Journal article
Contemplative aims for information
Information research, Vol.24(3)
01 Sep 2019
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Abstract
Introduction. It has been established that information contributes to epistemic aims; but information is also involved in other aspects of human life. This paper considers how information relates to contemplation, postulating a set of contemplative aims for information. This discussion is an effort to focus and formalize understanding of how information can form people beyond traditional measures.
Method. A wide-ranging and long-term hermeneutic literature review was conducted in contemplative studies and information research, including trade literature.
Analysis. Conceptual design was used to construct a set of contemplative aims for information, as related to unfolding trends in the information field.
Results. A conceptual framework of contemplative aims for information studies is put forward, comprising six contemplative aims: being, attention, meaning, compassion, unity, and wisdom. Precedents and implications are discussed for each of these in the sectors of museums, libraries and technology design.
Conclusions. This framework systematizes a vast literature across the information field and poses numerous research questions for further research to explore. The intersection of contemplation and information is not only alluring and current, but also vitally important to human being and contemporary society.
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- Title
- Contemplative aims for information
- Creators
- Tim Gorichanaz - Drexel UniversityKiersten F. Latham - Kent State Univ, Sch Informat, 1125 Risman Dr, Kent, OH 44242 USA
- Publication Details
- Information research, Vol.24(3)
- Publisher
- Univ Sheffield Dept Information Studies
- Number of pages
- 22
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Identifiers
- 991019296576704721
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- Information Science & Library Science