Departmental Papers (ASC)
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
September 1996
Publication Source
Systems Research
Volume
13
Issue
3
Start Page
311
Last Page
328
DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1735(199609)13:3<311::AID-SRES106>3.0.CO;2-O
Abstract
In the spirit of second-order cybernetics, human communication is reconceptualized by including in the process not only its theorists but also their observed Others without whom social reality is inconceivable. This essay examines several versions of otherness, how the voices of Others survive social scientific inquiries, the dialogical spaces made available for people to build their home, and the kinds of citizenship encouraged. The essay draws attention to the epistemological limits of different inquiring practices and seeks to expand the range of possibilities for humans to see each Other.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This is the accepted version of the article which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1735(199609)13:3<311::AID-SRES106>3.0.CO;2-O
Keywords
cybernetics, human communication, languaging, embodied practices, re-entry, accounts, social theory, social inquiry, otherness, observer, I, it, you, thou, trivial/nontrivial machines, dialogue, agency, emancipation, epistemology, methodology, politics of research
Recommended Citation
Krippendorff, K. (1996). A Second-Order Cybernetics of Otherness. Systems Research, 13 (3), 311-328. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1735(199609)13:3<311::AID-SRES106>3.0.CO;2-O
Date Posted: 07 March 2008
This document has been peer reviewed.