Action - Emotion
From:
Peter Shane
Date:
Apr 24 13:13 UTC
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The role of emotion in public deliberation is itself a subject of
heated debate among people who think about and study deliberation. I
personally think it's unhelpful to try to exclude emotion. If a
group is trying to reach a common understanding, emotions may be
obvious clues as to how we value competing considerations or as to
the frame in which we see problems. If someone says, "Well, I'm
disgusted by this - period," it's a conversation stopper. But if
people are willing to explore why they are angry or frightened or
disgusted or fond, etc., I would think it would make for a richer and
more genuine conversation.
At 07:26 AM 4/24/2008, chivespa1 wrote:
>I accidentally sent this to an individual member (which is alright)
>but I meant it for everyone:
>
>Two things.
>
>First, I was at a historic preservation task force meeting last
>night and realized that the facilitator was specifically keeping us
>away from our emotions on the subject, trying to keep us on a very
>logic based process. I'm curious what your thoughts are on this. I
>felt like by not addressing the emotion we are only building a
>tempest in a teapot but perhaps I'm wrong, perhaps delving into the
>emotion would be like opening pandora's box? Any thoughts?
>
>Secondly, I want to invite everyone to come out tonite to our
>Conversation|Arlington event to discuss the Northam Park Area (Park,
>School, Library, Senior Center, Pools) which requires some
>redevelopment and we're looking to get some participant led direction.
>
>This will be an open space format conversation. If you live in UA,
>or utilize the resources there, please come and be heard.
>
>http://conversationarlington.wordpress.com
>
>Andrew
>http://elephantsonbicycles.com
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>
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