Re: [xmca] " other "

Is the following what you are referring to as multireferentiality, Joao?
My own attempts to think about this problem are expressed in the Handbook of

Child Psychology article at lchc.ucsd.edu people mike cole. But that
discussion makes only partial contact to the concept as sketched out below.
mike
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Need for the concept and the practice In practice modern of the
Science<http://www.speedylook.com/Science.html>there was a
bulk-heading between the disciplines and the various schools in
the disciplines. This led the researcher to present either from the
homogeneous points of view or a triptych thesis, antithesis, synthesis. The
practices of research in the Hypermodernité, comprise several "innovations"
which bring deep changes:

- birth of "multiple" disciplines (Sciences of
education<http://www.speedylook.com/Sciences_of_education.html>and
training (SEF), communication and information sciences (
SIC <http://www.speedylook.com/SIC.html>),
Gerontology<http://www.speedylook.com/Gerontology.html>,
Social psychology <http://www.speedylook.com/Social_psychology.html> etc)

- systemology, glance on the objects of research like complexes,

- transverse glances - between dimensions, etc Two new manners to make
science appear:

it Multidimensionnalité,

it * multireferentiality *.
Positive speech When a researcher multiréférentiel explores an object of
research seen like complex, it is like the Ethnographe, or the Géographe,
his work is initially descriptive before being a understanding Discours or a
explanatory Discours.

Michel Foucault <http://www.speedylook.com/Michel_Foucault.html> - * words
and the things * (1966) - stresses that what this researcher produces has
"hardly" the statute of To know <http://www.speedylook.com/To_know.html> and
which it is advisable to say it "positive Discours".

Note: The "positive" term has here the direction given by Michel Foucault.
Is positive what is "neither Croyance, nor Idéologie" but speech resulting
from work criticizes itself definite like "challenge with self-explanatory".

To build a small island of positive speech The example taken is that of a
researcher who has as an aim of research the Wikipédia project.

For the needs for schematization, this object of research is represented by
a square

 Holistic phase Initially, the researcher embraces the object of research as
a whole (posture Holistique). Multidimensional phase Then, the researcher
makes the choice consider a certain number of dimenions of the object of
research.

 For example, dimensions D1 human, D2 discursive and technical DNN of the
Wikipédia project.

 Phase of choice of the reference frames In his attempt to produce
knowledge, the researcher multiréférentiel has recourse to reference frames
(named also model conceptual). In our schematization, the plurality of
glances which rises from the multireferentiality is represented by
orthogonal bands with the bands representing dimensions. constitute a
cutting of the object of research.

 Crossing of dimensions and the reference frames In particular for reasons
of volume, the researcher multiréférentiel will proceed to a crossing
between a choice of dimensions and a choice of reference frames.

 What it obtains by this crossing is named small island of positive speech.

The small island of positive speech D 1 R 1 it is for example the human
dimension of the Wikipédia project "decoded" using a reference frame of
psychology or social psychology.

A small island of speech DNN RN would consider for example the Wikipédia
project in 2000 compared to the reference frame says Web 2.

 Incomplétude, uncertainty, heterogeneity The multiréférentielle practice is
clearly differentiated practices of the épistémè of science Moderne.

Indeed, contrary to the principle of the Method of Rene Descartes, the
researcher does not seek to cover all the space of his object of research.
He is in a dynamics known as "modest" which leaves between the small islands
of knowing of the "slits of uncertainty".

 The whole of small islands of positive speech produced starting from
reference frames (R1… RN) borrowed from various authors artificially does
not seek a homogeneity from the points of view. In our example, the same
researcher multiréférentiel will be able to say in same work: - Small island
1: the Wikipédia project in 2000 fits perfectly in the reference frame Web 2
starting from a1 author, - Small island 2: the Wikipédia project in 2000 is
badly registered in the reference frame Web 2 as included/understood by a2
author.

As Peter Sloterdijk
<http://www.speedylook.com/Peter_Sloterdijk.html>underlines it - after
work of Michel Foucault in particular, but also those
of Jacques Ardoino <http://www.speedylook.com/Jacques_Ardoino.html> -
research hypermoderne does not seek to produce Synthèse. The word synthesis
being included/understood like medium term, arbitration, compromise,
consensus enters a thesis and an antithesis.

The tension between several visions of the same problem is maintained on the
level of research.

The consequence is that the choice between thesis and antithesis is often
deferred to the level of the Politique which expects to be enlightened by
the work of the researcher.

