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Figure 4.6. Four Perspectives (in blue) viewing a Community Conversation using Dimensional

Analysis research.

These dimensions explore and describe the social and personal engagement aspects that

unfolded between spaces and among participants and facilitators as the process unfolded, mostly

from the point of sitting down, giving introductions, review of topic and ground rules including

creation of Metasphere to the discussions themselves and stories that emerged. Each primary

dimension recounts the collective experience from each of the four perspectives. The language of

the interviewees is brought to life including the feelings of attendees in the dialogue and it comes

together from many individual perspectives which captured the moment encasing Metasphere.

The experience of the CC dialogue Metasphere studied includes subtle observation

including posturing, facial expressions, gesturing and explicit emotions arising from the exchanges

among them. These perspectives or points of view stack upon one another to provide a framework

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