Inclusion of illegitimate actors through arts: a perspective from the Colombian peace process

Despite the central role of inclusion in open strategy research, we know little about how to include less legitimate actors into legitimate contexts. Therefore, this paper examines inclusion from artistic expressions as manifestations of individual, organizational and national identity. Based on a qualitative content analysis of extensive archival material we distinguish four inclusion scenarios: inclusion as deeper interaction, inclusion as a personal transformation, inclusion as to be the shoes of the other, and inclusion as to be part of something bigger than a personal position. We argue that inclusion scenarios are co-constructed between a dynamic interaction of individual identity and the identity of “the other”.