Dear professor Margolin, according to this publication:
OPERATIONS RESEARCH, Vol. 58, No. 6, November–December 2010, pp. 1535–1547
issn 0030-364X eissn 1526-5463 10 5806 1535
High Leverage Interventions: Three Cases of Defensive Action and Their
Lessons for OR/MS Today
David C. Lane
London School of Economics and Political Science, London WC2A 2AE, United
Kingdom, [log in to unmask]
(available in:
https://www.informs.org/content/download/255803/2414655/file/Lane.pdf)
The paper you mentioned is dated in 1943 (p. 1545)
best regards
...........................................
Alejandra Poblete P.
Assistant Professor | Design School | UTEM
PhD Student UB
2014-10-02 22:23 GMT-03:00 Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>:
> Hi Victor,
> If that date is correct, the focus of the paper is likely to be linear
> programming and published as internal grey literature in RAF.
> Cheers,
> Terry
>
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>
> Does anyone have a pdf of P. M. S. Blackett's 1941 paper "A Note on
> Certain Aspects of the Methodology of Operations Research" or else know
> where the article was first published?
> Thanks,
> Victor Margolin
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> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 09:13:22 +1000
> > From: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Researching user's unconscious
> >
> > Priscilla,
> >
> > While it's a little outside your current range, the work on Appreciative
> Dialogue might be useful. Come to think of it, some on this list might find
> Appreciative Dialogue methods useful for list conversations.
> >
> > David
> > --
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:43:13 -0400
> > From: Priscila Mendoza <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Researching user's unconscious
> >
> > Thank you David, I'll definitely take a look at it.
> >
> > Have a great day!
> >
> >
> >
> > 2014-09-30 19:13 GMT-04:00 [log in to unmask]
> > <[log in to unmask]>:
> >> Priscilla,
> >>
> >> While it's a little outside your current range, the work on
> Appreciative Dialogue might be useful. Come to think of it, some on this
> list might find Appreciative Dialogue methods useful for list conversations.
> >>
> >> David
> >> --
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> blog: http://communication.org.au/blog/
> >> web: http://communication.org.au
> >>
> >> Professor David Sless BA MSc FRSA
> >> CEO • Communication Research Institute •
> >> • helping people communicate with people •
> >>
> >> Mobile: +61 (0)412 356 795
> >> Phone: +61 (0)3 9005 5903
> >> Skype: davidsless
> >>
> >> 60 Park Street • Fitzroy North • Melbourne • Australia • 3068
> >>
> >>
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> > --
> > Priscila Mendoza
> > MFA Design Management Candidate
> >
> > http://priscilamendoza.mx
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> > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 19:49:51 -0400
> > From: Gunnar Swanson <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Researching user's unconscious
> >
> > On Sep 30, 2014, at 10:28 AM, Priscila Mendoza <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> >> to the Freudian unconscious, to Jung's collective
> >> unconscious, and to the latest postures in psychology, neuroscience, and
> >> economics -Wilson, Bargh, Damasio, Kahneman, etc-. there has been always
> >> room to debate and contradiction in this realm.
> >
> > I've wondered how much of this conversation was like the one about
> "agency," "actant," etc. The word "unconscious" carries various baggage so
> each of us is probably affirming or rejecting a different set of ideas.
> Does anyone remember Charles Reich's 'The Greening of America'? He had
> "consciousness 1," "consciousness 2," etc. Maybe describing
> "unconsciousness 1, "unconsciousness 2," and so on would bring different
> results. Daniel Kahneman and Sigmund Freud both supported a notion of
> "unconscious thought" but hardly the same one.
> >
> >
> > Gunnar
> >
> > Gunnar Swanson
> > East Carolina University
> > graphic design program
> >
> > http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/soad/graphic/index.cfm
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> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:42:42 +0100
> > From: Fiona Candy <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Researching user's unconscious
> >
> > Hi Priscilla and List members
> >
> > I wonder if you will be aware of the work of Robert D Romanyshyn?
> Particularly his book : 'The Wounded Researcher: Research with Soul in
> Mind.’
> >
> > I have found his approach very interesting and useful. I attended a
> presentation he gave earlier this year when he spoke very compellingly to
> explain how he believes that the "unconscious is real” and therefore is
> everywhere and in all human activity. Including research. Which I found
> very thought provoking.
> >
> > It’s very interesting to consider how life experiences may bring each of
> us to to particular research topics. Awareness of unconscious motivations
> and ‘wounds’, allows researchers to take their own unconscious processes
> seriously and to be more attune to possible shortcomings and opportunities
> of their findings.
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Wounded-Researcher-Research-Soul/dp/1882670477
> >
> > Fiona
> >
> > Fiona Candy
> > www.a-brand.co.uk
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> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 10:40:27 +0100
> > From: Dan Lockton <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Researching user's unconscious
> >
> > Hi Priscilla,
> >
> > Your project looks extremely interesting and I'm really looking forward
> to
> > seeing your outcomes.
> >
> > I'm not sure we'd quite classify it as the 'unconscious', but my
> colleague
> > Flora Bowden and I have been using a very simple approach of asking
> people
> > to draw abstract concepts such as 'energy' (e.g.
> >
> http://suslab.rca.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Drawing-Energy-02.09.14_1.pdf
> > ) as part of interviews, co-creation processes and also at public events
> > such as the V&A's Digital Design Weekend in London. The diversity of
> > representations, visual metaphors and imagery
> > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/5ugirvv2827ae8l/DSC_0794.JPG> produced is
> > helping us (in this case) with the design of new forms of interface for
> > energy monitoring, but we have also done it with concepts such as 'clean'
> > and 'dirty'
> > <https://www.dropbox.com/s/b3n4wthmqeyc1g0/laundry_hackathon_01.jpg>
> for a
> > workshop around redesigning laundry.
