Also, when I first read Heidegger, it was very intimidating and
frustrating. One trick is to read commentaries provided by other scholars.
These can be books or just blog posts (I was advised to take them with a
pinch of salt). It does help to read the original text alongside the
commentaries.
Regards,
Gopi
On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:50 AM, Gopinaath Kannabiran
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> Dear Jude,
>
> I am not sure if you are referring to Heidegger's writing about design or
> the design discipline drawing from Heidegger.
>
> For the former, one of the places to start would be with his essay "The
> Question Concerning Technology". It is relatively readable although it has
> conceptual references to his other works.
>
> For the latter, I am familiar with the following (all of these are from
> the field of HCI because that's my field). These works draw from
> Heidegger's thought and talk about it as it applies to design - some are
> more explicit than the other.
>
> ~ Winograd & Flores - Understanding Computers and Cognition: A New
> Foundation for Design
> ~ Paul Dourish - Where the action is
> ~ Schon's work on reflective practice
> ~ Suchman's Human-machine reconfigurations
>
> Also, is there a specific theme you are looking for? Such as his view on
> technology or phenomenological methodology?
>
> Regards,
> Gopi
>
> On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 12:13 AM, CHUA Soo Meng Jude (PLS) <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Dear All
>>
>> Would you have anything to recommend on Heidegger and Design?
>>
>> I am working hard --very hard--to wrap my head around Heidegger and any
>> kind of reference would be very helpful.
>>
>> Or if you would like to discuss Heidegger in the context of design
>> thinking, I'd be very interested.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jude
>> National Institute of Education (Singapore) http://www.nie.edu.sg
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