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Hello Ali I too am not at all deeply familiar with Gibsonian thought. And thus I have been also following the latest exchange as a total 'primitive', brewing in mind such "primitive" questions as those you raise. Too bad none among us more familiar with Gibson has thus far dared commenting the topic you raised, in my view so important as it is in what now has become a global world market. Artifacts conceived in one corner of the globe are more or less being massively used in another corner, and I doubt if their designers systematically have prior study and knowledge of those new contexts of use, and knowledge of specific socio-cultural etc. characteristics of different users in those different other contexts. And yet, artifacts derive their 'goodness' not only on their technical (affordance?) attributes, but also, and I would say mostly, on their fitness (affordance???) in respective specific usages... Could anyone, please, more ably comment further on this? With thanks in advance! François Rwanda On Tue, May 22, 2018 at 8:07 PM, Ali Ilhan <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear all, > > I have been reading the recent discussions about Gibson, affordances and > perception with a lot of interest. I have only superficial knowledge about > these things, so the following question may be quite primitive, I do > apologize in advance. Is there anything in the Gibsonian paradigm regarding > effects of socio-cultural background on perception? (such as race, gender, > one's cultural milieu etc.). > > Warm wishes, > > ali > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------