Dialogic Assignment

Look back at your new thematic framework. Choose a strong theme—one that you feel would lend itself well to dialogue.  As a group, create a…

Dialogic Example: Guided Walk

Rocky Mountain National Park (USA) Here is an example of a dialogic approach to a classic interpretive guided walk about park resource management. Looking at…

An Activity Framework

While the arc of questioning—the intellectual or thematic framework of a facilitated dialogue—follows a fairly standard progression, the actual activities through which you do the…

Asking the Right Questions

Those who practice dialogic interpretation often point out that the key to success is asking the right questions at the right time. This process of…

An Arc of Dialogue

Facilitated dialogue has structure. It begins by putting participants at ease, then drawing them out of themselves, then encouraging them to listen to one another,…

The benefits of dialogic interpretation

Empathy and meaning-making By taking the interpreter out of their traditional “sage on the stage” role, we are allowing our visitors to make meaning of…

What is dialogic interpretation?

… and why on earth would anybody want to do it? The following is an excerpt from an interview about dialogic interpretation I did with…