I take the liberty of going off-subject a little bit by publishing this essay I wrote recently. Hope some will find it of interest! Abstract Neuroscientific discourses about addiction have greatly contributed to our understanding of the biological phenomena that accompany repeated, compulsive drug use. We now have a deep understanding of the mode of [...]
Here are the slides from a talk I did in London at dev8d, where I tried to focus on the practical aspects of things. I hope some developers around here find it interesting! Dev8D Presentation Pascal Belouin View more presentations from Pascal Belouin.
§293 · April 15, 2010 · Practice · (No comments) · Tags: agile, culture, dev8d, developer, discourse analysis, ethnography, foucault, grounded theory, identity, interactive systems, interface design, knowledge, social theory, software development methodologies, ui, user-centric, web development
What has been, in occidental culture, consensually defined as ‘the subject’, or ‘the self’, and seen as a natural, self-evident and indivisible part of the identity of human beings could be approached and understood as a historically constituted phenomenon, whose apparition and development could be investigated through an exploration of the various techniques and practices [...]
Abstract It could be argued that discourse surrounding software development methodologies has evolved in recent years from a focus on technology and pure computer science subjects to issues of values, meaning and communication. This shift in the way software development is perceived in the professional world could be further explored through a Foucauldian analysis of [...]
§90 · March 10, 2010 · Theory · (No comments) · Tags: agile, conversation analysis, culture, data, developer, discourse, discourse analysis, foucault, history, identity, interactive systems, knowledge, language, meaning, method, power, research, research proposal, social theory, software development methodologies, Theory, wittgenstein
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