> >
> > Of course this method is well-known in lots of fields, and has plenty of
> > limitations, but it's consistently been a really good way of provoking
> > discussion and icebreaking with research participants, while also giving
> us
> > insights into people's perceptions and mental imagery (if not quite their
> > mental models).
> >
> > I will email you off-list about another idea we are working on in this
> kind
> > of area that you might be interested in!
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Dan
> >
> > _____________
> > *Dr Dan Lockton *
> > Senior Associate, Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, Royal College of Art
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> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:25:20 +0800
> > From: Terence Love <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Latest issues of journal, Interacting with Computers
> >
> > FYI
> > Best wishes,
> > Terry
> > ___________________________________________________
> > Articles:
> >
> > Volume 26 Issue 5 September 2014
> >
> > Benoît Bossavit, Asier Marzo, Oscar Ardaiz, and Alfredo Pina Hierarchical
> > Menu Selection with a Body-Centered Remote Interface
> >
> > Esther Loeliger and Tony Stockman
> > Wayfinding without Visual Cues: Evaluation of an Interactive Audio Map
> > System
> >
> > Paul Dunphy, Andrew Monk, John Vines, Mark Blythe, and Patrick Olivier
> > Designing for Spontaneous and Secure Delegation in Digital Payments
> >
> > Montserrat Sendín, Juan-Miguel López-Gil, and Víctor López-Jaquero
> > Validation of a Framework for Enriching Human–Computer–Human Interaction
> > with Awareness in a Seamless Way
> >
> > Chun-Cheng Hsu and Ming-Chuen Chuang
> > The Relationship Between Design Factors and Affective Response in
> > Personalized Blog Interfaces
> >
> > Tao Yang and Davide Bolchini
> > Branded Interactions: Predicting Perceived Product Traits and User Image
> > from Interface Consistency and Visual Guidance
> >
> > Bogdan Vasilescu, Andrea Capiluppi, and Alexander Serebrenik Gender,
> > Representation and Online Participation: A Quantitative Study
> > ________________________________________________________________________
> >
> > Volume 26 Issue 6 November 2014
> >
> > An Embodied View of Flow
> > Pablo Romero and Eduardo Calvillo-Gámez
> >
> > Anxiety Induction in Virtual Environments: An Experimental Comparison of
> > Three General Techniques Luca Chittaro
> >
> > Formative Evaluation of IT-based Services: A Case Study of a Meal
> Planning
> > Service Johan Blomkvist, Johan Åberg, and Stefan Holmlid
> >
> > Measuring Anxiety Towards Wiki Editing: Investigating the Dimensionality
> of
> > the Wiki Anxiety Inventory-Editing Benjamin R. Cowan and Mervyn A. Jack
> >
> > Determining the Efficacy of Multi-Parameter Tactons in the Presence of
> > Real-world and Simulated Audio Distractors Huimin Qian, Ravi Kuber,
> Andrew
> > Sears, and Elizabeth Stanwyck
> >
> > Evaluation of a Mobile Projector-Based Indoor Navigation Interface Ming
> Li,
> > Katrin Arning, Oliver Sack, Jiyoung Park, Myoung-Hee Kim, Martina Ziefle,
> > and Leif Kobbelt
> >
> > Online Disclosure of Personally Identifiable Information with Strangers:
> > Effects of Public and Private Sharing
> > Jayant Venkatanathan, Vassilis Kostakos, Evangelos Karapanos, and Jorge
> > Gonçalves
> >
> > --
> > Dianne Murray
> > Editor-in-Chief,
> > Interacting with Computers
> >
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> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 09:59:01 -0400
> > From: Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Researching user's unconscious
> >
> > On Sep 30, 2014, at 12:47 AM, Don Norman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >
> > ...the unconscious, like consciousness, is not a thing that can be seen:
> it is a state of mental
> > processing. When people act or make decisions of which they are unaware,
> > that is by definition being done unconsciously. Consciousness implies
> > awareness.
> >
> > Dear colleagues,
> > I have written a paper that attempts to describe pre-conscious processes
> that enter awareness as we design. I have identified seven pre-conscious to
> conscious transitions that I relate to modes of thought in the theory. Any
> comments about the paper would be appreciated, especially research that
> seeks to explain the transition between unconscious and conscious thought.
> >
> > The paper “Intuition, Imagination and Insight in A Theory of Design
> Thinking” may be accessed at www.independent.academia.edu/charlesburnette
> along with other papers about the theory.
> >
> > We owe Priscila a debt of thanks for bringing this subject to the list.
> >
> > Or, so I believe,
> > Chuck
> >
> >
> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 16:19:06 +0200
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Free Guide to Scientific Writing in English, Chinese, Spanish,
> Portuguese, Russian, and Japanese
> >
> > Dear Colleagues,
> >
> > Maria Camacho recently drew my attention to the free Guide to Scientific
> Writing published by the journal Clinical Chemistry. Much of the material
> in this guide also applies to design research.
> >
> > The guide is available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese,
> Russian, and Japanese.
