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Fantini, van Ditmar Delfina. "IdIOT : second-order cybernetics in the 'smart' home." Thesis, Royal College of Art, 2016. http://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/2697/.

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During thesis brings second-order cybernetics into design research, in the context of the Internet of Things (IoT) and ‘smart’ homes. My main proposition is to question and critically analyse the embedded epistemology in IoT technology in relation to human centred activities. I examine how human lives are represented within the quantified approaches inherent in current notions of ‘smart’ technology, derived from Artificial Intelligence (AI), and characterise this as the Algorithmic Paradigm. I explore questions of how complex, lived, human experience is oversimplified in the IoT. By adopting a

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High, Chris. "Opening spaces for learning : a systems approach to sustainable development." Thesis, Open University, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251404.

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Perkins, Skyler Knox. "Becoming Eco-Logical With Second-Order Systems Theory: Sustainability In Re-Organization Of Economies And Food Systems." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2018. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/869.

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Ecological Economics has emerged across disciplines, and has begun to disentangle, not only the relationship between biophysical earth systems and economic activity, but also, fundamental relationships between objectivity, power, value, ethics, perspective and purpose. In part, this thesis represents an effort to illustrate basic transdisciplinary concepts necessary for understanding the project of Ecological Economics. At present, Ecological Economics is challenged by a seemingly infinite number of available considerations, with a relatively narrow repertoire of impactful mechanisms of contro

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Fischer, Thomas, and sdtom@polyu edu hk. "Designing (tools (for designing (tools for ...))))." RMIT University. Architecture and Design, 2008. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20080424.160537.

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Outcomes of innovative designing are frequently described as enabling us in achieving more desirable futures. How can we design and innovate so as to enable future processes of design and innovation? To investigate this question, this thesis probes the conditions, possibilities and limitations of toolmaking for novelty and knowledge generation, or in other words, it examines designing for designing. The focus of this thesis is on the development of digital design tools that support the reconciliation of conflicting criteria centred on architectural geometry. Of particular interest are the ro

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Sweeting, R. B. "Architecture and undecidability : explorations in there being no right answer : some intersections between epistemology, ethics and designing architecture, understood in terms of second-order cybernetics and radical constructivism." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2014. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1443544/.

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In this thesis I have explored some of the ways in which the contexts of epistemology, ethics and designing architecture are each concerned with undecidable questions (that is, with those questions that have no right answers). Drawing on design research, second‐order cybernetics and radical constructivism, I have understood this undecidability to follow in each case from our being part of the situation in which we are acting. This idea is primarily epistemological (being part of the world we observe, we cannot verify the relationship between our understanding and the world beyond our experienc

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Antoniades, Savopoulos Anastasia. "Exploring the experiences of mothers after participating in a mother-child interaction intervention, within an HIV context." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2009. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07082009-084041.

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Lautenschlaeger, Graziele. "Arte programmata: entre acidente e controle." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18142/tde-05012011-142656/.

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Os processos de produção de arte eletrônica contemporânea (pós-anos 1990) são discutidos sob a ótica da cibernética de segunda ordem, cujos princípios consideram o observador durante a observação dos sistemas, analisando como circular a relação entre observador e observado. A metodologia empregada baseia-se na Teoria Fundamentada nos Dados, cujo argumento emerge do entrecruzamento do arcabouço teórico sobre o assunto com as informações coletadas através de observações, conversas e entrevistas. A análise se desenvolve em três capítulos, todos atravessados pela exploração das relações entre acid

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Davis, Corne. "A second-order cybernetic explanation for the existence of network direct selling organisations as self-creating systems." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/4798.

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Network Direct Selling Organisations (NDSOs) exist in more than 50 countries and have more than 74 million members. The most recent statistical information reveals that the vast majority of members do not earn significant income. Criticism of these organisations revolves around the ethicality of consumption, the commercialisation of personal relationships, and the exploitation of unrealistic expectations. This study aims to explore how communication creates networks that sustain an industry of this kind despite the improbability of its existence. The study commences with a description of NDSO

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Marovic, Snezana. "Beyond cybernetics : connecting the professional and personal selves of the therapist." Thesis, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18132.

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Text in English<br>This research explores the meaning of the first and second-order therapeutic stances with reference to the therapist's professional and personal development. The dominant positivist paradigm was reflected in the therapist's initial position of expert observer, outside of the observed. The observed phenomena were a group of children suffering from thalassemia major, a terminal genetic disease, and their mothers. The initial idea of short-term intervention and focus on the observed evolved into six-year journey where the observer and the observed became an interconnected unit

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Zagnoev, Joanne. "Towards both-and land : a journey from answers to questions about the therapeutic self." Diss., 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17869.

