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Scribing (Visual Practice)
A practitioner draws the conversation as it happens — mapping ideas, tensions, and emerging patterns on a large visible surface while people talk — so a group can literally see its own thinking. From basic graphic capture to generative scribing that reflects the deeper structure of what is being said. The practice trains the scribe as much as it serves the room.
- The scribe holds interpretive power — drawing one voice large and another small is an act with consequences; scribe the field, not your favorites
Practical
- Time
- 30-240 min
- Group
- 1–∞ · individual, large-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Materials
- Large drawing surface (wall paper or tablet); markers; sightlines for the room
- Mechanisms
- creative-expression, systems-sensing, feedback-mirroring
- Change scope
- state → skill · recurring-practice (as a standing element of significant sessions)
Instructions
- Where
- u-school.org/vp — u-school for Transformation — Theory U tools, open
- Availability
- Open online — published at the link, free to read
- Licence
- CC BY (Presencing Institute materials)
Source link checked 29 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 28 Aug 2026
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Origin
Presencing Institute visual-practice community (Kelvy Bird and colleagues) — Theory U — visual practice / generative scribing
In this directory via u-school for Transformation — Theory U tools
status: checked · added 2026-08-26