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International Research Conference, Lancaster UK, 10-12th April 2006 | ||
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Affordances – a Merleau-Pontian accountNina Bonderup Dohn AbstractIn this paper, the concept of ‘affordance' is given an ontological and epistemological explication building on a Merleau-Pontian view of human being as always already being-in-the world in a non-thematized, pre-reflective correspondence of body and world in the concrete activity. A dynamic, agent-centred, cultural-, experience- and skill-relative, but perception-independent, ontology is proposed for affordances. It is argued that this is more in line with the original Gibsonian understanding of the concept than a recent attempt by McGrenere and Ho, because the latter fall back upon the subject-object-dichotomy that Gibson was trying to transcend. Keywords Affordance, ontology, epistemology, perception, agency, body, being-in-the-world, representation |
Keynote SpeakersPeter Goodyear, University of Sydney Beijing Normal University Vera A. Solis, Universidad Centroamericana Lawrence Hamburg, Higher Education Academy Sten Ludvigsen, Intermedia, Oslo |
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