59.4 Dialogue about public policy in Linking Generations ‘Is it Fair'? 625
Figure 59.5 Elements to strengthen intergenerational collaboration 626
Tables
Table 3.1 Imagineering Design Steps29
Table 22.1 Key assumptions about knowledge and morality230
Table 24.1 Embedded presuppositions249
Table 29.1 Five criteria for all OD practices299
Table 32.1 The cultural geography of the school around early school leaving336
Table 32.2 Basic assumptions that lead to actions, interactions, relationships and positions339
Table 35.1 Success rate and expected longevity of outcomes as assessed by victims and team members370
Table 41.1 Schemas in health care425
Table 45.1 Traditional versus appreciative language469
Table 55.1 Municipality Rethinks…574
Table 55.2 Comparison: Open Dialogue versus traditional psychiatry, 19 years after first-episode psychosis576
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Box 32.1 Showcase: the becoming of Sebastian337
Notes on the Editors and Contributors
The Editors
Sheila McNameeis Professor of Communication at the University of New Hampshire and co-founder and Vice President of the Taos Institute (taosinstitute.net). Her work is focused on dialogic transformation within a variety of social and institutional contexts including psychotherapy, education, healthcare, organizations and communities. She is author of several books and articles, including Research and Social Change: A Relational Constructionist Approach (with D.M. Hosking, Routledge, 2012), Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue (with K. Gergen, Sage, 1999) and Education as Social Construction: Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice (co-edited with T. Dragonas, K. Gergen and E. Tseliou, Taos WorldShare, 2015).Mary M. Gergenis Professor Emerita, Psychology and Women's Studies, Penn State University, Brandywine and is a pioneer in the field of social construction and feminist studies. Feminist Reconstructions in Psychology: Narrative, Gender and Performance and Feminist Thought and the Structure of Knowledge are two of her books on these themes. Recently Playing with Purpose: Adventures in Performative Social Science, with K. Gergen, is a composite of their performance work. She is also a founder of the Taos Institute, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to the application of social constructionist ideas to professional practices. With Kenneth Gergen, she edits the ‘Positive Aging Newsletter'; Paths to Positive Aging is their most recent book on aging.Celiane Camargo-Borgesis a lecturer, researcher and practitioner with a PhD from her native Brazil, from the University of Sao Paulo. While completing her doctoral dissertation, she spent one year as a visiting scholar at the University of New Hampshire, USA. She is faculty at Breda University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands and visiting professor and guest lecturer at several universities around the world such as University of São Paulo in Brazil, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria in Portugal, University College Aspira in Croatia, among others. Celiane is also the founder of Designing Conversations (www.designingconversations.us), where she consults, designs and delivers workshops and process design within a diversity of areas where creativity, imagination, innovation and dialogue are central. Celiane is also involved in international projects where she facilitates organizations and communities in joining together to initiate change. Among her projects are her collaboration with NGOs in Uganda, with sustainable local tourism in Cape Verde, and with community activism in Brazil. She has more than 30 publications in journals and books on participatory research, Imagineering, design approaches, PlaceMaking and community development. In addition, she is a member of the Taos Institute Board, serving as a PhD supervisor and facilitator of workshops and online courses.Emerson F. Raserais Professor of Group Theory and Practice at the Institute of Psychology, Federal University of Uberlândia, Brazil. He is former President of the Brazilian Association of Social Psychology, and Editor of the Brazilian journals Psicologia & Sociedade [Psychology & Society], and Gerais: Revista Interinstitucional de Psicologia [Gerais: Interinstitutional Journal of Psychology]. His work is focused on social constructionist contributions to psychological practices, especially in healthcare, community work and issues of sexual diversity. His most recent books are Social Constructionist Perspectives on Group Work (2015), Construccionismo Social en acción: Prácticas inspiradoras en diferentes contextos [Social construction in action: inspiring practices from different contexts] (with Karin Taverniers and Oriana Vilches-Álvarez, 2017) and Grupo como construção social [Group as social construction] (with Marisa Japur, 2018).
The Contributors
Harlene Andersonis a co-founder and board member of the Taos Institute, Houston Galveston Institute, and Access Success International; she is the founding editor of the International Journal of Collaborative Practices and founder of the International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices programme. Her books, translated into several languages, include Conversations, Language and Possibilities and (as co-editor) Appreciative Organizations, Collaborative Therapy: Relationships and Conversations that Make a Difference and Innovations in the Reflecting Process. She received the 2008 American Academy of Family Therapy Award for Distinguished Contribution to Family Therapy Theory and Practice, the 2000 American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy award for Outstanding Contributions to Marriage and Family Therapy, and the 1997 Texas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy award for Lifetime Achievement.Saliha Bavais an associate professor of marriage and family therapy at Mercy College (New York), Taos Institute advisory board member and associate, and founding board member of the International Certificate in Collaborative-Dialogic Practices. She focuses on expanding relational intelligence by harnessing the power of play. Partnering with individuals and organizations around the world, she combines interdisciplinary ideas and methodologies to create generative, inclusive change. Performative methodologies, hyperlinked thinking and dialogue guide her academic activism which aims to unsettle dominant discourses regarding research, social justice, and identity. She co-authored The Relational Book for Parenting with her partner Mark Greene. Based in New York City, she consults to couples, companies and communities. Learn more at SalihaBava.com | Email: [email protected]. Follow @ThinkPlayGinny Belden-Charleshelps groups in the midst of complex conditions find cohesive direction, build organizational capacity and facilitate change. She has worked with more than 50 organizations in all sectors and also designs and facilitates large-scale cross-sector social change initiatives. She is a co-founder of the Center for Emerging Leadership and its Women in Leadership Learning Community, now in its 28th year. Ginny has a PhD in Social Science from Tilburg University, an MS in Organization Development from Pepperdine University, a BA from the University of Minnesota in Music Therapy and is a Bush Fellowship recipient. She has taught in several Master's programmes in the United States and the UK. She is a mentor and coach to many emerging leaders, an actively engaged grandmother and a Lake Superior sailor.Duane R. Bidwellserves as Professor of Practical Theology, Spiritual Care, and Counseling-Counselling at Claremont School of Theology at Willamette University, USA. He is a senior staff clinician and supervisor at The Clinebell Institute for Pastoral Counseling and Psychotherapy. A Taos Associate and member of the Taos Institute board of directors, Duane is a clinical Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors; a psychotherapist member of the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education; and a board member of the Society for
