Facilitator, Researcher, Politician, Magician
2010
Practitioners considering researching and facilitating processes that are concurrently within the same context are likely to encounter pressures and choices unlike those faced by others choosing to separate the roles of facilitator and researcher. Research and facilitation are widely regarded as serving different purposes with different goals and outcomes; however, some intersections can be highly productive while also being stimulating, uncomfortable, energizing, conflicted, puzzling, and revealing. Simultaneously occupying facilitator and researcher roles requires greater mindfulness of oneâs actions and emotions than if one is occupying only one role. This article offers four metaphorsââpolitician,â âmagician,â âtrader/traitor,â and âventriloquistââto highlight the kinds of pressures likely to be encountered and the nature of resulting choices when intending to research the processes of oneâs own facilitator practices and contexts.
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