Systems Thinking Vocabulary

Duality (CoPs)

Duality is used to capture the idea of the tension between two opposing forces which become a driving force for change and creativity

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The opposing entities in a duality need to be viewed from a perspective of balance rather than opposition. The term implies a dynamism, continual change and mutual adjustment as the tensions that are inherent in dualities can be both creative and constraining. (Wenger 1998) identifies four dualities that exist in communities of practice: participation–reification, designed–emergent, identification–negotiability and local–global. (Wikipedia)

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References
  • Duality (CoPs)
  • Thurlow, C., & Mroczek, K. (2011). Digital discourse: Language in the new media. Oxford: Oxford University Press On demand
  • Barab, Sasha; MaKinster, James; Scheckler, Rebecca (2003). “Designing System Dualities: Characterizing a Web-Supported Professional Development Community”. The Information Society
  • Hildreth, Paul; Kimble, Chris (2002). “The duality of knowledge”Information Research8 (1). Archived from the original on 2010-12-02

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