Flatness
Dissertation 09 - Peter Giger
From the final paragraph:
My project will not use researchers as argumentative tools. I will not use knowledge in the following way: X is a fact because Y say so, and since Y is ranked third in Web of Science, her deductions has a larger truth value than Z, because Z is not even ranked in Web of Science. When I am referring to another researcher, it is the Person, and the communicating act, I am referring to, not the authority. Practically all locations is treated as empirical material, rather than argumentative tools. This non-authoritative approach is an important methodology for me in my search for accountable research. The methodological approach is partly forced by the infinitesimal body of research available to me, which in turn is due to the short time period Internet has been something we could call a life world. This methodological approach render a blogger’s statement on the same level as something written by theorists as Donna Haraway, Jürgen Habermas, Sandra Harding, Nietzsche or Aristotle. Perhaps you could say that this methodology strives for an increasing flatness in the world of discourse.
Click the the picture to read the whole draft… It’s only about 1,5 A4.
I love the ways you use the words “flatness” and “location”
Peter Ekdahl
25 Nov 08 at 12:30
@Peter, I’m actually reading a book called The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman. Somewhere in the middle I’m somewhat confused about his usage of flatness. More about that later… By the way Peter, I got Dewey’s Art as experience in the mail yesterday…
Peter Giger
25 Nov 08 at 12:38
yes!
Peter Ekdahl
25 Nov 08 at 15:37