ABSTRACT
In chapter 2,1 described three alternatives to the conventional wisdom that the process of communication is inessential, or immaterial, and laid out the choice I’m taking in this book: to deny the conventional wisdom and assert that communicating is material. I also pointed out that one of the important consequences of choosing this third option is its implications for practice. When communicating is taken as material, we are able to recognize the critical role it plays in our understandings of and acting into our world. With this recognition we are hopefully also able to directly face the practical concerns of our world and, from the position of participation, ask what can we do.
