ABSTRACT
The inclusion of the notion of “Spirit” within our cultural discourse studies (CDS) mindsets could have three major benefits as we attend to the ongoing “Power/Other” dialectic and dialogue: (a) drawing upon a narrative of the Spirit of Renewal can be of value in helping us revitalise our personal energies as CDS scholars, bringing hope, optimism, grit, resilience and integrative self-care to our lives and work, while boding well for the health of CDS itself, (b) a narrative of the Spirit of Play can stimulate an upgrade of imagination, creativity, spontaneity, feeling and intuition, and well-serve our CDS project and (c) a narrative conception of the Spirit of Dialogue as our ally when attempting to facilitate “Power/Other” dialogue can strengthen our capacity for leaning into the core practices that facilitate attaining authentic dialogue. “Spirit” is advocated as a cognitive-affective prompt to stimulate inner movement of attitude and orientation, an enlargement of the narrative frame and expansion of scholarly parameters into broader horizons of sensing, feeling and creating.
