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What level of conversation is available, where all participants can engage and contribute their unique perspectives? One way of understanding this is what Terri O’Fallon calls the “roaming space.” Extending that concept, my colleagues and I have found that there are two roaming spaces a conversation can play in: one where we find the least common denominator of shared awareness, perspectives, and language; and another where we find the highest available awareness, perspectives, and language we can share. In the first, we find the overlap in the awareness, perspectives, and language we share. In the second, we access the unique awareness, perspectives, and language each person brings to the conversation.
This article highlights the five dimensions of the co-hosting roaming space and the co-hosting process for putting it in practice.
Reflections of a Pactoecographer 