Hi Ken and all,
A small additional note.
Having read the comments I want to reaffirm my use of terra nullius as the guiding metaphor. In particular the disregard and violence done to existing human knowledges with a long history and established claim by those who have cultivated it and harvested its wisdom.
The craft/academic knowledge barbarism is just an example of the way opportunistic academic undervalue others established know-how, and by no means the worst.
The impulse to take over a land full of rich knowledge and wisdom and replace it With shallow unconsidered methods is rife. As examples consider:
designers using participative/co-design methods attempting 4th order design uninvited in established organisations such as business and government, without investigating the long history of practices and skills in administration and politics.
Health researchers investigating consumer medicine information but only looking at the peer reviewed health literature for precedents and prior research.
The recent predation in many areas of knowledge by so called behavioural science.
What is obvious in these cases is that the presence of extensive on-line literature covering these topics does not make any difference.
Think about the pressure on phd students to come up with new knowledge. The impulse to seem to go where no-one has gone before must be irresistible, particularly from within the narrow confines of an academic discipline desperate to enhance its reputation and gain success in the academy through its publication record in specialist publications.
After such a long sentence, I will shut up.
Seasonal greetings. Please keep safe.
David
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