A Relation Between
Sameness & Difference
Engaging in new frameworks and processes of inclusivity. What are the possibilities between us?
a relation between Mikhail Bakhtin the simultaneity of sameness and difference in which knowing becomes possible
Meanings
Historical-Relational-Sociocultural
Understanding more about how to create, negotiate, and maintain meanings with others.
consciousness Mikhail Bakhtin an ongoing, situated act of relating ________________________ answerability to others empathy for others' experiences a return to one's outsideness ________________________
Practices Of "Good"
Protections & Promotions
Moving conversations about the assumptions of good from a private holding to publicly shared mappings.
a right to exist Martin Buber If one of the parties in discourse does not agree on the value of conversation or even on the right of the other party to exist, there is little opportunity for shared learning. In such cases, dialogue is simply not possible.
Debate
Positions & Persuasions
Communication is central to how effectively and competently we can participate in the debate of where we are positioned and how we are persuaded in our world.
the ability to John Dewey (1927) _______________________ follow an argument grasp another's point of view expand in our understanding debate alternatives to pursue ________________________
Communication Ethics
A Sharing Between
As communication claims the priority a new bond takes form between followers and leaders. The followers begin to lead in the their assembly.
the learner Arnett, Harden-Fritz, & Bell-McManus (2018) one who meets difference without forgetting the limits of one's own situate and particular commitments to the good
Discourses
Competing Meanings
Responding to competing meanings in our relationships with others.
discourse Leslie A. Baxter (2011) a set of propositions that cohere around a given object of meaning
Dialogue
Uniqueness & Wholeness
Exploring the dialogical possibilities of how we can embody, interpret, relate to, and commune with the uncertainties of our world.
mutual authoring Mikhail Bakhtin the joint act of creating
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