Hmm... Free Will is exactly what I'm working on, but with "free" as a verb, not an adjective. Coincidentally Weber's Economy and Society identifies aspects of culture, such as bureaucracy, in which free will is in the realm of fiction.
It would seem that in a cultural psychology agency will happen. Without proof my gut tells me it's inevitable. The question we may actually be interested in, if we, as investigators, investigate ourselves critically, is this: How do I initiate an intervention to assure that the people who I am meddling with have agency for their own change THAT I VALUE?"
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From: Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu>
> This is a form of the question we were addressing a week or so ago, no? What
> is free will, and how to foster it? What tools to provide people so they can
> comprehend the circumstances that determine their behavior, and by changing
> them become free(er).
>
>
> On 5/7/06 7:35 PM, "Mike Cole" <lchcmike@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I do not ordinarily forward from this list, but the question posed below,
> > and the suggested sources of an answer, ought to be of interest to anyone
> > who carries out intervention research in a chat perspective. Rephrased, it
> > could be "How do I initiate an intervention to assure that the people
> > who I am meddling with have agency for their own change?"
> > mike
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > From: Jack Whitehead <edsajw@bath.ac.uk>
> > Date: May 7, 2006 4:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [arlist-l] Irony and paradox (?????)
> > To: Forum for discussing action research theory and practice <
> > arlist-l@lists.scu.edu.au>
> >
> >
> > On 7 May 2006, at 11:59, Dianne Allen wrote:
> >
> > The current practice issue raised is: how do I, from the position of
> > initiator of inquiry, engage those with whom I wish to inquire, and help
> > them move to autonomy in inquiry/research roles in a collaborative effort?
> >
> >
> >
> > I would be interested in any tips, or suggestions, that others might have in
> > this regard.
> >
> >
> > Hi Dianne - I've been most impressed with the way Jacqueline Delong answered
> > this question in her living theory doctorate. This is in the living theory
> > section of http://www.actionresearch.net . You might also like to read the
> > section on Inclusional Methodology in Eleanor Lohr's thesis on Love at Work.
> > I've just put this on the site this weekend after Eleanor's successful viva
> > last Tuesday.
> >
> > The other person who has answered a similar question is Moira Laidlaw in her
> > work in China. There is a section at the bottom of the left hand menu bar of
> > actionresearch.net that might be helpful to you on Moira's work in China and
> > the collaborative work she has been doing with action researchers in China's
> > Experimental Centre for Educational Action Research in Foreign Languages
> > Teaching. You can see a paper she has written with her colleague Dean Tian
> > on this in Action Research Expeditions. i think it is the June 2005 issue
> > and you can get to this from the articles menu bar from
> > http://www.arexpeditions.montana.edu/articleviewer.php?AID=80
> >
> > You might also find something of use in:
> >
> > McNiff, J. & Whitehead, J. (2006) Action Research Living Theory. London;
> > Sage. - Jean and I have set out our present answers to a similar question.
> >
> > Hope these references are helpful.
> >
> > Love Jack.
> >
> >
> >
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