REAL IZING THE RELATIONAL

From a social constructionist standpoint, there is no single or privil eged language by which we must account for social and personal relatio nships. In this light, we may inquire into the limits and potentials o f various modes of scholarly expression: to whom do they communicate a nd with what societal implications? We press such inquiry forward by e xploring the potentials of relational art for conveying the intelligib ility of a relational conception of self. By pairing text and graphics , we illustrate the possibilities for 'making real' a conception of th e self as relationally constituted.