Tämä estetiikan pro gradu -tutkielma tarkastelee, minkälaisia kohteita ja merkityksiä arkisilla k... more Tämä estetiikan pro gradu -tutkielma tarkastelee, minkälaisia kohteita ja merkityksiä arkisilla kaupunkikävelyillä kohdataan sekä miten nämä kohteet ja niiden merkitykset koetaan. Tutkielmassa kysytään, mitä on merkityksen kokeminen. Tutkielma on ensisijaisesti vuoropuhelussa arjen estetiikan ja filosofisen hermeneutiikan kanssa. Kaupunki saa artikulaationsa moniulotteisena dynaamisena urbaanina kontekstina, joka ei pelkisty kaupunkilaisiin, rakennuksiin eikä historiaan. Arjen arkisuus puolestaan näyttäytyy hajamielisenä havainnointina, ajatusten ja huomionkohteiden satunnaisuutena sekä tuttuuden ja vierauden välisenä heilahteluna. Kaupungin merkitysten kokeminen arkisilla kävelyillä saa muotoilunsa kaupungin runollisuudessa: kävelyn rytmittämässä kaupungin elementtien ja merkitysulottuvuuksien vapaassa yhdistelyssä. Hans-Georg Gadamerin filosofinen hermeneutiikka tarjoaa systemaattisen esityksen merkitysten kokemisesta. Se myös on filosofian 1900-luvun historian yksi merkittävistä ...
Aesthetics and politics are intertwined in our everyday encounters and even nonverbal encounters ... more Aesthetics and politics are intertwined in our everyday encounters and even nonverbal encounters are negotiations of meanings, values, and means of representation. The aesthetic political negotiation of urban encounters is politics beyond consensus and dissensus: an open-ended process of altered perception. Perception of difference, a feeling of safety, and a form of distanciation are required for the political potential to be actualized. This article begins by discussing urban encounters and the notion of politics. Politics takes place in the public sphere and is actualized in political negotiations, which in ephemeral encounters take the form of pondering, or hermeneutic understanding and judgment. The second section discusses the prerequisites: safety, distance, and difference. Two points are made. Firstly, the political encounter contains a practical-ethical demand for effort in our everyday life. Secondly, training aesthetic sensibility assists in this pursuit. This article is ...
The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction ... more The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction in the urban space. First, relevant aspects of urban encounters are briefly discussed with philosophical hermeneutics’ relation to nonverbal communication and bodily understanding. Second, hermeneutic understanding is presented as conversation, and the ethical implications of hermeneutics are articulated: as philosophical practice, Gadamerian hermeneutics is about intensifying the voice of the other. There is a demand for mutual openness towards otherness. Connected to this attitude required for hermeneutic encounters are the ideas of a cosmopolitan public sphere and an inclusive hermeneutic community. After attending to these, the value of specifically urban encounters can be articulated. Urban context and built environment can in good circumstances assist in encountering the other hermeneutically. The passing communicative situations can be negotiations of meanings and values, instance...
The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction ... more The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction in the urban space. First, relevant aspects of urban encounters are briefly discussed with philosophical hermeneutics' relation to nonverbal communication and bodily understanding. Second, hermeneutic understanding is presented as conversation, and the ethical implications of hermeneutics are articulated: as philosophical practice, Gadamerian hermeneutics is about intensifying the voice of the other. There is a demand for mutual openness towards otherness. Connected to this attitude required for hermeneutic encounters are the ideas of a cosmopolitan public sphere and an inclusive hermeneutic community. After attending to these, the value of specifically urban encounters can be articulated. Urban context and built environment can in good circumstances assist in encountering the other hermeneutically. The passing communicative situations can be negotiations of meanings and values, instances of public sphere. The urban mass society with its crowds has potentiality to enact an inclusive hermeneutic community. To conclude, the consequences of our failures to engage hermeneutically with each other are discussed in a plea for hermeneutic openness.
