Dear New Media Colleagues,
Please find below a research request from Al Selvin, of Verizon, now
an external
PhD candidate of Open University.
I was most interested in the two links he provided. The first is
particularly intriguing,
with a link to a doctoral dissertation in .pdf form on the aesthetics
of reconciliation,
an issue that also comes up in organization and management.
Al Selvin is an interesting scholar and practitioner who also works with visual
techniques of argument representation.
Best regards,
Ken
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Subject: Literature query
Hello all,
I've recently read a few pieces that have helped me frame some research
questions I want to pursue further.
These are: "The Promise of Mediation: Responding to Conflict Through
Empowerment and Recognition" (R. Bush, J. Folger, Jossey-Bass 1994) and "A
Poetics of Reconciliation: The Aesthetic Mediation of Conflict (C. Cohen,
http://www.brandeis.edu/ethics/coexistence_initiative/research_and_scholarship/reconciliation.pdf
). Also in this vein is "Story in Art and Mediation: Art, Race and
Dialogue" (A. Lovelace, http://www.inmotionmagazine.com/al/alths1.html).
Each covers, from different perspectives, aesthetic and ethical issues
faced by practitioners of conflict resolution techniques. They go into
depth on the choices that practitioners and facilitators must make in such
difficult work. Each is grounded in direct experience of such practice, but
begins to address a variety of (to me) compelling theoretical issues.
I would appreciate recommendations for more such literature. I'm especially
interested in papers that address these types of issues on the part of
practitioners of techniques that require a high degree of mastery, and/or
that involve the practitioner themselves creating artworks, design
artifacts, or other aesthetic interventions that are used in their
facilitative processes.
I am fairly familiar with the literature on group support systems and
'conventional' meeting facilitation approaches, so please don't supply such
citations unless they directly address the issues above.
Thanks very much,
Al
Al Selvin
Information Technology
Verizon
White Plains, NY USA 10604
914.644.2156
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and as of 1 October:
Knowledge Media Institute
Open University
Milton Keynes, UK MK7 6AA
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Ken Friedman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Leadership and Strategic Design
Department of Leadership and Organization
Norwegian School of Management
Visiting Professor
Advanced Research Institute
Faculty of Art, Media, and Design
Staffordshire University
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