North-South methodology workshop for social and cultural analysis

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North-South methodology workshop for social and cultural analysis

NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF AND WORLD

ESPISTEMOLOGICAL CLUSTERS NATURE OF THE SELF (RESEARCHER) NATURE OF THE WORLD (OR "REALITY") "KNOWING"= THEORY "DOING"=PRACTICE

POSITIVISM (EMPIRICISM) * rationalist
* objective
* separate from the world * consists of objective "facts"
* yields itself to direct observation * theory=rational reflection of how the world operates & is observed
* independent of ideology * methods are neutral
* no involvement in object of study
* in control of observed reality

INTERPRETATIONISM (PHENOMENOLOGY) * subjective
* meaning giving social being
* entangled in inter-subjectivity * consists of(inter-) subjective "meanings about facts"
* "contructed"
* immediate * theory grows from meaning-giving
* theory = "interpretation of interpretations" * necessarily involved
* but to be controlled
* distance is necessary but relative

CRITICAL- DIALECTICAL (STRUCTURALIST) * rational
* (but also) subjective
* determined by "structures" and social forces * objective and subjective, "dialectically related"
* structures operate "behind people's backs" * fully ideological
* dialectically related to practice
* partly rational reflection of how the world works * no direct involvement in the area of research (necessary)
* ideas and action relate dialectically

CRITICAL- PARTICIPATIVE (ACTION- ORIENTED) * rational - subjective
* acting+thinking are "one"
* all acts are social and meaning-giving
* objective and subjective
* intersubjective
* being=acting= thinking=interacting=changing
* structures are acts * theory grows from action
* is legitimated by action
* constant inter- change between knowing and acting * fully involved
* participant with other participants
* constantly and dialectically changing

TRANSPERSONAL - ECOLOGICAL "... given a deep enough understanding of the way things are, the response of being inclined to care for the unfolding of the world in all its aspects follows "naturally" not as a logical consequence but as a psychological consequence; as an expression of the spontaneous unfolding (development, maturing) of the self. "The ecological self of a person is that with which the person identifies". There are 3 bases of identification : personal, ontological, cosmological.

Source : J. Boulet

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			NATURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF AND WORLD
ESPISTEMOLOGICAL CLUSTERS	NATURE OF THE SELF (RESEARCHER)	NATURE OF THE WORLD (OR "REALITY")	"KNOWING"= THEORY	"DOING"=PRACTICE
POSITIVISM (EMPIRICISM)	* rationalist * objective * separate from the world	* consists of objective "facts" * yields itself to direct observation	* theory=rational reflection of how the world operates & is observed * independent of ideology	* methods are neutral * no involvement in object of study * in control of observed reality
INTERPRETATIONISM (PHENOMENOLOGY)	* subjective * meaning giving social being * entangled in inter-subjectivity	* consists of(inter-) subjective "meanings about facts" * "contructed" * immediate	* theory grows from meaning-giving * theory = "interpretation of interpretations"	* necessarily involved * but to be controlled * distance is necessary but relative
CRITICAL- DIALECTICAL (STRUCTURALIST)	* rational * (but also) subjective * determined by "structures" and social forces	* objective and subjective, "dialectically related" * structures operate "behind people's backs"	* fully ideological * dialectically related to practice * partly rational reflection of how the world works	* no direct involvement in the area of research (necessary) * ideas and action relate dialectically
CRITICAL- PARTICIPATIVE (ACTION- ORIENTED)	* rational - subjective * acting+thinking are "one" * all acts are social and meaning-giving	* objective and subjective * intersubjective * being=acting= thinking=interacting=changing * structures are acts	* theory grows from action * is legitimated by action * constant inter- change between knowing and acting	* fully involved * participant with other participants * constantly and dialectically changing
TRANSPERSONAL - ECOLOGICAL	"... given a deep enough understanding of the way things are, the response of being inclined to care for the unfolding of the world in all its aspects follows "naturally" not as a logical consequence but as a psychological consequence; as an expression of the spontaneous unfolding (development, maturing) of the self. "The ecological self of a person is that with which the person identifies". There are 3 bases of identification : personal, ontological, cosmological.