Reading List: Relational Thinking and Practice

Every now and again we post some readings that we think are worthwhile in an area we focus on in our work. We value trans-disciplinary thinking and so some of the books or articles we post represent divergent ways of thinking about things. We think that’s useful.

Relational Thinking

Relational Being by Kenneth J. Gergen

Relational Responsibility: Resources for Sustainable Dialogue by Sheila McNamee, Kenneth J. Gergen and Associates

An Invitation to Social Construction by Kenneth J. Gergen

The Saturated Self: Dilemmas of Identity in Contemporary Life by Kenneth J. Gergen

The Relational Imperative: Resources for a World on Edge by Kenneth J. Gergen

And more at The Taos Institute

Dialogue

Dialogue: The Art of Thinking Together by William Isaacs

Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making by Sam Kaner

Relational Methods

Design Thinking and Social Construction: A Practical Guide to Innovation in Research by Sheila McNamee and Celianne Camargo-Borges

Dialogic Social Inquiry: Qualitative Research Without a Methodological Map by Jan N. DeFehr, Cynthia Loreto Sosa Infante, Christian Israel Lizama Valladares

Other Reading Lists

Epistemology, Epistemic Justice and Knowing

Neuroscience, Cognition, Bias (Soon)

I update these lists as I go - adding and removing as my thinking evolves.