In a state of spasmodic brain activity, I sent this to myself this morning,
instead of xmca. Here it is now. One hopes.
bb
--- Bill Barowy <wbarowy@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2001 07:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Bill Barowy <wbarowy@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: levels
> To: Bill Barowy <wbarowy@yahoo.com>
>
> Mike posed the methodological question of how to take phylogeny into account
> for chat studies. Here are two dimensions of a response, which will most
> likely not form a complete set.
>
> First, the researcher can recognize the state of phylogenesis in which (s)he
> acts. What political and economic system exists. So as not to provide a
> static picture, a phylogenetic state characterization includes not only what
> is, but what also are the trends -- how are things changing at the moment,
> qualitatively and quantitatively, and with what paces. Within this broader
> view, boil down two important facets. 1) what is the developmental state of
> the activity system of study, and 2) what is the state of research, and what
> are the motives of the research circles. Here, for example, the home page of
> this list,
> http://communication.ucsd.edu/MCA/index.html
> carries in some general terms what we are about, and this distinguishes our
> work from that, say, of an AI circle of researchers.
>
> Second, the first being impractical for a sole researcher, or even a
> complement
> of colleagues, is the documentation of as much as possible, especially in an
> ontogentic, auto-ethnographic, autobiographical sense. What life trajectory
> followed the researcher to the study. In what conditions did the researcher
> earn a living?
>
> just two thoughts in passing.
> bb
>
> =====
> "One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself and
> watch yourself softly become the author of something beautiful."
> [Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
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