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==== Method and Scope ==== | ==== Method and Scope ==== | ||
- | Given we are dealing with the topic of reality construction, | + | The the underlying epistemology |
Practically, | Practically, | ||
- | Material | + | Material |
* Interviews and Connections | * Interviews and Connections | ||
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* Ethnographic encounters and Anthropological Immersion | * Ethnographic encounters and Anthropological Immersion | ||
* Reflective blogging and Existential Story-ing | * Reflective blogging and Existential Story-ing | ||
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- | and other methods that will be discovered. | ||
==== Results ==== | ==== Results ==== | ||
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Over the past year a large volume of material has been collected through excursions, reading, interviews, observations, | Over the past year a large volume of material has been collected through excursions, reading, interviews, observations, | ||
- | This has been recorded in a **blog** | + | This has been recorded in a **blog** |
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+ | The focus of my experiments and blog based research | ||
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+ | The methods I found fall into a wide range of artefacts and experience that are interrelated and deeply connected with the spirit of the Trickster which will be discussed in more depth later... | ||
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+ | * hybrids that evade categorisation by existing mental models | ||
+ | * activities that blur the dichotomies of right and wrong, true and false, real and unreal | ||
+ | * processes that reveal hidden or obvious truths | ||
+ | * mediums that stimulate multiple senses simultaneously or by- pass well used senses and engage different parts of the brain that are not normally in play | ||
+ | * experiences that push the boundaries of consensus reality by inviting us to question whether something is real, exists, is happening | ||
+ | * experiences that allow us to grow our own reality | ||
+ | * collaborations that create portals between different rhealms ( spiritual, physical, digital, imaginal, magical) and cultures. | ||
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* **sensorial labyrinths** | * **sensorial labyrinths** | ||
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* **hybrids** | * **hybrids** | ||
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- | + | *** transdisciplinary facilitation** | |
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- | **as well as a number of other explorations, | + | |
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- | *** transdisciplinary facilitation** | + | |
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+ | //**I also engaged in a number of other explorations, | ||
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- | In addition to this work a number of field tests have taken place in order to try out ideas found through research. Results were recorded in both the blog and the pages of this wiki. | + | In addition to this research I engaged in an number of field tests to try out ideas in practice and make some attempt to transform the reality of a particular system and set of individuals |
**one off experiments** | **one off experiments** | ||
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- | + | === Literature Review === | |
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+ | Material was also collected through through reviewing literature from the transformational learning field, from management deveopment, from anthropological books and from fictional novels. These are listed in the references section. | ||
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+ | === The next section will summarise findings from all of these activities and discuss future implications and areas for further research === | ||
==== Discussion ==== | ==== Discussion ==== | ||
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==== References ==== | ==== References ==== | ||
- | * Darwin, J, Johnson, P and McAuley, J (2002). Developing strategies for Change. Prentice Hall. P: 16 | + | * Darwin, J., Johnson,P. and McAuley, J (2002). Developing strategies for Change. Prentice Hall |
- | * Cooperrider, | + | * Cooperrider, |
- | * Kegan, R. (1982) The Evolving Self. Harvard University Press. | + | * Kegan, R. (1982) The Evolving Self, Harvard University Press. |
* Kegan, R. (1994) In Over Our Heads – The Mental Demands of Modern Life, Harvard University Press. | * Kegan, R. (1994) In Over Our Heads – The Mental Demands of Modern Life, Harvard University Press. | ||
+ | * Hyde, L. (1998) Trickster Makes This World - Mischief, Myth and Art, North Point Press | ||
+ | * Schlitz, M.M., Vieten,C. and Amorok, T (2007) Living Deeply The Art and Science of Transformation in Everyday Life, New Harbinger Publications and Noetic Books | ||
+ | * Cranton, P. (2006) Understanding and Promoting Transformative Learning - A Guide for Educators and Adults, John Wiley and Sons Inc, 2nd Edition | ||
+ | * Mezirow, J. (2000) Learning as Transformation - Critical Perspectives on a Theory in Progress, Jossey-Bass | ||
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