| Session Title: Dealing Effectively With Different Views and Perspectives: The Circular Dialogue Technique |
| Skill-Building Workshop 108 to be held in Panzacola Section H1 on Wednesday, Nov 11, 4:30 PM to 6:00 PM |
| Sponsored by the Qualitative Methods TIG |
| Presenter(s): |
| Richard Hummelbrunner, OEAR Regional Development Consultants, hummelbrunner@oear.at |
| Abstract: Circular Dialogues are systemic forms of communication among people who come from or act in different contexts. The aim is to use the different perspectives and views of the participants as a resource e.g. for appraising/validating diverse experiences or identifying joint solutions. Therefore these dialogues can be used very effectively by evaluators dealing with different stakeholder perspectives. After a short introduction of the principles and rules to be followed in a Circular Dialogue, participants will be invited to break into sub-groups and to agree on one issue in each to deal with. In addition, at least three perspectives (or roles) will be identified and a facilitator appointed. Then several dialogue sessions will be run in parallel to give the participants a hands-on opportunity to practice. In the final session the experience of these sessions will be discussed, commented by the presenter who has observed them, as well as participants' questions. |