> >
> > You’ll find the full guide with links at:
> >
> > http://www.aacc.org/publications/clin_chem/ccgsw/Pages/default.aspx
> >
> > The guide is useful to authors, educators, researchers, training program
> directors, and doctoral students. The focus is clear and effective writing
> for improved publications.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Ken Friedman
> >
> > --
> >
> > Contents: Guide to Scientific Writing:
> >
> > 1. The Title Says It All
> > 2. The Abstract and the Elevator Talk: A Tale of Two Summaries
> > 3. "It was a cold and rainy night": Set the Scene with a Good
> Introduction
> > 4. Who, What, When, Where, How, and Why: The Ingredients in the Recipe
> for a Successful Methods Section
> > 5. Show Your Cards: The Results Section and the Poker Game
> > 6. If an IRDAM Journal Is What You Choose, Then Sequential Results Are
> What You Use
> > 7. Put Your Best Figure Forward: Line Graphs and Scattergrams
> > 8. Bars and Pies Make Better Desserts than Figures
> > 9. Bring Your Best to the Table
> > 10. The Discussion Section: Your Closing Argument
> > 11. Giving Credit: Citations and References
> > 12. How to Write a Rave Review
> > 13. Top 10 Tips for Responding to Reviewer and Editor Comments
> > 14. Passing the Paternité Test
> >
> > --
> >
> > Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The
> Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Elsevier in
> Cooperation with Tongji University Press | Launching in 2015
> >
> > Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and
> Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University
> Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne
> University of Technology
> >
> >
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> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:07:19 -0400
> > From: Gunnar Swanson <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: academic writing article
> >
> > Ken,
> >
> > Steven Pinker has an article on academic prose in the Chronicle of
> Higher Education that's worth reading:
> >
> > http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Academics-Writing-Stinks/148989/
> >
> > He notes that "a writer who explains technical terms can multiply his
> readership a thousandfold at the cost of a handful of characters, the
> literary equivalent of picking up hundred-dollar bills on the sidewalk." I
> sometimes think we are like the old joke about the economists walking down
> the street. One says "Look! There's a hundred dollar bill lying there" and
> the other says "It couldn't be real or someone else would have already
> picked it up."
> >
> >
> > Gunnar
> >
> > Gunnar Swanson
> > East Carolina University
> > graphic design program
> >
> > http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/soad/graphic/index.cfm
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Gunnar Swanson Design Office
> > 1901 East 6th Street
> > Greenville NC 27858
> > USA
> >
> > http://www.gunnarswanson.com
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> > +1 252 258-7006
> >
> >
> > On Oct 1, 2014, at 10:19 AM, Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >> Maria Camacho recently drew my attention to the free Guide to
> Scientific Writing published by the journal Clinical Chemistry. Much of the
> material in this guide also applies to design research.
> > [snip]
> >> http://www.aacc.org/publications/clin_chem/ccgsw/Pages/default.aspx
> >
> >
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> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 12:39:27 -0400
> > From: Filippo Salustri <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: CFPs on DesignCalls blog for Sep 2014
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> > Below is a summary of design-related CFPs posted to
> > http://designcalls.wordpress.com/ in September.
> >
> > \V/_ /fas
> >
> > *Prof. Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng.*
> > Email: [log in to unmask]
> > http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/
> >
> > 19th Congress of the Intl Ergonomics Association (Aug 2015,
> > Melbourne Australia)
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/19th-congress-of-the-intl-ergonomics-association-aug-2015-melbourne-australia/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
> >
> > Dates: 9-14 August 2015
> > Location: Melbourne, Australia
> > Website: http://iea2015.org/
> > Deadline for submission of abstracts: 30 November 2014
> >
> > We invite contributions on all topics related to ergonomics and human
> > factors including practical, technical, empirical and theoretical
> aspects.
> > Case studies of the latest technology design and/or practical cases for
> all
> > domains of use and practice will be given particular attention. Also
> > company case studies, discussing the application of human factors in
> actual
> > cases, are highly appreciated.
> >
> > Read more of this post
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/29/19th-congress-of-the-intl-ergonomics-association-aug-2015-melbourne-australia/#more-2222
> >
> >
> > FILED UNDER CONFERENCE
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> > ERGONOMICS <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/ergonomics/>, HUMAN
> FACTORS
> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/human-factors/>
> > craft+design enquiry #8: Global Parallels: Production and Craft in
> Fashion
> > and Industrial Design Industries (2016)
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/28/craftdesign-enquiry-8-global-parallels-production-and-craft-in-fashion-and-industrial-design-industries-2016/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 28, 2014
> >
> > Website: http://craftdesignenquiry.blogspot.com.au/p/blog-page_13.html
> > Deadline for expressions of interest: 30 April 2015
> >
> > The craft + design enquiry Editorial Board welcomes Tiziana
> Ferrero-Regis,
> > Rafael Gomez and Kathleen Horton, from Queensland University of
> Technology,
> > as the Guest Editors of c+de#8 with the theme of ‘Global Parallels:
> > Production and Craft in Fashion and Industrial Design Industries’.
> >
> > Contributors to c+de#8 are invited to submit Expressions of Interest for
> > either the Themed Section or the Open Section by following the Steps to
> > Submitting a Paper outlined at the website.
> >
> > Expressions of Interest close on 30 April 2015. For contributors invited
> to
> > submit papers, the deadline for full papers is 30 June 2015. c+de#8 will
> be
> > published in mid-2016.
> >
> > Please refer to the website for further details.
> >
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> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/fashion/>, INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/industrial-design/>, PRODUCTION
> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/production/>
> > MODE 2015 – Motion Design Education Summit (June 2015, Dublin Ireland)
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/mode-2015-motion-design-education-summit-june-2015-dublin-ireland/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
> >
> > Date: June 3-5, 2015
> > Location: Dublin, Ireland
> > Website: http://www.modesummit.com/index.html
> > Deadline for abstracts: 05 January 15
> >
> > The University of Notre Dame, The Ohio State University, Kent State
> > University and Michigan State University jointly present the 2nd MODE
> > Summit. This international event brings together motion design educators
> > from different areas of expertise to present work and discuss motion and
> > how it enhances, effects, changes messages, meaning, and communication.
> The
> > conference takes place in Dublin, Ireland, 03–05 June 2015 at the
> O’Connell
> > House and the Royal Irish Academy.
