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Self-referentiality as a power mechanism

Towards dialogic action research

Marianne Kristiansen

Aalborg University, Denmark, marian{at}hum.aau.dk

Jørgen Bloch-Poulsen

Aalborg University, Denmark, dialog{at}dialog-mj.dk

The article is a first- and second-person inquiry into power relations between action researchers and participants based on a dialogic action research project with a group of managers at Bang & Olufsen, Denmark. It focuses on discrepancies between our espoused values of dialogue and our theories-in-use characterized by self-referentiality. This concept emerged during the process and describes a non-dialogic way of transforming the perspectives of the other into your own a priori categories and ways of relating. It denotes a power mechanism imposing our regime of truth on participants so that their reality does not count. First- and second-person reflection on self-referentiality is a process of mutual vulnerability and seems to enhance the quality of third-person action and research.

Key Words: action research • dialogue • participation • power

Action Research, Vol. 2, No. 4, 371-388 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1476750304047981
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