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A Final Project Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Master of Arts in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change, Process Work Institute, Portland
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http://www.processwork.org/files/Finalprojects/Newton_S_May_2009.pdf
Abstract
Research focus was upon the inner experience of a participant facilitator (myself). Initial questions included, Does my inner world have validity in group process, and if so, how to make it useful? How to navigate and usefully engage in this context? Research method was heuristic, informed by intuitive inquiry and organic inquiry. Data were gathered through my participation in group processes in Tokyo, Japan, Portland, OR, and London Worldwork. Experiences in MACF2 residencies, conversations with senior colleagues, and Process Work seminars during 2008 offered supplemental data. Findings experientially corroborate close relationship between role of participant facilitator and role of an elder. Results indicate innerwork, cultivation of metaskills, and framing are vital to navigating in relationship internally and with external others.
Abstract
Research focus was upon the inner experience of a participant facilitator (myself). Initial questions included, Does my inner world have validity in group process, and if so, how to make it useful? How to navigate and usefully engage in this context? Research method was heuristic, informed by intuitive inquiry and organic inquiry. Data were gathered through my participation in group processes in Tokyo, Japan, Portland, OR, and London Worldwork. Experiences in MACF2 residencies, conversations with senior colleagues, and Process Work seminars during 2008 offered supplemental data. Findings experientially corroborate close relationship between role of participant facilitator and role of an elder. Results indicate innerwork, cultivation of metaskills, and framing are vital to navigating in relationship internally and with external others.