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responsibility (Frederickson 1997; O. F. White 1990). From the Collaborative per-
spective, such determinations must be arrived at via communicative practices and
intersubjective agreement.
Together, the “administrator” becomes a Midwife/ Parent/ Citizen who is
responsible for facilitating, participating, catalyzing, educating, and emancipating.
It is not a permanent position taken by individuals, but rather a function that any
citizen can fulll based on the particular needs of the situation. is role conceptu-
alization then ts fully within the logic of the Collaborative Tradition. It does not
insert a representational role into social relationship or require hiera ...