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




Tuesday 14 February 2012

Signals & Classification Systems in the context of Post Modern Culture

Classification Theory - 


Cybernetic Theory - Signal Noise


Expert Systems/Expertise - Signal >Cue>Classification>Action


Eg in Iterative Design Cycle / RequirementsAnalysis




Context of PostModern Theory


We have different cultural languages , cannot assume common agreement (Hegemony/Ideology)


Options?


Inclusive Listening, (While maintaining awareness of /retaining access to own position)
Empathy


Metaphor - Cultural Boundaries are like doors often as dualistic though can create projection of 'other'


Eg Corporate culture may see Value in prototype App (RandomResearchCo) re Lateral Thinking/Reminders  (as a ray of light above the door) for its own functional reasons,
But its definite of 'Noise" may be a lot less self-organising,  its cultural may  be much more segmented ,hence some of the creative  collectivity needs to be removed from the 'Branding' of the Creative Source..
(Does not want to look behind door - projects the other extreme caricature (e.g. 'anarchy'<>'nazi').


e.g. This is arguably a product and couse of instrumentality..


How relate to Systems Movement and Tools,


re Boundaries and Feedback...?


Soft Systems tools are Meta Tools?
concerned with a top down view (hence dismissed by poststructural/postmodern as hegemonic)


However they are attempting (as is discourse analysis) to enable communication between cultures
internal and external by generating a  generating an inclusive discussion around  1 perceived boundaries and 2 feedback ( e.g. see Checkland  re Iterative methods)


IS such a focus hegemonic? ( it tries to use apolitical language so all the parties can come to the table)


Does Discourse Analysis choose another focus 


eg flows, language analysis, social analysis (Ideological) etc...


Its more overtly political in language...


Can the two methodologies learn off each other...?




IS Soft systems analysis method s like SSM adequate is it democratic ( See discussion Systems thinking systems practice re Habermas)












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