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Advances in Appreciative Inquiry

ISSN: 1475-9152
Series editor(s): Professor David Cooperrider, Professor Michel Avital

Subject Area: Organization Studies

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Document Information:
Title:	Beyond Words
Author(s):	Will Rifkin
Volume:	2 Editor(s): Michel Avital, Richard J. Boland, David L. Cooperrider ISBN: 978-0-7623-1287-0 eISBN: 978-1-84950-398-3
Citation:	Will Rifkin (2007), Beyond Words, in Michel Avital, Richard J. Boland, David L. Cooperrider (ed.) Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens (Advances in Appreciative Inquiry, Volume 2), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp.189-204
DOI:	10.1016/S1475-9152(07)00210-4 (Permanent URL)
Publisher:	Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Article type:	Chapter Item
Abstract:	Images and forms of interaction that disrupt traditional relationships of power represent ways of going “beyond words” in organizing and exchanging information as well as in designing ways to organize and inform in the future. In these processes, a departure from dominant and restrictive forms of expert writing and speaking can enhance the participation status of traditionally marginalized individuals and groups, a move aligned with the precepts of Appreciative Inquiry. This chapter addresses underlying theory of themes related to expert status, reveals examples, and identifies current theory and practice that is consistent with the notion of going “beyond words.”