Ecological Modelling of Information Systems

Conceptual modelling is central to information systems development. The design of information systems requires appropriate languages to conceptualize interactions between actors. Mostly, design languages are adopted to the application system to be modelled instead of being aligned with the nature of perception of the modeller. Perception and cognition are very different from computations on symbolic representations. Cognitive structures and processes emerge from continous sensorimotor interactions. Action-oriented languages already consider action and coordination in terms of speech acts. However, speech acts can not be foundational as a speech act itself is brought forth or enacted in movement, in particular through action in perception. In this paper, it will be argued for non-representational modelling. To address the problems of representations, an ecological approach based on quantum interaction is proposed with respect to both criteria action in language and action in perception.