Dialogic Editing 101

I told you before I left for the funeral that I'd get you something on Dialogic Editing. Sorry for the delay. Here it is.

This practice helps tease out the difference between your etic view and their emic view of the culture (in some of your cases, there may be some overlap between the two).

After you have completed your draft. Submit it to your cultural consultant(s).

STEP 1
Have them read your draft.

STEP 2
Capture their reactions and feedback like a 2nd interview.

STEP 3
Read the one page from an article on Dialogic Editing
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dhnm7kdd_22fzkcd7gd

STEP 4
Write a response titled (see below) based on the following questions. Keep it brief and succinct. You may go over your page limit if needed.

SECTION TITLE Dialogic Editing: A Postscript and Conclusion.

1. Ask your cultural consultant what they thought of your essay. Did you get what was important and what mattered to them? Or just what you saw from the outside?

2. Is there anything you missed that they thought must be included? Were there any misunderstandings? If so, try to notice why you misunderstood and write about that in this section.

3. Do they have any comments, after thoughts, or questions about the process or even suggestions regarding the interaction, your questions, or the essay? If so, capture the exchange and notice what you learned about the dialogic process of seeing from different points of views about a culture (from within and from without).

4. What did you learn from the dialogic editing? And from the entire project and process?