> >
> > Read more of this post
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/25/mode-2015-motion-design-education-summit-june-2015-dublin-ireland/#more-2217
> >
> >
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> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/motion/>
> > Call for Proposals: FIU’s 2015 Interior Design Emerging Symposium
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/call-for-proposals-fius-2015-interior-design-emerging-symposium/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 19, 2014
> >
> > Date: 10th April 2015
> > Location: Miami Beach, Florida
> > Website: http://fiu2015intdesignsymposium.wordpress.com/
> > Deadline for abstracts: 15 January 2015
> >
> > Join us in Miami Beach, Florida on April 10th, 2015, for FLORIDA
> > INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY’S 2015 INTERIOR DESIGN EMERGING SYMPOSIUM.
> >
> > [image: 51] <https://designcalls.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/51.gif>
> >
> > Read more of this post
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/19/call-for-proposals-fius-2015-interior-design-emerging-symposium/#more-2207
> >
> >
> > FILED UNDER CONFERENCE
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> INTERIOR
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> > PAD #12 CALL deadline postponed on September 29, 2014
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/16/pad-12-call-deadline-postponed-on-september-29-2014/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 16, 2014
> >
> > www.padjournal.net <http://www.padjournal.net/about/>
> >
> > *PAD *(Pages on Arts and Design) is an international, open access, and
> > peer-reviewed e-journal published twice a year. PAD publishes original
> and
> > qualified intellectual production in all area of design and arts
> > research. It provides an international and interactive forum for the
> > exchange of ideas, debate and criticism. PAD findings from researchers
> and
> > professionals across different countries and cultures of the
> Mediterranean
> > areas and encourages research on the impact of cultural factors on design
> > theory and practice.
> > The publication of each issue will coincide with the publication of the
> > call for papers for the following monographic issue on Call page.
> > The journal is identified by an International Standard Serial Number
> (ISSN
> > 1972-7887) and each its article carries an Article Number (AN). All the
> > articles are freely available online upon publication. They are published
> > under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0
> > International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
> >
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> > Unmaking Waste: Transforming Production and Consumption in Time and
> Place
> > (May 2015, Adelaide Australia)
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/unmaking-waste-transforming-production-and-consumption-in-time-and-place-may-2015-adelaide-australia/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 14, 2014
> >
> > Dates: 21-24 May 2015
> > Location: Zero Waste SA Research Centre for Sustainable Design and
> > Behaviour, University of South Australia, Adelaide
> > Website: www.unmakingwaste2015.org
> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/www.unmakingwaste2015.org>
> > Deadline for submission of abstracts: 17 October 2014
> >
> > Waste is created when we no longer value something we create, possess or
> > use. Barriers to prematurely discarding goods and resources have steadily
> > fallen in recent years. Easy credit, low prices, instant online access,
> and
> > a 24 hour promotional media all reinforce an expanding consumerism.
> >
> > While much effort has gone into researching and implementing successful
> > technical strategies for reducing waste and emissions, accelerating rates
> > of consumption are undermining these efforts. It is clear that we need
> new
> > systems-based approaches to reduce this excess consumption, including the
> > excesses of our ‘waste-making’, to generate a more sustainable circular
> > economy.
> >
> > This conference invites participants to explore new approaches to reduce
> > the speed, volume and impacts of ‘waste-ready’ global consumerism.
> >
> > Read more of this post
> > <
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> > Fashion and Gender (May 2015, University of Minnesota USA)
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/fashion-and-gender-may-2015-university-of-minnesota-usa/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
> >
> > Dates: 1-2 May 2015
> > Location: University of Minnesota, USA
> > Website: http://design.umn.edu/fashionand/gender/
> > Deadline for proposals: 9 January 2015.
> >
> > The University of Minnesota [USA] is organizing a symposium entitled
> > Fashion and Gender to be held May 1-2, 2015. This symposium is the fourth
> > in a symposium series entitled “Fashion And … ” connecting fashion with
> > other themes of importance in today’s world. Members attending the
> symposia
> > of Fashion And… examine the interconnections and intersections of fashion
> > in today’s world.
> >
> > Read more of this post
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> > IASDR INTERPLAY 2015 (Nov 2015, Brisbane Australia)
> > <
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> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
> >
> > Dates: 2-5 November 2015
> > Location: Brisbane, Australia
> > Website: http://www.iasdr2015.com
> > Deadline for submissions: 6 April 2015
> >
> > IASDR 2015 invites papers, posters, workshops, exhibitions and doctoral
> > colloquium submissions from any area of design research that explores the
> > interplay between design research, science, technology and the arts. All
> > submissions will be double blind reviewed. Submissions must be in English
> > and submitted through the online submission system. All submissions
> should
> > comply with IASDR 2015 guidelines. IASDR 2015 will explore the
> interaction
> > of design research with science, technology and the arts. This continual
> > INTERPLAY provides opportunities to explore interaction between
> > cross-disciplinary knowledge and various design research approaches.
> IASDR
> > 2015 aims to establish trans-disciplinary research platforms across
> diverse
> > domains to foster new research and education opportunities and stimulate
> > innovation. Call for Papers: We invite papers which offer original
> research
> > and application across all domains of design: architecture,
> > planning, industrial design, engineering design, software,
> > interaction design, fashion or media design. The papers should
> > demonstrate collaborative research and application with science or
> > technology or the arts. Papers should be 3000 – 5000 words
> > excluding abstracts and references and comply with IASDR 2015 guidelines.
> > Read more of this post
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> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/science/>, TECHNOLOGY
> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/technology/>
> > Progetto Grafico 28 International Graphic Design Magazine (IT) –
> > Topic: Publishing
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/progetto-grafico-28-international-graphic-design-magazine-it-topic-publishing/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 12, 2014
> >
> > Deadline for submissions: 15 January 2015
> > Contact: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > *Progetto grafico 28: Publishing*
> >
> > *Edited by Maria Rosaria Digregorio, Silvio Lorusso, Silvia Sfligiotti,
> > Stefano Vittori*
> >
> > By devoting an issue to “Publishing,” which has always been a central
> theme
> > for people dealing with communication design, Progetto grafico has
> decided
> > to start by redefining and expanding upon the term, going beyond its
> > primarily editorial connotations to explore its significance as “making
> > public; disclosing; popularizing.” The latter seems to be a core issue
> for
> > both those who design/produce editorial material (professionally or
> > otherwise) as well as those who use it.
