Microvita and Transformative Information

Marcus P Bussey

doi:10.2174/1874947X01103010028

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Microvita and Transformative Information

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Microvita and Transformative Information

Marcus P Bussey

Open Information Science Journal, Vol.3, pp.28-39

2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1874947X01103010028

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Abstract

Philosophy

Microvita

spirituality

information

Tantra

empiricism

sense making

agency

This paper explores microvita theory and its relevance to information science. There are two parts to this, the first is theoretical and outlines microvita theory as an epistemological product of the Tantric theory of consciousness and mind. The civilizational value of such a theory is contextualized via a consideration of Gilles Deleuze's concept of transcendental empiricism. Links to information science are made particularly with regard to Bates' evolutionary reading of information and to Dervin's sense making epistemological chronology. The second part of the paper explores microvita theory as an emergent possibility by profiling six developments in cultural practice. Each hint at the transformative possibilities before us when considering information from broader epistemological contexts than the given Western rationalfield we generally accept as the context for research. It is suggested that microvita theory invites in a shamanic disposition or temper which is comfortable with paradox and aporia. To navigate such terrain requires an appreciation for the spiritual within the working context of the world. The spiritual is taken as simply another form of data collection in a universe that is as mysterious as it is wonderful.

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Title: Microvita and Transformative Information
Authors: Marcus P Bussey (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Publication details: Open Information Science Journal, Vol.3, pp.28-39
Publisher: Bentham Open
Date published: 2011
DOI: 10.2174/1874947X01103010028
ISSN: 1874-947X
Copyright note: Copyright © 2011 M. Bussey; Licensee Bentham Open. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
Organisation Unit: School of Social Sciences - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Engage Research Lab; School of Law and Society; Sustainability Research Cluster
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450401502621
Output Type: Journal article

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