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Spectrum
People place themselves along a line from most to least in answer to a prompt — how engaged they feel, whether they consider themselves lonely or privileged, how much they earn relative to the room — and anyone may sit a prompt out. The shares afterwards are, the manual says, the most insightful part. Used from corporate feedback styles to an EPA workshop on climate despair.
- The manual's example prompts include income, attractiveness, minority identity and privilege; a prompt like that is depth 3 in a room that is not ready for it, and the sit-out option must be real
- The Perception Placement variation lets others move you along the line; the manual itself suggests allowing moves upward only when sensitivity is a concern
Practical
- Time
- 10-20 min
- Group
- 4–7 · small-group, large-group
- Settings
- in-person, online
- Mechanisms
- perspective-taking, systems-sensing, dialogic-encounter
- Change scope
- state → skill · repeatable
Instructions
- Where
- authrev.org/ar-games-manual — Authentic Relating Games Manual, paid
- Availability
- In the source document — the instructions live inside the material linked, on its terms
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0 (Authentic Relating Games Manual)
Source link checked 31 Aug 2026 — unchanged since we recorded it on 29 Aug 2026
This directory describes and points home; the instructions stay with the people who made them.
Origin
Origin unknown; used in many places — Sociometric line-up; codified in Authentic Relating (Authentic Relating Games Manual, 2025 edition)
In this directory via Authentic Relating Games Manual
Variations in the manual: Spectrum Circle, Perception Placement, and Thumb Poll for online or seated groups.
status: checked · added 2026-08-31