Politics of intervention in design: Feminist reflections on the Scandinavian tradition

AI & Society ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randi Markussen
Keyword(s):  
Scandinavian Tradition

Swedish Double Determination in a European Typological Perspective

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kersti Börjars
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
Scandinavian Tradition

This article discusses a phenomenon which has been referred to as ‘double determination’, ‘double definiteness’, or in the Scandinavian tradition ‘over-definiteness’. In this article, I define double determination and double definiteness, so that a distinction is made between the two terms. I use ‘double determination’ when both elements can function independently as semantic determiners. ‘Double definiteness’, on the other hand, is a form of agreement. A number of Swedish constructions are then examined which are plausible candidates for double determination. It is shown that only some of these are genuine cases of double determination, the others are more accurately described as double definiteness. In the cases of double determination, the determination is represented once as a syntactic element and once as a morphological element. The second part of this article focuses on this ‘morphological determiner’, referred to as def. The Swedish morphological determiner is compared with those of the other Scandinavian languages and the languages of the Balkans. It is shown that in languages which have an element like the Swedish def there is considerable variation in how this element functions within the language and in its status with respect to double determination and double definiteness.

Scandinavian Realism

1959 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. L. A. Hart
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Legal Theory ◽  
Sustained Effort ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Law And Justice ◽  
Superstitious Beliefs ◽  
Scandinavian Tradition ◽  
Linguistic Philosophy

English and Scandinavian legal theory have long shared many points of view. Among these are the belief that law is something man-made and made for men; hostility or indifference to doctrines of natural law at least in the scholastic form; and a general disbelief in the capacity of philosophical systems to throw light either on what law is or ought to be. Yet notwithstanding these similarities the principal Scandinavian tradition in legal theory has a different tone from its English counterpart. Though professedly sceptical in aim and empirical in method, it is much more like a kind of philosophy. The work of the founder of this tradition, Axel Hägerstrom, had for its motto Censeo metaphysicam esse delendam and is a sustained effort to show that notions commonly accepted as essential parts of the structure of law such as rights, duties, transfers of rights and validity, are in part composed of superstitious beliefs, “myths,” “fictions,” “magic” or rank confusion. This tradition, continued in the work of his disciples Lundstedt, Olivecrona and Alf Ross, has made contact with both American “rule-scepticism” and contemporary linguistic philosophy. Its latest most sophisticated product is Ross's recently published book On Law and Justice.1This is in many ways an interesting book, and at points a brilliant one, though by no means free from the fiery dogmatism of Scandinavian “realist” jurisprudence. Ross is less tortuous and obscure than Hägerstrom, less naïve and professorial than Lundstedt; and richer in illuminating examples and concrete detail, if less urbane, than Oliveerona.

scholarly journals Mellem kærlighed og arbejde - Omsorgsteori: Traditioner og centrale temaer

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Marlene Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Feminist Theories ◽  
Scandinavian Tradition

This is a survey of feminist theories of care, its main themes and an argument about some of its shortcomings. Various ways of understanding care and how it has been related to gender are presented. The author argues that there exists a British and a Scandinavian tradition which have had two different analytical and normative orientations. Converging traditions, which, however, neglect the theorization of knowledge, feelings and power.

Psychoanalytic methods in the history of religion: A personal statement1

1996 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 327-343
Author(s):  
Dan Merkur
Keyword(s):  
Group Processes ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Religious Symbolism ◽  
History Of Religions ◽  
History Of ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Alternate States ◽  
Psychoanalytic Anthropology ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Scandinavian Tradition

AbstractFor the Scandinavian tradition of the history of religions, in which I was trained, not the numinous, but the experience of the numinous is the sui generis subject matter of the discipline; and historians routinely emphasize the experiential aspects of religions. The better to understand religious experience, I work interdisciplinarily with psychoanalysis. Freud's treatment of group processes as though they were individual psyches and his pathologizing of religious symbolism are badly dated. Current work in both clinical psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic anthropology is more sophisticated. My major innovations are two. (1) Where historians of religions aspire for religious devotees to recognize themselves in their portraits of the religions, I seek for devotees additionally to gain insight into the unconscious dimensions of their religions. Religions are not reducible to their symbolism, but unconscious motives influence the imagery that religions use to symbolize their metaphysical concerns. (2) I also use psychoanalytic findings and methods to contribute to historiography, in some cases as aids to textual exegesis, but more extensively in studies of shamans, prophets, apocalyptists, and mystics, where psychoanalytic observations on the techniques for inducing and controlling alternate states furnishes historical information that enriches the research findings.

scholarly journals Citizen Science as a New Way To Do Science

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marisa Ponti
Keyword(s):  
Public Participation ◽  
Citizen Science ◽  
Participatory Design ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Massive Data ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Massive Data Sets ◽  
Cost Effective Method ◽  
New Interactions ◽  
Scandinavian Tradition

This is the abstract of a talk given at the Dagstuhl Seminar 17272 - Citizen Science: Design and Engagement. Citizen science has received increasing attention because of its potential as a cost-effective method of gathering massive data sets and as a way of bridging the intellectual divide between layperson and scientists. Citizen science is not a new phenomenon, but is implemented in new ways in the digital age, offering opportunities to shape new interactions between volunteers, scientists and other stakeholders, including policymakers. Arguably, citizen science rests on two main pillars: openness and participation. However, openness can remain unexploited if we do not create the technical and social conditions for broader participation in more collaborative citizen science projects, beyond collecting and sharing data to scientists. “Public participation” has too often accounted for the assumed ease with which hierarchies in science can be horizontalized, and economic and geographic barriers can be removed. However, public participation is a contested term that should be problematized. The Scandinavian tradition of participatory design can help explore conceptually the challenges related to participation and to design for participation.

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