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Inviting the Third Space: Teaching as a creative collaboration

Inviting the Third Space: Teaching as a creative collaboration

ByKim Hermanson

One of the most captivating aspects of teaching—or any situation where people gather for an intentional purpose—is what I call Third Space. This is the mysterious and profound “in-between” that arises when people connect around something they care about. Philosopher Hannah Arendt called it “an in-between.” Theologians describe it as a “Divine Third,” and Martin…

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Teaching from Third Space: How shared wisdom inspires transformative learning

ByKim Hermanson

Yesterday, I finished teaching my final Psychology of Transformative Learning class. The title alone felt daunting to me—(I didn’t choose it; I would have called it something like Imaginal Ways of Knowing or The Psychology of Perceiving and Knowing). But instead of getting stuck on that, I leaned into what I always rely on: teaching…

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