ABSTRACT

This piece theorises the limitations of transitioning reflection from individualistic to participatory practice. It addresses the question: what are the challenges of introducing crowd-reflecting into Arab academia? To answer this question, 140 Arabs from an academic organisation were invited to crowd-reflect, online, on their institution, using a five-phase model. The data analysis showed that limited cultures of collaboration, healthy conflict, cross-gender communication, integrity and critical thinking in Arab academia challenged crowd-reflecting. Despite implementing strategies to overcome these challenges, crowd-reflecting resulted in chaos at the institution, forcing management to intervene to stop the project. This chaos ensued because crowd-reflecting, unlike individualistic reflection, entailed numerous individuals and intersubjectivity – which complicated reflectiveness, turned thoughtful Arab individuals into a mob and jeopardised the well-documented gains of individualistic reflection. Although crowd-reflecting was initiated to improve organisations, it destabilised the institution and turned it into a counter-learning organisation. This implies that, in Arab academia, beyond micro-level small groups, the more participants there are in reflection, the less effective the learning outcomes may be. In Arab academia, meso-level reflection (and, by implication, macro-level reflection such as the mega-reflecting of the Twittersphere) can risk ruining the art of reflectiveness.

摘要

这篇文章提出了将反思从个人主义实践转变为参与性实践的局限性。它解决了一个问题：将人群反映引入阿拉伯学术界将面临哪些挑战？为了回答这个问题，邀请了一个学术组织的140名阿拉伯人使用五阶段模型在他们的机构中​​在线进行群众反映。数据分析表明，阿拉伯学术界有限的协作文化，健康的冲突，跨性别的沟通，正直和批判性思维对反思人群提出了挑战。尽管实施了克服这些挑战的策略，但群众的反映却使该机构陷入混乱，迫使管理层进行干预以停止该项目。之所以出现混乱，是因为与个人主义反思不同，人群反思 涉及到无数个人和主体间性，这使反思变得复杂，使有思想的阿拉伯人变成暴民，并损害了有据可查的个人主义反思的收获。尽管开始进行群众抗议以改善组织，但它却使该机构不稳定，并使其变成了反学习组织。这意味着，在阿拉伯学术界，除了微观上的小团体以外，参与者反映的越多，学习成果的效果就越差。在阿拉伯学术界，中观水平的反射（以及暗示的是宏观水平的反射，例如Twittersphere的大反射）可能会破坏反射艺术。尽管开始进行群众抗议以改善组织，但它却使该机构不稳定，并使其变成了反学习组织。这意味着，在阿拉伯学术界，除了微观上的小团体以外，参与者反映的越多，学习成果的效果就越差。在阿拉伯学术界，中观水平的反射（以及暗示的是宏观水平的反射，例如Twittersphere的大反射）可能会破坏反射艺术。尽管开始进行群众抗议以改善组织，但它却使该机构不稳定，并使其变成了反学习组织。这意味着，在阿拉伯学术界，除了微观上的小团体以外，参与者反映的越多，学习成果的效果就越差。在阿拉伯学术界，中观水平的反射（以及暗示的是宏观水平的反射，例如Twittersphere的大反射）可能会破坏反射艺术。