> >
> > Read more of this post
> > <
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> > <http://designcalls.wordpress.com/tag/publishing/>
> > Conference on Product Lifetimes And The Environment (PLATE) June 2015,
> > Nottingham (UK)
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/10/conference-on-product-lifetimes-and-the-environment-plate-june-2015-nottingham-uk-2/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
> >
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> >
> > We’d like to inform you that the *deadline for abstracts for the PLATE
> > conference* has been extended to *Friday 19 September* 2014 at 12 noon.
> >
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> > further information.
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> > CfP: Cumulus Conference Milan Italy 2015 – The Virtuous Circle
> > <
> http://designcalls.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/cfp-cumulus-conference-milan-italy-2015-the-virtuous-circle/
> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 5, 2014
> >
> > The Virtuous Circle of Design Culture and Experimentation
> >
> > Cumulus Conference during EXPO Milan 2015
> >
> > June 3 -6, 2015
> >
> > Hosted by Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
> >
> > Deadline for submission: November 10, 2014
> >
> > Read more of this post
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> > Special Issue of Materials & Design: Emerging Material Experiences
> > (Nov 2014)
> > <
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> >
> >
> > SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
> >
> > Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/materials-and-design/
> > Deadline for submissions: 1 November 2014
> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 20:57:51 +0200
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: academic writing article
> >
> > Dear Gunnar,
> >
> > Thanks for your note and thanks for the article. I agree with Steven
> Pinker. You will find this same advice in the slides for the Research
> Writing Workshop (Friedman 2014: pp. 57-58, 101-104, 107).
> >
> > You can get the workshop slides as a free PDF download from the
> "Research and Writing Skills” section of my Academia.edu page at URL:
> >
> > https://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman
> >
> > People are free to use the slides in their own workshops and teaching.
> >
> > Pinker is an excellent writer. He has written a book about writing that
> is earning serious praise as a model for academic writing: > The Sense of
> Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st Century. < I have
> not yet read it, but it seems so interesting that I have ordered a copy. It
> is available on Amazon:
> >
> >
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sense-Style-Thinking-Persons-Writing/dp/1846145503
> >
> > There has been great deal of research on academic writing. There are
> many explanations for bad writing by scholars and scientists — I won’t get
> into it here, but whatever the causes, there are many examples of bad
> writing, especially in journals. University presses are struggling to
> survive, and they are paying more attention to interesting, readable prose
> than ever before. In contrast, journals have pages to fill. This is
> especially the case for the lesser journals — many of these journals seem
> to exist as a forum for writers who need to publish, as contrasted with
> journals whose purpose it is to publish serious and intelligent writing.
> This explains the massive number of published articles that attract no
> readers, no use, and no citations.
> >
> > Thanks for the fine Pinker article. I enjoyed it immensely.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The
> Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Elsevier in
> Cooperation with Tongji University Press | Launching in 2015
> >
> > Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and
> Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University
> Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne
> University of Technology
> >
> > --
> >
> > References
> >
> > Friedman, Ken. 2014. Research Writing Workshop. A Research Skills
> Working Paper. Melbourne, Australia: Centre for Design Innovation,
> Swinburne University of Technology.
> >
> > Pinker, Steven. 2014. The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to
> Writing in the 21st Century. London: Allen Lane.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Gunnar Swanson wrote:
> >
> > —snip—
> >
> > Steven Pinker has an article on academic prose in the Chronicle of
> Higher Education that's worth reading:
> >
> > http://chronicle.com/article/Why-Academics-Writing-Stinks/148989/
> >
> > —snip—
> >
> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 15:07:00 -0400
> > From: Charles Burnette <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Agents and agency
> >
> > On Sep 27, 2014, at 6:12 PM, Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> >
> > While the artifact or substance has effects in the world, these effects
> do not involve agency.
> >
> > This is as contradictory as it sounds. If people understand that a
> "bleaching agent" has the capacity to bleach regardless of human agency, an
> “agent” in that sense, can act under the conditions that enable it to act
> without the need for human agency.
> >
> > By noting the second definition of “agent” without referring to the
> first in the OED definition of agent (not agency) I was trying to show that
> there was an accepted alternative to the view you insist on. I was focusing
> on the property of an “agent" not “agency”.
> >
> > You wrote: "The full second definition is “b. A person or thing that
> operates in a particular direction, or produces a specified effect; the
> cause of some process or change. Freq. with for, in, of. Sometimes
> difficult to distinguish from the means or agency by which an effect is
> produced: cf. sense A. 3.”
> >
> > To speak of a “bleaching agent” does not mean that the bleach specifies
> what properties it has, nor does bleach specify that which it will bleach.
> In this sense, a principal or actor uses a bleaching agent for purpose that
> the principal or actor specifies. “Bleach” has properties that affect the
> world around it without regard to specifications. A “bleaching agent” uses
> those properties on the instructions of a principal or actor. As the OED
> notes, this is sometimes “difficult to distinguish from the means or agency
> by which an effect is produced.”
> >
> > You are contradicting yourself in the bolded statement. OED notes your
> difficulty.
> >
> > Or so I believe,
> > Chuck
> >
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 16:49:55 -0300
> > From: Marcio Dupont <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: UNIVERSAL DESIGN WORKSHOP - CURITIBA BRAZIL
> >
> > Dear all:
> >
> > I never know if I can post this kind of design initiative here, but here
> we
> > go again, my apologies, but is for the greater good!
