An excess of signification: Or, what is an event?

Butchart, Garnet C

doi:10.1515/semi.2011.078

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“…An event, properly so-called, poses a problem for thought to think it in ways other than according to the measure of its visible appearance. [22] Additionally, an event inaugurates something new from within a given situation and a break or rupture in the current state of a situation. It is both situated in and supplementary to what the present authors call a structure.…”

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“…It is both situated in and supplementary to what the present authors call a structure. (Some of these expression are taken from Butchart [22] describing Badiou's [23] philosophy, but reinterpreted differently).…”

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“…The scenario is like a scene in a movie being actualized, shot by shot (event by event). Each event "shows itself" and disappears, as in Butchart's [22] quote: "event, event, event, … assimilated in a structure. "…”

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“…Then the events continue one after another. Note that we have two levels of representation: (a) the structure of the situation, a static FM diagram of the program, and (b) the events, an FM diagram of events at the dynamic level where the event "inaugurates something new from within a given situation" [22]. Accordingly, an operational semantics can be defined to describe how to schedule events in the FM representation, therefore specifying the thread of control of execution.…”

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Abstract-Simulation is often based on some type of model of the evolved portion of the world being studied. The underlying model is a static description; the simulation itself is executed by generating events or dynamic aspects into the system. In this context, this paper focuses on conceptual modeling in simulation. It is considered the most important aspect in simulation modelling, at the same time it is thought the least understood The paper proposes a new diagrammatic language as a modeling representation in simulation and as a basis for a theoretical framework for associated notions such as events and flows. Specifically, operational semantics using events to define finegrained activities are assimilated into the representation, resulting in an integration of the static domain description and the dynamic chronology of events (so-called process level). The resulting unified specification facilitates understanding of the simulation procedure and enhances understanding of basic notions such as things (entities), events, and flows (activities).

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Section: Applying Fm To Eventsmentioning

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Is (the study of) mobile phones old wine in a new bottle? A polemic on communication-based acculturation research

Aricat

2015

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze the discourses on migrant acculturation and migrants’ mobile phone communication, in order to examine the inclusiveness of communication-acculturation research in the recent years. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on from 102 qualitative interviews (48 Malayali, 26 Bangla, 17 Tamil and 11 Telugu) for a larger research project that investigated the role of mobile phones in migrant acculturation in Singapore. Respondents were selected using a combination of purposive and snowball sampling methods. The respondents had been in Singapore for varying amount of time: from one month to 19 years. Findings – The analysis of the discourses on migrant acculturation and mobile phone communication revealed that labor migrants were excluded on the basis of their temporary status and apprehensions on work productivity. The mobile usage prohibitions that existed in work sites were hinged on similar discourses that stereotyped the labor migrants. The emancipatory metaphor that has been at the center of research on migrants’ mobile phone usage and acculturation needs to be replaced with a critical discourse perspective. Research limitations/implications – The data were originally collected for a research project that approached the phenomena of acculturation and mobile phone appropriation from a positivist perspective, whereas this paper analyzed the data to critically examine the discourses that supported the premise of the project itself. Due to this, the findings presented in this paper have limited scope for generalization. Originality/value – The paper critiques the research trends in migrant acculturation and mobile phone communication and suggests a possible alternative that goes beyond the “transcendental teleology” that underpins discourse and practice.

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An excess of signification: Or, what is an event?

Cited by 4 publications

References 9 publications

Conceptual Modeling in Simulation: A Representation that Assimilates Events

Conceptual Modeling in Simulation: A Representation that Assimilates Events

The Inner City Intern, Part II: The Moral Geography of Conduct Disorder

Is (the study of) mobile phones old wine in a new bottle? A polemic on communication-based acculturation research

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