Tämä estetiikan pro gradu -tutkielma tarkastelee, minkälaisia kohteita ja merkityksiä arkisilla k... more Tämä estetiikan pro gradu -tutkielma tarkastelee, minkälaisia kohteita ja merkityksiä arkisilla kaupunkikävelyillä kohdataan sekä miten nämä kohteet ja niiden merkitykset koetaan. Tutkielmassa kysytään, mitä on merkityksen kokeminen. Tutkielma on ensisijaisesti vuoropuhelussa arjen estetiikan ja filosofisen hermeneutiikan kanssa. Kaupunki saa artikulaationsa moniulotteisena dynaamisena urbaanina kontekstina, joka ei pelkisty kaupunkilaisiin, rakennuksiin eikä historiaan. Arjen arkisuus puolestaan näyttäytyy hajamielisenä havainnointina, ajatusten ja huomionkohteiden satunnaisuutena sekä tuttuuden ja vierauden välisenä heilahteluna. Kaupungin merkitysten kokeminen arkisilla kävelyillä saa muotoilunsa kaupungin runollisuudessa: kävelyn rytmittämässä kaupungin elementtien ja merkitysulottuvuuksien vapaassa yhdistelyssä. Hans-Georg Gadamerin filosofinen hermeneutiikka tarjoaa systemaattisen esityksen merkitysten kokemisesta. Se myös on filosofian 1900-luvun historian yksi merkittävistä ...
Aesthetics and politics are intertwined in our everyday encounters and even nonverbal encounters ... more Aesthetics and politics are intertwined in our everyday encounters and even nonverbal encounters are negotiations of meanings, values, and means of representation. The aesthetic political negotiation of urban encounters is politics beyond consensus and dissensus: an open-ended process of altered perception. Perception of difference, a feeling of safety, and a form of distanciation are required for the political potential to be actualized. This article begins by discussing urban encounters and the notion of politics. Politics takes place in the public sphere and is actualized in political negotiations, which in ephemeral encounters take the form of pondering, or hermeneutic understanding and judgment. The second section discusses the prerequisites: safety, distance, and difference. Two points are made. Firstly, the political encounter contains a practical-ethical demand for effort in our everyday life. Secondly, training aesthetic sensibility assists in this pursuit. This article is ...
The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction ... more The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction in the urban space. First, relevant aspects of urban encounters are briefly discussed with philosophical hermeneutics’ relation to nonverbal communication and bodily understanding. Second, hermeneutic understanding is presented as conversation, and the ethical implications of hermeneutics are articulated: as philosophical practice, Gadamerian hermeneutics is about intensifying the voice of the other. There is a demand for mutual openness towards otherness. Connected to this attitude required for hermeneutic encounters are the ideas of a cosmopolitan public sphere and an inclusive hermeneutic community. After attending to these, the value of specifically urban encounters can be articulated. Urban context and built environment can in good circumstances assist in encountering the other hermeneutically. The passing communicative situations can be negotiations of meanings and values, instance...
The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction ... more The paper applies Gadamerian hermeneutics to everyday situations of nonverbal social interaction in the urban space. First, relevant aspects of urban encounters are briefly discussed with philosophical hermeneutics' relation to nonverbal communication and bodily understanding. Second, hermeneutic understanding is presented as conversation, and the ethical implications of hermeneutics are articulated: as philosophical practice, Gadamerian hermeneutics is about intensifying the voice of the other. There is a demand for mutual openness towards otherness. Connected to this attitude required for hermeneutic encounters are the ideas of a cosmopolitan public sphere and an inclusive hermeneutic community. After attending to these, the value of specifically urban encounters can be articulated. Urban context and built environment can in good circumstances assist in encountering the other hermeneutically. The passing communicative situations can be negotiations of meanings and values, instances of public sphere. The urban mass society with its crowds has potentiality to enact an inclusive hermeneutic community. To conclude, the consequences of our failures to engage hermeneutically with each other are discussed in a plea for hermeneutic openness.
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