> >
> > To all brazilians designers, or designers in Curitiba, Brasil, I´m
> sharing
> > my Design Workshop about Market and Consumption and the second one about
> > Universal Design.
> >
> > Please, share the event, thanks!
> >
> > Best!
> >
> > *Marcio C. de C. Dupont - Industrial Designer*
> > Innovation Analyst
> > Sustainability Analyst
> > Brasil / México / United States /
> >
> > Follow me: Linkedi <http://www.linkedin.com/in/marciodupont>
> > n
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> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:48:31 +0200
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Agents and agency
> >
> > Dear Chuck,
> >
> > I fail to see contradictions in my post. It seems to me that I explained
> my position clearly, consistently, and without contradictions. I am
> reposting my post of September 28 again. To make my meaning slightly more
> clear, I have added a few words in brackets.
> >
> > Following this post, I repost the definitions of the words “agency” and
> “agent” from the Oxford English Dictionary.
> >
> > If you will explain the contradictions in this post, I will do my best
> to respond.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > --
> >
> > Begin reposted message:
> >
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: Agents and agency
> > Date: 2014 Sep28 00:12:29 GMT+2
> > To: PhD-Design <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > Dear Chuck,
> >
> > According to your post, the Oxford English Dictionary supports Terry.
> >
> > To make this claim, you omit a key word from the OED definition. While
> you give your reason for removing the key word from a cited source, it
> changes the meaning of the definition.
> >
> > The definition you provide for agency tends to support Klaus’s point,
> and mine, rather than Terry’s views. (Following this post, I am posting the
> definitions of the words “agency” and “agent” from the OED. Readers can
> decide for themselves which argument is most reasonable. If anyone wishes
> to study the usage exemplars, check the OED.)
> >
> > The issue of agency involves motive power. That refers to the person or
> entity that “specifies” the specified effect in the second definition. Your
> post neglected the etymology of the word. And your [post] moved past the
> first definition: “a. A person who or thing which acts upon someone or
> something; one who or that which exerts power; the doer of an action.
> Sometimes contrasted with the patient (instrument, etc.) undergoing the
> action. Cf. actor n. 3a. Earliest in Alchemy: a force capable of acting
> upon matter, an active principle. Now chiefly in philosophical and
> sociological contexts.”
> >
> > The power of agency is the power of an actor or principal.
> >
> > The full second definition is “b. A person or thing that operates in a
> particular direction, or produces a specified effect; the cause of some
> process or change. Freq. with for, in, of. Sometimes difficult to
> distinguish from the means or agency by which an effect is produced: cf.
> sense A. 3.”
> >
> > To speak of a “bleaching agent” does not mean that the bleach specifies
> what properties it has, nor does bleach specify that which it will bleach.
> In this sense, a principal or actor uses a bleaching agent for purpose that
> the principal or actor specifies. “Bleach” has properties that affect the
> world around it without regard to specifications. A “bleaching agent” uses
> those properties on the instructions of a principal or actor. As the OED
> notes, this is sometimes “difficult to distinguish from the means or agency
> by which an effect is produced.”
> >
> > This is similar to my earlier comments stating that tools represent the
> agency of human creators or users.
> >
> > It is true that Terry did not present his arguments particularly well,
> but the arguments are based on unclear concepts. The same is true of your
> reply. To make your point, you changed and distorted the definition you
> selected for the word agent.
> >
> > An agent acts on behalf of a principal. The quality of agency is that
> quality that the principal delegates to the agent. To make your point, you
> removed the key issue that distinguishes the motive agency of the principal
> from the delegated agency of the agent.
> >
> > I should state that words take on different uses in different context.
> Because of this, the term “agent” may sometimes be used instead of the term
> “principal” or “actor.”
> >
> > There is an ambiguity to the term agent – but Klaus and I were not
> writing about “agents” – rather we were explaining why tools and artifacts
> do not possess “agency.”
> >
> > Whether a principal or an agent has good effects or bad is a separate
> issue.
> >
> > A principal may delegate authority to an agent for good ends. On
> occasion, the agent may not behave responsibly with the delegated
> authority. This specific issue occurs in philosophy and in social science
> as the “agency problem,” or the “principal-agent problem.” This does not
> change the fact that the principal possesses agency, and delegates this
> agency to the agent.
> >
> > There are also examples of a principal delegating authority to an agent
> for evil ends. When the agent obeys the principal by doing evil, other
> problems arise. The core defense argument of the Nazi leaders convicted at
> Nuremberg was that they were obeying orders.
> >
> > In both cases, agents are morally and ethically culpable for the bad
> they do.
> >
> > In the case of a tool or object, this would not be the case. No matter
> the purpose for which one designs a car, a bottle of bleach, or a gun, we
> do not hold the agent responsible for the design or decisions of the
> principal. An artifact or tool may be an agent, but an artifact or tool
> does not possess agency.
> >
> > While a principal may delegate agency to an agent, the agency or
> authority to act rests with the principal. The principal retains agency and
> authority. If the principal revokes the delegation of authority, the agent
> is no longer an agent.
> >
> > The ways in which this may take place and the intricacies of delegation
> and authority are the stuff of law school debates and court cases. The
> basic philosophical principles remain the same.
> >
> > Human beings – principals – possess agency. Tools do not. Human beings
> are responsible for their actions. Tools are not responsible for the uses
> to which people may put them.
> >
> > Neither do we hold tools responsible for the intended or unintended
> consequences of their use. Poor specifications and unanticipated effects do
> not change the core philosophical issue.
> >
> > Neither do natural calamities. There are specific clauses in many
> contracts that release contracting parties from their responsibilities when
> natural causes render performance impossible.
> >
> > As I see it, you are confusing some of the issues that have made the
> conversation problematic.
> >
> > It may be helpful to separate principal status from agency to understand
> cause and effect. This does not mean that it is possible to separate agency
> from the power to determine action.