On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 7:12 PM, Joao Batista <jbmartin@sercomtel.com.br>wrote:

> Mike, i have one perspective: do you know the multirreferenciality
> approach?
>
> Joao Martins
>
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>
> -----Mensagem original-----
> De: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] Em
> nome
> de Mike Cole
> Enviada em: sábado, 25 de outubro de 2008 18:57
> Para: haydizulfei@yahoo.com; eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity
> Assunto: Re: [xmca] " other "
>
> Haydi--
>
> Two questions:
> 1) How are we to interpret the phrase, "origins of activity in the
> individual"? Is this a reference to the process/products of
> internalization?
>
> 2) I fully agree with VVD that "Consequently, activity, communication,
> dialogue, and semiotic-symbolic
> systems need to be studied together. Second, such study requires a
> multidisciplinary approach, the combined efforts of various specialists."
> And of course, we need to study
> phylogeny, culural history, and microgenesis to understand ontogeny, the
> development of consciousness, etc.
>
> How do we organize to do that??
> mike
>
> On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Haydi Zulfei <haydizulfei@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Steve,
> > As to " other " and therefrom to " communication " , " culturology " etc.
> ,
> > there have been and are very many who transcend it up to a point of
> > non-transgression . I'm , like you , just interested in figuring out what
> > the priority and precedence is . The following might be of interest in
> this
> > respect :
> > Quote by Lazarev from Davydov :
> > {In the course of many years of experimental and theoretical study of the
> > problems of activity in the framework of Vygotsky's scientific school,
> > we arrived at the following conclusions. First, the origin of activity in
> > the individual cannot be understood without uncovering its *primordial*
> > --my emphasis--
> > connections with communication and with semiotic-symbolic systems.
> > Consequently, activity, communication, dialogue, and semiotic-symbolic
> > systems need to be studied together. Second, such study requires a
> > multidisciplinary approach, the combined efforts of various specialists.
> > Third, investigation of the development of activity in ontogenesis can
> > lead to positive results only in parallel with study of its development
> in
> > *the history of culture*--my emphasis-- . One or another kind of activity
> > cannot be studied
> > outside of its cultural-historical context. [5, pp. 505–6]
> > These propositions point to a radical reconstruction of the foundations
> > of the psychological theory of activity.}
> > V.V.Davydov was a great theoretician as well as a practitioner ; yet I
> > don't know if one is allowed to ask such a question : " Were they to
> > communicate because of the needs (activity) or were they to go for the
> needs
> > because of their requirement of communication ? "
> > Now , from A.N.Leontiev's A,C,P :
> >
> > [Such a description of the process of perception appears to be
> incomplete,
> > however. In order for this process to take place, the object must appear
> > before a man precisely as registering the psychic content of activity,
> that
> > is, its theoretical side. Isolated activity, however, cannot be
> understood
> > apart from social ties or from the contacts that inevitably bind those
> > participating in work. Entering into contact with each other, people also
> > formulate a language that serves to represent the objects, the means, and
> > the very process of work itself. The acts of signifying are in essence
> > nothing but acts of isolating the theoretical side of objects, and the
> > acquisition by individuals of language is the acquisition of their
> > signification in the form of perception. "Language," note Marx and
> Engels,
> > "is practical, existing for other people as well as for me alone, a real
> > consciousness. ..."
> > This position, however, can by no means be interpreted as meaning that
> > consciousness has its origin in language. Language is not its demiurge,
> but
> > a form of its existence. Moreover, words, the language signs, are not
> simply
> > replacements for things, their conditional substitutes. Behind
> philological
> > meanings is hidden social practice, activity transformed and crystallized
> in
> > them; only in the process of this activity is objective reality revealed
> to
> > man.
> > Of course, the development of consciousness in every individual does not
> > repeat the social- historical process of the formation of consciousness.
> > Neither does a conscious reflection of the world spring up in the
> individual
> > as a result of a direct projection on his brain of the ideas and concepts
> > worked out by preceding generations. His consciousness too is a product
> of
> > his activity in an object world. In this activity, mediated by contact
> with
> > other people, is realized the process of the individual's acquisition
> > (Aneignung) of the spiritual riches accumulated by the human race
> > (Menschenguttung) and embodied in an objective, sensible form. Thus, the
> > objective existence of human activity itself (Marx says industry,
> explaining
> > that up to this time work - that is, industry - was the whole of human
> > activity) appears as "human psychology appearing sensually before us "
> > Thus, this discovery of Marx, radical for psychological theory, consists
> in
> > the idea that consciousness is not a manifestation of some kind of
> mystical
> > capability of the human brain to generate a "light of consciousness"
> under
> > the influence of things impinging on it - stimuli - but a product of
> those
> > special - that is, social - relations into which people enter and which
> are
> > realized only by means of their brains, their organs of feeling, and
> their
> > organs of action. The processes evoked by these relations also lead to
> the
> > acceptance of objects in the form of their subjective images in the head
> of
> > man, in the form of consciousness.]
> >
> > [Marxism especially emphasizes the primordial tie of thought with
> practical
> > activity. "The production of ideas," we read in German Ideology,
> "originally
