Knowing differently in systemic intervention

Rajagopalan, Raghav; Midgley, Gerald

Abstract

© 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This paper makes the case for extended ways of knowing in systemic intervention. It argues that the deployment of formal (even reflective) thinking and dialogue methods are inadequate, on their own, to the critical tasks of comprehending larger wholes and appreciating others' viewpoints. Theory and techniques need to go further and access other forms of knowing, held in experiential, practical or symbolic ways. This could offer a better basis to incorporate marginalized people and other phenomena that are affected by interventions but do not have a voice, such as ecosystems and future generations.

Citation

Rajagopalan, R., & Midgley, G. (2015). Knowing differently in systemic intervention. Systems research and behavioral science, 32(5), 546-561. https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2352

• Acceptance Date: Aug 6, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Sep 7, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: Sep 15, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 23, 2017
• Journal: Systems research and behavioral science
• Print ISSN: 1092-7026
• Electronic ISSN: 1099-1743
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 546-561
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2352
• Keywords: Systemic intervention, Systems philosophy, Boundary critique, Critical systems thinking, Epistemology
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/379032
• Publisher URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/sres.2352/abstract
• Additional Information: Authors' accepted manuscript of article: Rajagopalan, R, and Midgley, G (2015), Knowing Differently in Systemic Intervention. Syst. Res., 32, 546–561. doi: 10.1002/sres.2352.