The
History and Evolution of the
Graphic Facilitation / Recording Field
graphic,
a. (-cally) (date:1637) of drawing, painting, etching,
&c.;vividly descriptive; of writing; of symbolic curves
&c.
facilitate
v.t. (-itable) (date:1619) , make easy, promote, (action,
result) facilitation, facilitator, nn. facilitate n.,
absence of difficulty; fluency, dexterity; (usu.pl.) opportunity
(for).
© Make Your Mark Graphic Facilitation
& Coaching 2003-5
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Where
DID This Way of Working Come From? What ARE the Historical Roots of This Field?
At
the dawn of this new millennium, there is a growing field of ‘visual
practitioners’ moving steadily across the international landscape.
Comprised of people calling themselves graphic facilitators,
graphic recorders, visual synthesizers, mapmakers and the like
… these people are all using visual approaches
with varying levels of interaction to assist groups and individuals
in thinking, communicating, sharing and making decisions.
This
article is an attempt to answer the question of “Where DID
this way of working come from? What ARE the historical roots of your field?”
Questions that I get asked as I go about my
work in my own graphic facilitation and graphic coaching practice. I’ve pulled my answers from the literature that
exists in the field as well as from personal contacts and interviews
I’ve had with various colleagues and some of the early innovators. This is one person’s admittedly North American-centric
view, not to be taken as gospel, but hopefully a useful orientation
and context tool nonetheless.
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