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MENTAL MODEL · M9119

Dialogue Mapping

Dialogue Mapping
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Updated 2026-08-15

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INTRODUCTION

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CORE DEFINITION

Developed from the IBIS notation, dialogue mapping records a discussion in real time as a graph of questions, ideas, and arguments, with links showing support, objection, and consequence. The shared display makes the group's reasoning visible and traceable as it develops. The qualification is that the map supports the conversation rather than replacing it, so a facilitator who draws alone without the group's participation produces documentation instead of shared understanding.

SCAFFOLDING EFFECT

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Reduce cognitive load

- Use Live Capture: record questions, ideas, and objections as nodes while the discussion runs. - Use Map Convergence: close the session by reading the graph and deciding what it now supports.

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Anchor fast decisions

Spoken discussion leaves no shared record, so participants remember different versions of what was said and revisit settled points. Externalising the structure makes each contribution a visible object that can be examined, challenged, and resolved, which stops the group from circling the same disagreement.

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