Dear David,
Thanks a ton!
Ali
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> > On 26 Aug 2018, at 4:19 pm, Ali Ilhan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > Finally, David especially, I know you sent couple things about
> appreciative
> > inquiry but can you direct me to more sources when you have time? (I am
> > pretty ignorant about what AI is and how it has been utilized)
>
> There are a number of good starting points. Philosophically AI emerged out
> of a constructionist view of the world.
>
> Put simply, it is a view that begins with the proposition that our
> world—how we perceive it and understand it—is socially constructed. It
> emerges out of works such as Berger and Luckmann’s 1966 book, The Social
> Construction of Reality. But there are many other strands, such as the
> writing of Martin Buber, a Jewish theologian, Lackoff and Johnson’s
> Metaphors we live by, In literary criticism, the Russian critic Bakhtin in
> the early Soviet era had an important set of ideas often called ‘diologic’
> which captured (according to his later western fans) the idea that ideas
> were generated, spoken about and written between people. I could go on at
> some length, but most of these strands are readily available to follow
> on-line.
>
> For me there are some special strands that may not seem obvious at first
> sight but are critical to a deeper understanding. The late writing of
> Ludwig Wittgenstein are extremely important as are the works of Gadamer, a
> German Philosopher. Karl Marx prompted many European thinkers, particularly
> what was known as the Frankfurt School to analyse the way in which
> dominating social groups try to construct a plausible rationality and
> ’naturalness’ justifying their power, often referred to as the dominant
> ideology thesis.
>
> Once the ground was laid, people began to explore the domain, or if you
> like what goes on BETWEEN people. One of the strands to emerge was
> concerned with reshaping, redesigning how we constructed this social
> reality. How do we intervene to change and make the conversation between
> people more productive, more open ended, and in the end more appreciative
> of each other? This, for me, is where it gets very interesting, and you can
> perhaps see the importance of these ideas in design. One of the great
> champions in the communication and design fields is Klaus Krippendorff on
> this list.
>
> There are three or four strands worth exploring if you are new to this.
> All have a bearing on design. One strand comes from family therapy. The
> second comes from participative social processes, such as resolving
> neighbourhood disputes, participative and co-designing provide a third
> strand, and finally, peace negotiations between waring parties.
>
> These are ambitious social construction projects and there is a mounting
> body of good practice yielding positive results. Above all it is about
> changing our social realities in positive ways, both practical and moral.
>
> I hope this serves to point you in some interesting directions.
>
> David
>
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