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Dialogue: “difference engaged”?

As mentioned in the introductory text (see above) for this blog category, I have formally and publically defined the multi-faceted concept of dialogue with these two simple words: difference engaged. Among other places, both in print and in public presentation, I proposed this definition in my doctoral dissertation, An Anatomy of Dialogue in Teaching and…

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Words Matter

“Words Matter,” so get them right! I’ve dedicated my academic and professional life, along with much of my personal life, to studying, teaching, theorizing, and writing about the endless meanings, implications, and applications of the brief, common, and commonly mis-used expression, “words matter.” How? Why? To what effect? Making what possible? Causing what limitations? Overcoming…

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