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, 4 March 2011

A simple Discourse Structure? and it's effects on space for Creativity?



Discourse has structure (eg schank ableson), a simple structure could be for example

 " you are x.... produce/consume y  to become z  for several hours... you are  x"

such a structure may have inbuilt assumptions such as the only way to become z is to produce/consume y

such a form when normalised in a discourse community may restrict  conceptual ,social and physical space that provide possibilities for rationally discussing alternative methods of becoming z and/or experimenting  with  these alternative methods, perhaps via improvisational techniques, possibly involving  focus and identification(eg yoga), and random expressive flow (stream of consciousness).
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