Christina Baldwin
researcher ORCID ID = 0000-0002-3527-295X
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Why they matter for gatherings
Christina Baldwin is an author and founder in the field of civic and deliberation practices. She develops and promotes circle-based methods for inclusive dialogue and decision-making, having written 16 books on related topics.
Facilitators should study her work to access established methods for fostering participatory gatherings. Her approaches provide structured tools for conflict resolution, community engagement, and collaborative problem-solving in civic contexts.
She founded The Circle Way and developed methods including Circle Practice, Council, and Art of Hosting for deliberative group processes.
Here is where those methods trace back to.
Where the methods came from
A qualitative sketch, not a dated history: where the practice started, what it produced, and where it stands today.
Those roots feed the methods below.
The methods, ready to run
Named methods, and the exercises in our library that put them to work.
Circle / Circle Practice
Circle / Circle Way
And here is where you can watch them run.
Where you can see them practiced
Gold-set agendas that visibly put these methods to work.
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