Quotes

"Dialogue is mutual search for a new reality, not debate to win with stronger arguments. In a dialogue propositions are pointers toward a common new reality; not against each other to win a verbal battle, but complementing each other in an effort to accommodate legitimate goals of all parties, inspired by theories and values, and constructive-creative-concrete enough to become a causa finalis". Galtuung


"I use the concept of affect as away of talking about a margin of manouverability, the 'where we might be able to go' and 'what we might be able to do' in every present situation. I guess 'affect' is a word I use for 'hope': Massumi


"A discourse is a system of words, actions, rules, beliefs, and institutions that share common values. Particular discourses sustain particular worldviews. We might even think of a discourse as a worldview in action. Discourses tend to be invisible--taken for granted as part of the fabric of reality."Fairclough


Emergence is “the principle that entities exhibit properties which are meaningful only when attributed to the whole, not to its parts.” Checkland


"What the designer cares about is whether the user perceives that some action is possible (or in the case of perceived non-affordances, not possible)." Norman




Friday 22 April 2011

The motivation to mystify?





There are problems with the wording , utilising  the systems term of  "Emergence", perhaps  "Tao", maybe "Grace"  for the "simple unfolding of harmony" but in the "rational domain" do we have a 'simple' acceptable term for this apart from those from the General Systems Theory eg "self-organisation" (Deleuze)?

Perhaps a Post-Marxist  analysis could explore the motivation to mysticism and complexity in realtion to creative technique, as  we are driven to secure our monetary position by establishing a niche for ourselves, perhaps an academic niche or personal brand... something that sets me apart from the rest. These individual interests drive discourse from a coherent balanced centre to a set of confrontational polemical positions? (hegemony (Gramsci)) (c.f the 'counter' argument of "a happy diversity of products")




'High Art' is an example of reification? The common resource of Random Flow has been bottled and labeled and 'secret ingredients' added by the author... not so far from  'Publicity' 



Hence for example  a flat plane of competing discourses (Hicks) where no shared qualities are allowed to be  aknowledged such as  those established in General Systems Theory (Von Bertanfly)), these are  dismissed as Meta Narratives (Lyotard)  once a certain undisclosed 'mystical' boundary is passed (D'arcy) 


The boundaries it could be argued are themselves created and reinforced by these  forces of hegemony?(Gramsci?)(Hall?)(Pope R.)


Where does's post structuralism fit with its endless scepticism ? Surely a consistently modest post structuralist would admit their uncertainty about the ?validity? (not referential!) of these discourses... ?   Perhaps they have created a  fantastic base for endless criticism of  other creations for their "will to truth"(Foucault)? Perhaps they enable creativity in a way I have yet to understand...?


Towards the centre we have the drive of education (social education?), towards the periphery the drive of market/capital (technical education?)




Berger : Ways of Seeing
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