hermeneutics and politics

Hermeneutics, information and representation

By drawing from semiology, epistemology and philosophical hermeneutics, we discuss the way that computer systems, particularly systems used in collaborative work, represent information, situation and activity. In other words, we focus on approaches to representation in design for computer–supported collaborative work (CSCW). We point out similarities between discourse in hermeneutics and in the...

EPILOGUE: CHINESE HERMENEUTICS AS POLITICS, APOLOGETICS, PILGRIMAGE I. Canonical Unity in Hermeneutical Diversity

Hermeneutics and Information Representation

By drawing from semiology, epistemology and philosophical hermeneutics, we discuss the way CSCW models data, situation and activity—information representation. We point out similarities between discourse in hermeneutics and in the anthropology and sociology that predominates in CSCW, and propose that a hermeneutic perspective offers a unifying view on the social science and computer science wit...

Rational - Choice Hermeneutics

Rational choice and hermeneutics seem at odds, but the tension can be fruitfully resolved. The conflict between them closely mirrors the earlier conflict between historicism and positivism. In interwar Vienna, an influential group of social scientists tried to combine the best elements of both approaches. Rational choice was united with Verstehen and the method of ideal types, as evidenced by t...

Hermeneutics and Representation

A common topic in CSCW is the fit between an information system and the people whose activity it is intended to support. The static and objectifying abstractions at the heart of mainstream information systems are often contrasted with idealized concepts such as the 'common information space' where there is fluid adaptation to suit each user, community and context. While such discussion is commo...

Horizons of Hermeneutics: Intercultural Hermeneutics in a Globalizing World

Starting from the often-used metaphor of the “horizon of experience” this article discusses three different types of intercultural hermeneutics, which respectively conceive hermeneutic interpretation as a widening of horizons, a fusion of horizons, and a dissemination of horizons. It is argued that these subsequent stages in the history of hermeneutics have their origin in—but are not fully res...