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Abstract: When human beings congregate - whether in meetings, public places,
urban environments or learning contexts - there is a need for management
of the emotional content of the milieu. In many situations this is a personal and
private task and its enactment does not intrude on others. In simulations this task
is - to varying degrees - deferred to the facilitator. When simulations and
game-based activities are used for social change purposes a specific set of
(usually) unspoken assumptions must be identified and controlled for. This
paper explores the role of the facilitator in regard to the knowledge and capabilities
required to successfully engage the diversity of interests and embedded
assumptions which shape and inform the actions of all those present (including
themselves).