Circling Science

On Dialogue

First published
1996
Difficulty
Accessible
Edition
Ed. Lee Nichol. Routledge, 1996.

Adjacent

Studies a related practice or mechanism, without testing Circling.

For noticing how a group creates meaning and gets stuck: suspending assumptions so they can be examined rather than defended or suppressed.

Bohm’s practice of suspension means making an assumption available for examination without immediately defending or suppressing it. In a circle it is most useful in the moments when an interpretation of someone feels unquestionably true.

Bohm dialogue is itself a group practice, which makes the book easy to carry into a room.

Questions to bring into a circle

  • Can I notice both my conclusion about you and how I arrived at it?

Directions that build on it

  1. Active ingredients

    Builds on 10 works · 3 funding routes

    Which parts of the practice do the work: present-moment attention, disclosure, or hearing how you affect others?

Read alongside

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Further reading

Cite

Bohm, D. (1996). On Dialogue. Ed. Lee Nichol. Routledge, 1996.