Healing a Divided Nation: Transforming Spaces Through Sustained Dialogue (in The Review of Higher Education)

In the wake of the U.S. 2016 election, national media has highlighted the divided nature of our country. Considering this division, dialogue is often pushed as the tool for reconciliation, healing, and bridge building. This paper takes up this call through considering the spatial practices of the Sustained Dialogue Campus Network. This turn to space makes possible a consideration of division beyond geography that takes seriously how local and global spaces are produced and reproduced, and suggests opportunities for different spatial becomings.