Bakhtin

Designing Communities of Ideas for the Well-Being

Dialogue and Spirituality

Transforming Communities

My Dialogue with Dialogue

Perspectives on Dialogue Conversation

The Five Dimensions of Bohm’s Dialogue

Facilitating a Global Conversation Through the Universal Demosophia Facility

Becoming Aware

Doing and Talking

Bohm’s Journey to Dialogue

Carnival and Dialogue

Modalities of Conversation

Post-Formal Conversation

Future Search Conversation

Creating New Connections

The Conditions for Thriving Conversations

Practical Applications of Conversation

A Community Round Table

Corporate Conversation

Conversation and the Development of Learning Communities

Reflections on Searching Together for the Future

Dialogue in Socio-Cultural Evolution.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-46181-0

9786610461813

0-306-48690-3