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This thesis constitutes a narrative description of the evolution of my therapeutic self during my training as a clinical psychologist. During the telling of this story, I review the ways in which I was perturbed by the mix between the various theories and the various contexts visited during the years of my post-graduate training. I have described and critically compared my responses to the following models: psychoanalytic, psychodynamic, first-order cybernetic, and secondorder cybernetic (covering the first, second and third movements). Throughout, I have attempted to track the development of

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Kotzé, Hilda Norma. "An exploratory study of the psychology of forgiveness: an interpersonal perspective." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2043.

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This qualitative study explores the meaning of interpersonal forgiveness, using a both/and or postmodern epistemology and a phenomenological methodology. Forgiveness is seen as a reframe that could transform a limiting, disempowering dominant narrative into a more empowering and useful story. The researcher interviews three participants to co-create stories of forgiveness. Themes of emotional discomfort; blame and responsibility; shift to empathy; forgiveness as process; and lasting change or forgiveness incorporated into way of life, are identified.<br>Psychology<br>M.A. (Clinical Psyc

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Van, Zyl Spies Pieter Gabriël. "Reflections on a paradigm shift." Diss., 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18745.

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This study sets out to report on the reflections of a therapist-in-[post-graduate] training on his experiences when endeavouring to shift from [between] a positivistic to [and] a constructivistic paradigm. Reflections on some experiences associated with the positivistic epistemology that were relinquished were described; reflections on experiences associated with the constructivistic epistemology that were gained were described as well as reflections on experiences of both paradigms, that were added. These reflections were based on research data acquired during the researcher's first ye

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Carpenter, Marisa. "The birthing experience : towards an ecosystemic approach." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/742.

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The birth of a child is a life-changing event in a woman's life. However, women's subjective experiences of giving birth have not been extensively researched, while the literature reflects an inherent realist approach. This has resulted in a decontextualised account of this critical event in women's lives. This conceptual study discusses the body of knowledge on the birthing experience from a widened perspective that includes not only the birthing woman, but also the people she interacts with and the context in which birth is embedded. The study comments on the way birth is managed in te

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Pradhuman, Rheola Gillian. "Childhood leukaemia : family patterns over time." Diss., 2000.

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An overview of the existing body of knowledge on the most widely researched areas of childhood leukaemia was presented and it was argued that a conceptual shift is required to achieve a more comprehensive understanding of the problem. This conceptual shift encompassed an ecosystemic approach. This study was conducted within a holistic systemic epistemology. A qualitative approach employing a case study method to provide rich descriptions of the context in which two leukaemia sufferer's symptoms were embedded.<br>Psychology<br>M.A. (Psyhcoloy)

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Van, der Klashorst Engela. "Recreation provision in lower socio-economic communities in South Africa." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28087.

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The provision of leisure and recreation has the potential to vitalise and change lower socio-economic communities. The benefits of leisure and recreation participation are, however, absent in the lower socio-economic communities of Danville and Elandspoort, as recreation and leisure activities are not seen as necessary needs that should be provided for the residents. Lower socio-economic status communities tend to suffer as a consequence of the often subliminal assumptions and reactions of well-meaning people. A major barrier to the implementation of recreation programmes in lower socio-econom

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Morgan, Leona. "Chroniese moegheidsindroom : 'n ekosistemiese perspektief." Diss., 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17513.

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Hierdie studie is 'n kwalitatiewe ekosistemiese ondersoek van die fenomeen Chroniese Moegheidsindroom (CMS) . Die paradigmaverskuiwing vanaf die Cartesiaans-Newtoniaanse epistemologie na die kubernetiese epistemologie, het 'n aantal belangrike implikasies vir die bestudering en konseptualisering van CMS, soos uiteengesit in hierdie studie. 'n Bespreking van die konseptualisering en behandeling van CMS vanuit die tradisionele, reduksionistiese navorsing word verskaf. Die aannames van twee-orde kubernetika en sosiale konstruksionisme, is bespreek en toegepas op die beskrywing van twee sistem

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Girardeau, Alexandre. "Cybernetic Rift of the Dead : entre science et gnose, enquête exploratoire autour de la dimension paradoxale de l'expérience humaine." Thèse, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19074.

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Carpenter, Marisa. "The birthing experience : towards an ecosystemic approach." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16301.

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Rawsthorne, Julie Karen. "Chronic headache : an ecosystemic exploration." Diss., 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17602.

