"Melanie engages in a discourse with you right away, whether for five minutes or five years.
"Such links are arguably vital in a discourse dominated by talk of war," says Walker.
Employment is just another environment in which the disfigured can be engaged in a discourse with their fears and anxieties.
The members of the community are prized as much for their immersion in a discourse as for their originality.
The speakers' viewpoints often clashed, but were candidly discussed in a discourse that reflected the conference's academic setting.
Into the 1970's there was a cadre of literate critics who immersed the audience in a discourse with playwrights, actors, directors and designers.
When all the thinking, all the conversations and all the approaches are framed in a discourse that sees Aboriginality as a problem, very little positive movement is possible.
Labour remains locked in a discourse dominated by well-meaning but lofty abstraction: radical devolution, relational public services, restoring the contributory principle, punitive action toward the top 1%.
It's important for everyone involved in a discourse — whether it's a one-on-one over coffee or a public discussion in a board room — to exemplify these habits.
Now I have a much brighter, more alert audience who might not necessarily agree with what I'm saying, but they're interested in a discourse.
With care and collaboration, it is possible to engage in a discourse of humility and to move beyond dialogue to action.
