Information Literacy, Work, and Knowledge Creation: A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Point of View

2021 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-472
Author(s):  
Anna Suorsa ◽  
Jenny S. Bossaller ◽  
John M. Budd
Keyword(s):  
Information Literacy ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Hermeneutic Phenomenological ◽  
Phenomenological Point

Subjectivity as a sentient perspective and the role of interoception

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helena De Preester
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Basic Form ◽  
Bodily States ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Phenomenological Point

This chapter argues that the most basic form of subjectivity is different from and more fundamental than having a self, and forwards a hypothesis about the origin of subjectivity in terms of interoception. None of those topics are new, and a consensus concerning the homeostatic-interoceptive origin of subjectivity is rapidly growing in the domains of the neurosciences and psychology. This chapter critically explores that growing consensus, and it argues that the idea that the brain topographically represents bodily states is unfit for thinking about the coming about of subjectivity. In the first part, four inherent characteristics of subjectivity are discussed from a philosophical phenomenological point of view. The second part explores whether a model of subjectivity in which interoception maintains its crucial role is possible without relying on topographical representations of the in-depth body, and giving due to the inherent characteristics of subjectivity.

Bleibende Aufgaben einer phänomenologischen Literaturtheorie

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 265-273
Author(s):  
Eckhard Lobsien
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Radical Theory ◽  
Theory Of Reading ◽  
Phenomenological Point

Abstract What sort of object is a literary text? From a phenomenological point of view - phenomenology considered as both a radical theory of reading and a theory of radical reading - a range of answers arise, many of them tinged with deconstructive momentum. This paper aims at pointing out some basic issues in reading literary texts, offering ten theses on the enduring tasks of phenomenological literary theory.

scholarly journals PhD on Track – designing learning for PhD students

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gunhild Austrheim ◽  
Tove Rullestad ◽  
Eystein Gullbekk
Keyword(s):  
Information Management ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Project Team ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Online Information ◽  
User Testing ◽  
Focus Group Study

Three years ago we started the project "Information Management for Knowledge Creation". The project was initiated to create online information literacy modules for PhD students. The result of our endeavours, PhD on Track, will be launched in May 2013. The initial stage of the project was mapping out the information behaviour of PhD students, as well as what services they require from the library through a literature review and a focus group study. The findings of these inquiries formed the knowledge base from which we developed our information literacy modules. Our paper will focus on the interaction between content production and user testing when creating PhD on Track. Methods:User testing has been employed throughout the production stage. We have tested navigation and organisation of the web site, content and usability. The project team have conducted expert testing. Analysis:The results from our user testing have played an important part in decisions concerning content production. Our working hypothesis was that the PhD students would want an encyclopaedic website, a place to quickly find answers. However, the user tests revealed that PhD students understood and expected the website to be learning modules. Conclusions:The PhD students in the tests agreed that a site such as this would be useful, especially to new PhD students. They also liked the design, but had some qualms with the level of information. They preferred shorter text, but with more depth. The students would likewise have preferred more practical examples, more illustrations and more discipline specific information. The current content of PhD on Track reflects the feedback from the user testing. We have retained initial ideas such as one section for reviewing and discovering research literature and one section for publishing PhD research work. In addition, we have included more practical examples to indicate efficient workflows or relevant actions in context. Illustrations proved a challenge for the production team. How do you illustrate copyright or the process of getting published? The project team sees user testing as an essential part of content development. Though PhD on Track certainly mirrors the research support efforts of the academic libraries behind it, by involving the users throughout the production we have tried to make sure it is a highly relevant and qualitatively sound resource for the PhD students. "Information Management for Knowledge Creation" is a collaborative project ran by the libraries at the Bergen University College, the Norwegian School of Economics, and at the Universities of Bergen, Oslo and Aalborg. The project is funded by the Norwegian National Library.  

scholarly journals Recovering the Vertical

PhaenEx ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 62-85
Author(s):  
Michael Staudigl
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Religious Violence ◽  
Social Imaginaries ◽  
Knowledge And Practice ◽  
Religious Systems ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Phenomenological Point

This paper examines the relationship between religion and violence from a phenomenological point of view. In the context of the so-called "return of the religious" and the crisis of contemporary social imaginaries, it deals with the supposedly disruptive and liberating potentials of religion in general, and religious violence in particular. The discussion revolves around the concept of "verticality" as developed by A. Steinbock and offers a generative interpretation of verticality's liberating and transformative potentials. The paper proceeds to demonstrate how religion and violence are interrelated on a variety of levels. In conclusion the author argues that we need to understand the relationship between religion and violence in terms of its contingent actualization and display but must avoid pitting it down as an essential feqture of religious systems of knowledge and practice.

scholarly journals Aristotelian phronesis as a key factor for leadership in the knowledge-creating company according to Ikujiro Nonaka

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (57) ◽  
Author(s):  
Germán Scalzo ◽  
Guillermo Fariñas
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Organizational Studies ◽  
Extensive Experience ◽  
Management Ethics ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Will ◽  
Japanese Corporations

Some Western organizational studies scholars have proposed that Aristotelian Phronesisrepresents a way of including practical reason in research on business topics such as decision-making, knowledge management, ethics and leadership. Ikujiro Nonaka, a Japanese scholar with notable theoretical and practical contributions to knowledge creation in organizations and with extensive experience in Japanese corporations, has joined this group of academics. As an Eastern thinker, he takes on a Western classical tradition, namely the virtue of Phronesis, making an important contribution to the application of ethical notions to business practice, in this case knowledge management. To locate his conceptualization of Aristotelian practical wisdom, we briefly describe his theory of knowledge creation, pointing to phroneticleadership skills as essential drivers of knowledge creation in organizations. Furthermore, we assess Nonaka’s incorporation of practical rationality from the point of view of the Western classical tradition.To conclude, we discuss the scope and limits of the use of Phronesisin Nonaka´s contribution, and ultimately suggest that incorporating the will helps us to understand prudence as a virtue and not just as an intellectual habit.

scholarly journals The Perceptions of Information Literacy by Students in English Language Departments: A Comparative Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 125
Author(s):  
Irfan Tosuncuoglu ◽  
Halil Küçükler
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Information Literacy ◽  
English Language ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
State Universities ◽  
Second Language Teaching ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Language And Literature

Information literacy is a fundamental component of the educational process. One of the most essential considerationsinvolved in the course of providing effective education to students, is the need to instil in them the need to be awareof the information and facts that most impact their own lives and the societies in which they live. Informationliteracy includes accessing the essential pieces of information that are necessary for the purpose of functioning as afully informed adult in a democratic society. When these statements are considered within the scope of education andforeign or second language teaching, it is apparent that teachers need to be information literates since they are theones who transfer information or show the way towards it. In order to find out the Information literacy levels of thestudents of two state universities in Turkey, a survey was conducted in the study. The participants were the studentsof the English Language and Literature departments of these universities. As one of universities prefers to remainanonymous, we called them University1 and 2 in the study. University 1 had 50 participants and University 2 had 47,so there were a total of 97 participants in the survey. Descriptive research design was used in this research. The twouniversities were compared, from the point of view of information literacy awareness in the study, and somedifferences were found. For further studies, many more universities can be included in order to obtain a more generaland common conclusions.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document