Who are we and who am I? Gadamer's communal ontology as palimpsest

Arthos, John

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“…The neglect of hermeneutics is understandable given the relative absence of European social science perspectives in the founding of heritage interpretation in the United States in the early twentieth century and the belated translation of key hermeneutical texts into English in the 1970s. Over the past four decades, however, hermeneutics has emerged from relative marginality in Anglo-American scholarship to being a significant framework for research in diverse areas such as administration and management (Kress, 1995;Mercier, 1994;Noorderhaven, 2000;Prasad, 2002), consumer research (Arnold & Fischer, 1994), information systems (Boland, 1991;Chalmers, 2004;Myers, 1995), psychology (Martin & Sugarman, 2001;McMillan, 1999;Messer, 1988;Packer, 1985;Rommetveit, 1991;Widdershoven, 1999), communication studies (Arthos, 2000;Deetz, 1978;Radford, 2002;Stewart, 1992) and tourism research (Arcodia, 2005;Tribe, 2001).…”

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Heritage and hermeneutics: towards a broader interpretation of interpretation

Ablett

Dyer

2009

Current Issues in Tourism

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This article reexamines the theoretical basis for environmental and heritage interpretation in tourist settings in the light of hermeneutic philosophy. It notes that the pioneering vision of heritage interpretation formulated by Freeman Tilden envisaged a broadly educational, ethically informed and transformative art. By contrast, current cognitive psychological attempts to reduce interpretation to the monological transmission of information, targeting universal but individuated cognitive structures, are found to be wanting. Despite growing signs of diversity, this information processing approach to interpretation remains dominant. The article then presents the alternative paradigm of hermeneutics through the works of Schleiermacher, Dilthey, Heidegger and Gadamer, to provide a broader interpretation of interpretation. This not only captures the essence of Tilden's definition but construes heritage interpretation as a more inclusive, culturally situated, critically reflexive and dialogical practice.

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Heritage and hermeneutics: towards a broader interpretation of interpretation

Ablett

Dyer

2009

Current Issues in Tourism

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“…Hence, play could be seen as a mode of truly creating and learning together (Suorsa, 2015). At the center of attention is play as such, not the subjectivities of individual “players.” This kind of experience is not a private but rather a communal and social phenomenon (Arthos, 2000, p. 19). Thus, by emphasizing the event and communal experience, the emphasis is shifted from individual cognitions and human relationships to the subject matters themselves.…”

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Knowledge creation and play

Suorsa

2017

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a framework for empirically studying knowledge creation (KC) with phenomenological approach and propose that understanding interaction as play conceptualized by Hans-Georg Gadamer allows examining KC starting from the idea of a human being interacting in the events of co-creation. The presented framework is used to examine KC in a community of librarians and teachers collaborating to promote children’s joy of reading. Design/methodology/approach An ethnographic approach is applied to investigate knowledge-creating interaction in a working community. The triangulated data consist of ethnographic observations and video recordings of the community’s gatherings, its members’ interviews and produced documents. Findings The phenomenological conceptions of temporality of a human being and play are suitable for understanding being in the knowledge-creating interaction, as they give means to understand the meaningfulness of the past experiences, but promote an open attitude toward the future possibilities in a way which promotes KC. Studying interactive events allows understanding how KC can be examined as a collective accomplishment. The playful mode of being in the event was seen as a way to use the limited time available for interaction effectively. Research limitations/implications The empirical study was conducted in one community, and further research is needed to test the developed approach in other contexts. Practical implications The results may be utilized to develop organizational circumstances, which promote KC by acknowledging the meaningfulness of interaction. Originality/value The study presents a novel way to conceptualize and examine KC as an experience and an event with phenomenological approach.

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“…Rather, the primordial sense of playing is the medial one" (Gadamer, 2004, p. 104). At this point the whole concept of interaction is challenged, as it could be understood to maintain the borderlines between individuals (Arthos, 2000; see also Gadamer, 1999b).…”

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Knowledge creation and play – a phenomenological approach

Suorsa

2015

Journal of Documentation

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiential nature of knowledge creating interaction and to introduce a framework to explore it theoretically coherently with hermeneutic phenomenology and Hans-Georg Gadamer's concept of play. Design/methodology/approach -This paper presents a literature-based conceptual analysis of the concept of play. Gadamerian conception is related with the descriptions of knowledge creating interaction in the research of knowledge management and with the uses of the concept of play in the field of Library and Information Science (LIS). Theoretical analysis is applied in this study to structure the argumentation.Findings -This study illustrates how the preconceptions of experiences and different modes of being in interaction are implicitly present in the research of knowledge creation (KC) in the descriptions of interaction and human factors enhancing KC. A framework for examining KC in organizational circumstances is developed based on the hermeneutic phenomenology and Gadamer's concept of play, which provide a basis for understanding KC as being together in interaction. Research limitations/implications -This theoretical study develops a framework for examining the process of KC also empirically. In this study the examination of hermeneutic phenomenology is limited to the conceptions of play, authenticity and everydayness; phenomenology offers means for further explication of human being and experience. Originality/value -This study provides a new view on KC based on hermeneutic phenomenology and play, and contributes to the examination of interactive knowledge processes in the field of LIS. A theoretical model of transformational leadership and knowledge creation: the role of open-mindedness norms and leader-member exchange",

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Who are we and who am I? Gadamer's communal ontology as palimpsest

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

Heritage and hermeneutics: towards a broader interpretation of interpretation

Heritage and hermeneutics: towards a broader interpretation of interpretation

Knowledge creation and play

Knowledge creation and play – a phenomenological approach

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