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Chronic headache may be the most frequently reported somatic symptom, yet it puzzles health experts and poses a considerable treatment challenge. It was suggested that this is because conventional views of headache, adhering to a Newtonian-Cartesian epistemology, focus almost exclusively on intrapsychic factors ignoring the wider social context in which the problem is embedded. An overview of the existing body of knowledge on the most widely researched headache conditions was presented, and it was argued that a conceptual shift is required to achieve a more comprehensive understanding

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Diederiks, Amanda Magrietha. "'n Ekosistemiese herbeskouing van pleegsorgdienste." Diss., 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18007.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>In die studie word die ontwikkelingspad van 'n Newtoniaanse benadering na 'n ekosistemiese benadering in die denke van die navorser en lewering van pleegsorgdienste deur die maatskaplike werker/navorser, beskryf. In die beskrywing is gefokus op drie beginsels elk van die Newtoniaanse - en die ekosistemiese benaderings. Die gekose beginsels is met 'n gevallestudie geillustreer. Aan die ha d van die beginsels van die ekosistemiese benadering word 'n konsepsuele raamwerk gebied waardeur die outonomie van mense en sisteme in stand gehou en gebruik kan word. Volgens tweede ord

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VALOTTA, BRUNA. "Tra Wiener e Morin. Dalla cibernetica alla sibernetica." Doctoral thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11570/3146218.

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La tesi si propone di investigare da una prospettiva storico-complessa le tappe più emblematiche del cammino storico-teoretico del pensiero cibernetico, dalla fase pioneristica sino agli sviluppi epistemologici costruttivisti contemporanei della cosiddetta "cibernetica dei sistemi che osservano" e della teoria dell'autopoiesi. Si cercherà di mostrare nella fattispecie come la cibernetica di matrice wieneriana, nella "rigenerativa" veste "sibernetica" proposta da Edgar Morin, prefiguri la possibilità di “superare conservando” il deterministico paradigma di controllo di ascendenza cartesiana, in

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Van, Beek Liezel. "Between a baby and a boardroom : social constructions of mothers' employment decisions." Diss., 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/26662.

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Text in English, isiZulu and Afrikaans<br>The topic of work-life balance has gained much attention in recent years. A focal point remains the effects of maternal employment on the well-being of women and children, despite shifts in society towards gender equality. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences of mothers who either had chosen to stay at home after having children or to continue with full-time employment; and how their decision impacted their lives. This qualitative study, based on the Social Constructionist paradigm, and Second Order Cybernetics and Feminist Theorie

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Nel, Elsie Petronella. "Stories of life and death: undertakers' perspectives." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/610.

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Like death, the defining human reality underlying our relationships and views of life's meaning, the experiences and activities of undertakers, remains an uncommon subject for psychological research. Existential anxiety roots a society-wide denial of the fundamental nature of death. which necessitates the development of institutions to take responsibility for the dying and dead. As the image and service of the stigmatised funeral industry improves, society's experience of death should become more meaningful. The overview of the research into these topics noted the need for further studi

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Meyer, Gert Frederick. "Selfverwysing as supervisieproses : ontwikkeling van die interne supervisor." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17444.

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Text in Afrikaans<br>Die objek van studie in hierdie proefskrif is ietwat ongewoon. Die studie is outobiografies en is gegrond op die aanname dat daar tussen die psigoterapeut, sy geskiedenis, die wetenskap (etnografie en tweede-orde kubernetika) en die klient(e) 'n unieke patroonverband bestaan. Die psigoterapeut in die platteland het weens afstand of finansies nie altyd die voorreg om supervisie van 'n eksterne supervisor te ontvang nie. In so 'n situasie kan selfsupervisie, deurdat dit 'n proses van selfontdekking is, 'n belangrike rol in die psigoterapeut se selfontwikkeling speel

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Hanford, Ann Dowie. "The development of a therapist through participation in a reflecting team." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1832.

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This thesis is a study of the development of a group of students during the time they spentworking as a reflecting team in family therapy. Due to an increase in the number of students enrolled for the Masters degree in Educational Psychology in the years from 2001, there was concern about the students experience of family therapy, since they would not all be likely to counsel a family. The study, which was undertaken over a period of two years, allows a comparison of two different experiences of being part of a reflecting team. The first year the whole group formed a single team, whereas, the

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Eksteen, Elmarié. "Towards an ecosystemic understanding of suicidal behaviour." Diss., 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/16738.

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In this dissertation the literature on suicidal behaviour is reviewed, with particular emphasis on professional conceptualizations and understanding as informed by the psychiatric and sociological paradigms. Basic postulates of the Ecosystemic paradigm, as it is informed by Maturana's second-order cybernetic approach was discussed. The effect of such an approach on therapy with suicidal individuals was pointed out. It became clear that perceived methodological problems experienced when researching suicidal behaviour from a Newtonian/realist paradigm can be side-stepped when viewed from an Ecos

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