> >
> > Principals and actors possess agency. They delegate agency to agents.
> Some agents may be human. Others may not.
> >
> > Because human agents possess agency of their own, they may deploy their
> own agency to act at variance to instructions of their principals.
> >
> > Artifactual agents do not possess agency of their own. The action of
> artifacts may have consequences other than those intended by human
> principals. A car may roll downhill by itself, damaging life and property.
> A badly stored bottle of bleach may harm children or animals. While the
> artifact or substance has effects in the world, these effects do not
> involve agency.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The
> Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Elsevier in
> Cooperation with Tongji University Press | Launching in 2015
> >
> > Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and
> Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University
> Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne
> University of Technology ||| Adjunct Professor | School of Creative Arts |
> James Cook University | Townsville, Australia ||| Visiting Professor | UTS
> Business School | University of Technology Sydney University | Sydney,
> Australia
> >
> > Email [log in to unmask] | Academia
> http://swinburne.academia.edu/KenFriedman | D&I http://tjdi.tongji.edu.cn
> >
> > Telephone: International +46 480 51514 — In Sweden (0) 480 51514 —
> iPhone: International +46 727 003 218 — In Sweden (0) 727 003 218
> >
> > —
> >
> > Chuck Burnette wrote:
> >
> > —snip—
> >
> > Although Terry could have presented his arguments better, I think he got
> a bum wrap from Klaus and Ken, especially Ken who likes to chastise those
> who don’t follow his model of scholarship and discussion.
> >
> > Both Ks seem to speak of human agency as the only agency worth thinking
> about overlooking that the words “human” and “agency” distinguish two
> aspects to what they are saying.
> >
> > Happily The Oxford on line dictionary sets us straight with its second
> definition of agent:
> >
> > “Agent: A person or thing that takes an active role or produces a
> specified effect,” giving “bleaching agent” as an example.
> >
> > I don’t think the word “specified” is needed in this definition although
> Terry has argued that it is what designers do. In my view the effect
> doesn’t always need to be specified (an indication of intentional human
> agency) but may just happen due to the properties and circumstances of the
> thing, however created. Naturally toxic things come to mind. We designers
> like to believe that everything we do is a service to humankind, an agency
> we aspire to provide. But our efforts sometimes have unanticipated effects.
> It is also sometimes helpful to separate “human” from “agency” in order to
> understand cause and effect in the things we manipulate and transform.
> >
> > —snip—
> >
> >
> >
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> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:48:43 +0200
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Oxford English Dictionary: Agency
> >
> > The complete definition of the word “agency” from the Oxford English
> Dictionary. Sent in full to the PhD-design list.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Begin reposted message:
> >
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Oxford English Dictionary: Agency
> > Date: 2014 Sep28 00:12:47 GMT+2
> > To: PhD-Design <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > Agency
> >
> > —
> >
> > From the Oxford English Dictionary, online edition:
> >
> > --
> >
> > “agency, n.”. OED Online. September 2014. Oxford University Press.
> http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/3851?redirectedFrom=agency& (accessed
> September 27, 2014).
> >
> > --
> >
> > agency, n.
> >
> > Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nsi/ , U.S. /ˈeɪdʒənsi/
> > Forms: 16 agencie, 16– agency.
> > Etymology: < post-classical Latin agentia action, activity (from 11th or
> 12th cent. in British sources; already in 8th cent. denoting a farm) <
> classical Latin agent- , agens , present participle of agere to do, act
> (see act v.) + -ia -y suffix3.
> >
> > The semantic development of the English word has been considerably
> shaped by association with agent n.1 Compare also French agence trade
> office (1653, earliest denoting such an office in a foreign country),
> position or function of an agent (1697), Italian agenzia (1678 or earlier,
> originally in sense ‘position or function of an agent’).
> >
> > I. A person or organization acting on behalf of another, or providing a
> particular service.
> > 1.
> >
> > a. The process of acting as an agent (agent n.1 2); the position, role,
> or function of an agent, deputy, or representative; an instance of this.
> Now somewhat rare.
> > In earliest use: ambassadorship, embassy.
> >
> > b. A business, body, or organization providing a particular service, or
> negotiating transactions on behalf of a person or group. Cf. agent n.1 2b.
> > Often with modifying word specifying the service provided, as
> advertising, detective, employment, escort, letting, tourist agency, etc.:
> see the first element. Also (with capital initials) in the names of such
> businesses or organizations.
> >
> > 2. U.S. The position or office of an Indian agent; (concr.) the
> headquarters of such an agent; = Indian agency n. at Indian adj.and n.
> Special uses 2a. Cf. agent n.1 2c. Now hist.
> >
> > 3. U.S. colloq. With the. Usu. with capital initial. The Central
> Intelligence Agency, the CIA. Cf. company n. 5e, bureau n. 2d.
> >
> > II. Action, capacity to act.
> >
> > 4. Ability or capacity to act or exert power; active working or
> operation; action, activity.
> > In quot. 1606 as a count noun: an action, a force.
> >
> > 5.
> >
> > a. Action or intervention producing a particular effect; means,
> instrumentality, mediation.
> >
> > b. Such action embodied or personified; a being or thing that acts to
> produce a particular effect or result. Cf. agent n.1 3.
> >
> > 6. Grammar. The fact or quality of being a grammatical agent (agent n.1
> 1c).
> >
> > --
> >
> > “agency, n.”. OED Online. September 2014. Oxford University Press.
> http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/3851?redirectedFrom=agency& (accessed
> September 27, 2014).
> >
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> >
> > Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2014 22:48:57 +0200
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Oxford English Dictionary: Agent
> >
> > The complete definition of the word “agent” from the Oxford English
> Dictionary. Sent in full to the PhD-design list.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Begin forwarded message:
> >
> > From: Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Oxford English Dictionary: Agent
> > Date: 2014 Sep28 00:12:56 GMT+2
> > To: PhD-Design <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > Agent
> >
> > —
> >
> > From the Oxford English Dictionary, online edition:
> >
> > --
> >
> > “agent, n.1 and adj.”. OED Online. September 2014. Oxford University
> Press.