> > was directly incorporated into material activity and into material
> contacts
> > of people in the language of real life. The formation of ideas, thought
> and
> > spiritual contacts of people appear here still as a direct result of
> > material relationships of people." Engels expressed this in a more
> general
> > way he wrote, "A more real and closer basis for human thought appears to
> be
> > the way man changes nature, and not nature alone as such. ..."
> > These positions have a fundamental significance not only for the theory
> of
> > cognition but also for the psychology of thought. They not only destroy
> the
> > naive, naturalistic, and idealistic views of thought that were
> entertained
> > in the old psychology but formulate a basis for adequate consideration of
> > the numerous scientific facts and concepts that appeared as a result of
> the
> > psychological study of thought processes in the last decades.]
> >
> > [In addition, the expression in language of what is initially an external
> > object form of cognitive activity formulates a condition that allows a
> > subsequent carrying out of its separate processes on the plane of speech
> > alone. Inasmuch as speech loses its communicative function here and
> fulfills
> > only a function of cognition, then its pronouncing, sound facet is
> gradually
> > reduced and corresponding processes take on all the more a character of
> > internal processes carried out for themselves "in the mind." Between the
> > initial conditions and the practical carrying out of the action, there is
> > now an ever longer and longer chain of internal processes of thought,
> > comparison, analysis, etc., which finally assume relative independence
> and
> > the capacity to be separated from practical activity.
> > Such separation of thought from practical activity takes place
> > historically, however, not through itself and not only through the force
> of
> > its own logic of development, but is engendered by a division of labor
> that
> > results in mental activity and practical, material activity being
> assigned
> > to different people. When private ownership of means of production
> develops
> > and society is differentiated into antagonistic social classes, the
> activity
> > of thought is tom from physical work and contrasted with practical
> activity.
> > It now seems completely independent from the latter, which has a
> different
> > source and a different nature. Such representations of thought activity
> are
> > also found in the idealistic theory of thought.]
> > If only Andy Blunden helped us with a full copy of L's " Problem of the
> > Development of the Mind "
> > Appologies if this reaches you scrambled .
> > Best
> > Haydi
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Fri, 10/17/08, Steve Gabosch <stevegabosch@me.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Steve Gabosch <stevegabosch@me.com>
> > Subject: Re: [xmca] PoTAYto and PoTAHto
> > To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
> > Date: Friday, October 17, 2008, 11:50 AM
> >
> > Michael, I certainly agree with your latter point about individualism,
> > which is indeed more entrenched in the US than anywhere. And I agree
> > that there is a distrust of socialist and and similar collectivist-
> > oriented ideologies especially by those who subscribe to an
> > individualist outlook.
> >
> > But I am guessing about your first points. Here are some of the terms
> > and phrases you use that I don't think I understand as you mean them:
> >
> > radical passivity
> > absolutely active
> > absolutely passive
> > the Other
> > radically passive elements that come with language, with
> > understanding, etc.
> >
> > Your help would be appreciated!
> > - Steve
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Oct 14, 2008, at 7:22 AM, Wolff-Michael Roth wrote:
> >
> > > Steve,
> > > it is not just that we strive but that we are part of worldly and
> > > world-generating events that we have no control over; but this is
> > > only the effect of the radical passivity that characterizes our
> > > experience----even if David does not want to admit to it. In the
> > > very process of writing these words, I am absolutely active writing
> > > the sentence to become what it will be and absolutely passive with
> > > respect to the language I realize in writing, for it is a language
> > > that has come to me from the other, which I use for the other, and
> > > which therefore returns to the other (pace Derrida). With respect to
> > > the functioning of the language, the meaning that straddles the
> > > writer of these lines with the Other more generally, and many other
> > > things are totally out of my control while they are within. We
> > > cannot think agency, the fact of writing, without also attending to
> > > the radically passive elements that come with language, with
> > > understanding, etc.
> > > "I . . . I . . . I" there is an ideology that I can do all, that
> > if
> > > I want I can lift the earth, become a creator of myself . . .. It is
> > > an ideology (in the positive sense of the word) that is especially
> > > characteristic of the US (where any hint of assisting the collective
> > > is stamped and branded as "socialism")
> > > Michael
> > >
> > >
> > > On 14-Oct-08, at 6:13 AM, Steve Gabosch wrote:
> > >
> > > The solution in my mind is that we need to strive to be collective
> > > in our approach - while individually we sway, in groups we stand a
> > > better chance against the winds and storms that buffet us in all
> > > directions. One of course needs to choose the right group that
> > > corresponds to their core sense of the world, and the right group
> > > for one's group to work within, perhaps ultimately entailing
> > > numerous nested groups, (not all of our choice) and then changing
> > > groups as needed (when possible), but even within such complex
> > > situations, we still need to rely on others to help us guide
> > > ourselves. This means needing to cultivate a strong sense of
> > > cooperation and teamwork that is mixed with straightforward (while
> > > hopefully tactful) criticism, with the goal of mutual growth and
> > > empowerment. (That sounds a bit starry-eyed, I admit, but what the
> > > hell - cynicism is too easy).
> > >
> >
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