Dear Readers:
Welcome (Bienvenidos) to the International Journal of Collaborative-Dialogic Practice. The Journal brings together members of a growing international community of practitioners, scholars, educators, researchers, and consultants from diverse cultures and disciplines who are interested in collaborative-dialogic practice based in postmodern-social construction assumptions. This community responds to important questions in social and human sciences such as:
How can our practices have relevance for the people we meet in our fast changing world? What will this relevance accomplish? For whom? And, who determines it?
Globalization and technology as well as violent political events have influenced a rhizomatic spawning of social, cultural, political, and economic transformations. Concomitantly they have influenced a shrinking interdependent world and one in which segmentation, and often polarization, of peoples, ideologies, and values prevail. Yet, though for different reasons, people increasingly want to participate, contribute and share ownership in decisions about their daily lives and futures. Our traditional perspectives and mainstream practices of producing knowledge, solving problems and creating change no longer meet the unavoidable contemporary complexities inherent in these rapid changes and the challenges that accompany them. These challenges and people’s voices force us to continually reassess how we understand the world we live in, how we respond to the people we meet, the relevancy of our practice tools, and our ways of being and becoming with others.
The International Journal of Collaborative Practices offers one response to these challenges. It aims to spotlight interconnected issues such as: 1) the juxtaposition of democracy, social justice, and human rights; 2) the importance of people’s voices locally and globally; and 3) the fundamental need for collaboration. Toward this aim, the Journal publishes articles on a variety of practices from various disciplines, contexts and cultures, and it encourages the inclusion of well-published authors and those who are just beginning to write about their work.
We welcome your comments, questions and submissions. Please let us hear from you and please share news about the Journal with your colleagues and students.
Mission
The International Journal of Collaborative-Dialogic Practice provides a bilingual forum for the exchange of ideas and practices from diverse practitioners and scholars around the world. This forum aims to help produce and promote relationally responsive-dialogic processes which generate new opportunities and new futures in our working and living together locally and globally. The Journal is peer reviewed and seeks to feature known published and newly writing authors. All issues are archived.
This Issue
Articles and Essay
This issue features contributions from practitioners and scholars in Argentina, Brazil, Finland, Norway, Spain and the United States. We continue to strive to publish articles from known published authors and new writers. Our Editorial Board members are always noticing interesting work that we want to share with others. We also continue our commitment to a bilingual journal. Finding volunteer translators is a challenge.
Because of translation challenges, some articles originally scheduled for Issue 9 will now be included in Issue 10. We are pleased to announce that beginning with Issue 10, we will include article abstracts in Chinese.
Please contact Harlene Anderson if you would like to submit an article or volunteer as a translator.
Frequently Asked Questions
We are re-publishing the conversation between Malena Braun and Sheila McNamee that appeared in Issue 6: “What is the risk of postmodern-social construction informed collaborative practice becoming a truth and how can this be prevented?” This question remains relevant both within and outside our collaborative-dialogic network. Please join Malena and Sheila’s conversation and send your comments to the Journal.
Acknowledgements
The Journal is collaboratively co-published by the Houston Galveston Institute and the Taos Institute. We thank our former co-publisher the Psychology Department, Our Lady of the Lake University for their support of the Journal; unfortunately, they could not continue to support us. The Journal depends on volunteers for all aspects of its production. This issue was made possible by the help of volunteers including translation editor Monica Sesma Vazquez and translators Patricia Ruiz Diaz, Josep Seguí Dolz, Jake Edelstein, Leticia Rodriguez, Sandra Aponte Salazar, and Carlos Philipe Villar and guest reviewers Jake Edelstein, Adela Garcia, Mark Greene, Leticia Rodriguez and Karin Taverniers. A special thank you to the Journal editorial and production team members—Rainey Atkinson, Kris Harmat and Mercy Harper—for their assistance in editing, formatting and producing this issue.
Welcome
We welcome Duane Bidwell and Karin Taverniers to our Editorial Board, editorial assistant Rainey Atkinson, and Chinese translation Orpheus Yu.
The Banner
We are grateful to Sara London for contributing her artwork for the Journal banner. The image is a fragment of a painting titled in Spanish Red EnRedando. The title reflects the richness of language and the complexity of translation. Loosely translated, the title refers to “net, netting, networking.” “Enredando” speaks to the process of entangling, and “red” means “net.”
Sara describes the painting: “Conversations and relationships provide the threads that create a net that holds the members of the community and allows them to connect, exchange, and venture beyond the familiar and explore new possibilities.”
General Information
Language
The Journal is published in English and Spanish.
Beginning with Issue 10, we will include abstracts in Chinese.
Publication Schedule:
1 issue per year
To Subscribe:
Email: journal@talkhgi.org
The Journal is an open-access on-line publication. It is offered in the spirit of promoting community and collaboration across cultures, contexts, disciplines and professional networks.
Author Guidelines
Reader Guidelines
Sincerely,
Co-Editors
Harlene Anderson, PhD.
Saliha Bava, PhD.
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