> http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/3859?rskey=yJEJHI&result=1&isAdvanced=false
> (accessed September 27, 2014).
> >
> > --
> >
> > agent, n.1 and adj.
> >
> > Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nt/ , U.S. /ˈeɪdʒ(ə)nt/
> > Forms: lME– agent, 15–16 agente, 16 agentt.
> > Etymology: < (i) Middle French agent (French agent ) (noun) person
> acting on behalf of another, representative, emissary (1332 in an isolated
> attestation, subsequently (apparently after Italian) from 1578), person who
> or thing which acts upon someone or something (c1370, originally and
> frequently in philosophical contexts), substance that brings about a
> chemical effect or causes a chemical reaction (1612 (in the passage
> translated in quot. 1624 at sense A. 4) or earlier; rare before early 19th
> cent.), person who intrigues (1640), (adjective) that acts, that exerts
> power (1337; c1450 in grammar; second half of the 15th cent. in cause agent
> (compare quot. 1535 at sense B.)),
> >
> > and its etymon (ii) classical Latin agent-, agēns acting, active,
> (masculine noun) pleader, advocate, in post-classical Latin also
> representative, official (4th cent.), administrator of an estate, employee
> of a church (6th cent.), (neuter noun) (in philosophy) instrumentality,
> cause (from 8th cent. in British sources; also in continental sources),
> uses as adjective and noun of present participle of agere to act, do (see
> act v.).
> >
> > With sense A. 1a and corresponding adjectival use compare earlier
> patient n. and patient adj.
> >
> > Parallels in other European languages.
> >
> > Compare Catalan agent, adjective and noun (14th cent.), Spanish agente
> (late 14th cent. as noun, early 15th cent. as adjective), Portuguese
> agente, adjective and noun (15th cent.), Italian agente (a1294 as
> adjective, a1328 as noun). Compare also Dutch agent (noun) official,
> representative (1570), German Agent (masculine noun) representative,
> emissary (1546), spy (18th cent., now the usual sense), Agens (neuter noun)
> person who or thing which acts upon someone or something (1598).
> >
> > A. n.1
> > 1.
> > a. A person who or thing which acts upon someone or something; one who
> or that which exerts power; the doer of an action. Sometimes contrasted
> with the patient (instrument, etc.) undergoing the action. Cf. actor n. 3a.
> > Earliest in Alchemy: a force capable of acting upon matter, an active
> principle. Now chiefly in philosophical and sociological contexts.
> >
> > b. A person or thing that operates in a particular direction, or
> produces a specified effect; the cause of some process or change. Freq.
> with for, in, of.
> > Sometimes difficult to distinguish from the means or agency by which an
> effect is produced: cf. sense A. 3.
> >
> >
> > c. Grammar. The doer of an action, typically expressed as the subject of
> an active verb or in a by-phrase with a passive verb.
> > Cf. agent noun n. at Compounds 2.
> >
> > d. Parapsychology. In telepathy: the person who originates an impression
> (opposed to the percipient who receives it).
> >
> > 2. A person acting on behalf of another.
> >
> > a. A person who acts as a substitute for another; one who undertakes
> negotiations or transactions on behalf of a superior, employer, or
> principal; a deputy, steward, representative; (in early use) an ambassador,
> emissary. Also fig. Now chiefly in legal contexts.
> > In Sc. Law: a solicitor, advocate (now rare).
> >
> > army, crown, land, parliamentary agent, etc.: see the first element.
> >
> > b. In commercial use: a person or company that provides a particular
> service, typically one that involves arranging transactions between two
> other parties; (also) a person or company that represents an organization,
> esp. in a particular region; a business or sales representative. Cf. agency
> n. 1b.
> > Freq. with modifying word or phrase specifying the product or service.
> >
> > advertising, employment, estate, insurance, letting, railroad, shipping,
> tourist, travel agent, etc.: see the first element.
> >
> > c. N. Amer. An official appointed to represent the government in dealing
> with an American Indian people; = Indian agent n. at Indian adj. and n.
> Special uses 2a. Now hist.
> >
> > d. A person who works secretly to obtain information for a government or
> other official body; a spy.
> > double, secret, treble agent, etc.: see the first element.
> >
> > e. A person who negotiates and manages business, financial, publicity,
> or contractual matters for an actor, performer, writer, etc.
> > In earliest use: a theatrical agent. literary, press, publicity, sports
> agent, etc.: see the first element.
> >
> > f. U.S. A stagecoach robber; = road agent n. at road n.Compounds 6. Now
> hist.
> >
> > 3. The means by which something is done; the material cause or
> instrument through which an effect is produced (often implying a rational
> employer or contriver).
> > Sometimes overlapping with sense A. 1b.
> >
> > 4. Chem. A substance that brings about a chemical or physical effect or
> causes a chemical reaction. In later use chiefly with preceding modifying
> word specifying the nature of the effect or reaction. Cf. reagent n. 2.
> > alkylating, oxidizing, reducing, wetting agent, etc.: see the first
> element.
> >
> > 5. Computing. A program that (autonomously) performs a task such as
> information retrieval or processing on behalf of a client or user. More
> fully software agent, user agent.
> >
> > B. adj.
> >
> > Acting, exerting power (sometimes contrasted with patient adj.2a).
> > † party agent n. Obs. Law the person or party bringing a suit.
> >
> > --
> >
> > “agent, n.1 and adj.”. OED Online. September 2014. Oxford University
> Press.
> http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/3859?rskey=yJEJHI&result=1&isAdvanced=false
> (accessed September 27, 2014).
> >
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