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, 28 January 2011

The need for rational discussion <> Harmony

This graph posits a relationship between the 'Importance of rational discussion' and the level of harmony in the system. If the situation is percieved to be one of discrete entities as in the flat plane assumed by some post structuralists (ref)  then  there is no point as there is no basis for rational values (at least via empirical truth claims). If there is union, there is no potential for conflict, harmony will emerge of itself given space. Between the two  the possiblity of  communication and harmony is acknowledged but some work is needed to get there....  via the building of structures of rational discussion ... how do these structures relate to space for emergence?
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