coming from the educational/cog sci/psychology background (i'm in an
interdisciplinary program) i look at originality from the constructivist
perspective.
if we each construct our own reality/knowledge/belief system, then each
individual perspective is original, not to be repeated, never to exist
again in the universe.
our joint activities and norming/socializing processes mush the original
perspectives all together in a lump of language so we can behave as if we
are alike and as if we understand one another---we have to beleive that we
are the same in some sense so we can act as a collective/community/group.
but originality comes from the different-ness, the ways each of us see and
construct our own unique meaning(s).
the trick is to communicate my unique perspective in a way that will be
received as similar enough to the collective to be understood _and
allowed_.
so originality always dances at the edge of heresy.
kathie
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start all over.
start all over.
we need to make new symbols,
make new signs,
make a new language,
with these we'll redefine the world
and start all over.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^tracy chapman:new beginning
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Katherine_Goff who-is-at ceo.cudenver.edu
http://ceo.cudenver.edu/~katherine_goff/index.html