Arne Collen, Saybrook Institute Interest in research methods, and how people form inquiry, in collective forms. Find people in an institution, want to know something they don't know. As enough consensus is gained, it becomes a method or methodology. Facilitator comes in, and the process may or may not be systemic. There are several components, but the focus right now is on conversation.
Conversation is common across all types of collective action.
The research team is an interdependent subsystem of the system of study. Conversation provides the methodological foundation. Brings system theory into system practice . Permits reflexive study. Invites its portrayal in metaphor.