<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">As I brood on your question about what makes an authentic study, two thoughts come to mind:<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpa6ffca79yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class=""><div class="">1. <b class="">Authentic study comes in many guises.</b> In the past many studies emphasized a few paragraphs instead of the whole. In 2021 on the Global Schedule there were other modes of study demonstrated: charting and looking at each chapter (Wiegel/Rebstock); reading and having a dialogue on each section of the book instead of each chapter (Addington); interviewing the author about the book subject on travel experiences and then in groups dialoguing with participant experiences and learning (Burbidge). Each intended to connect the author’s experiences with the participant experiences. </div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpa6ffca79yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div class=""><div class="">2.<b class=""> Authentic study does not depend on words alone</b>. In early charting days, we turned the chart over and drew an image, a picture of the author’s thinking. During study of Zakaria a couple of times people drew images in response to the study. More than words, it is the images that are remembered that are lasting. This is the mode to be demonstrated during the study of <u class="">Doughnut Economics</u> in August; the author, Kate Raworth, believes it is the images of economics that have freighted their impact over time.</div></div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div>Peace,</div><div><br class=""></div><div>Karen Snyder</div><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 6, 2021, at 7:29 PM, James Wiegel via Dialogue <<a href="mailto:dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net" class="">dialogue@lists.wedgeblade.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class=""><div class="ydpa6ffca79yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="" class=""><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="" class=""><div style="" class=""><p style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 0.18in; text-decoration: none;" class="">
<font class="">“<font face="ArialMT, serif" class=""><font size="2" style="font-size: 10pt" class=""><b class="">Study”
is a problem for me these days (in other words, “figuring out what
is really going on”). With the tsunami of resources and the
plethora of media, I find myself at sea trying to find firm ground
to stand on, and an articulated perspective of what is going on that
has some basis beyond my current opinions or those of my (currently)
favored commentators. This emerging dilemma was recognized, last
century, in the work of the staff and colleagues of The Ecumenical
Institute of Chicago. In their courses and internal operations they
spelled out an approach to “Study Methodology” that, for its
time, seemed helpful. A half century later, I wonder how to outline
an adequate approach to “study” .</b></font></font></font></p><p style="font-size: 16px; margin-bottom: 0in; letter-spacing: -0.1pt; line-height: 0.18in; text-decoration: none;" class="">
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<font style="" class=""><font face="ArialMT, serif" style="" size="5" class=""><b style="" class="">That
is to say, what are 3 insights you have about what makes authentic
study these days? </b></font></font></p></div><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 16px;" class="">1</div><div style="font-size: 16px;" class="">2</div><div style="font-size: 16px;" class="">3</div><div style="font-size: 16px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="font-size: 16px;" dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" class="">Thanks. See attached outline of EI short course on study method.</div><div class="ydpa6ffca79signature" style="font-size: 16px;"><div style="font-family:Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;" class=""><a href="http://partnersinparticipation.com/?page_id=123" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" class="">Jim Wiegel</a> <br class=""><div style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>