OPPORTUNITIES TO APPLY DOOYEWEERD'S IDEAS IN PRACTICE

This page collects together opportunities for using Dooyeweerd's ideas in practice, which have emerged from discussions in the forthcoming book Foundations of Information Systems Research and Practice by Andrew Basden. For each suggestion, a brief description is given, followed by type of activity in column 2

Anal: Analysing, incl. in practice of research
Attd: Changing attitudes
Dsgn: Designing
Eval: Evaluating things
ISD: IS development
Itvw: Interviewing
Set: Setting parameters
Writ: Writing up research

Column 3 lists relevant portions of Dooyeweerd's thought, and its key is common to all tables, given below. Column 4 indicates sections in the book where the ideas are discussed.

Table 쭀n-t-practice. Opportunities for Enhancing Practice
Enhancement	How	Portions of Dooy	See (Section, Table)
The practice of analysis and research
Informal aspectual analysis: In any situation or discussion, we can be aware of which aspects are being acted out or discussed, and which are being neglected, and can perhaps gently draw attention to absent aspects. Aspectual meanings are grasped intuitively, hence low cognitive load.	Anal	Asp-M	㎣dw-7.3
Aspectual interview techniques: Interview participants can readily grasp Dooyeweerd's aspects intuitively, so they can be asked directly about what is meaningful. Winfield's MAKE and Kane's MAIT offer two methods.	Itvw	Asp-M Ocean	㎣frp-4 ㎣isd-6.3 ㎣isd-5.3
Aspectual analysis: As intuitively-grasped meaningfulness, Dooyeweerd's aspects are useful for analysing issues in transcripts or texts, especially for 'down-to-earth' issues, often hidden. Particularly useful in cross-cultural situations.	Anal	Asp-M EDX	㎣frp-4
Writing-up research in information systems, often expects PhD candidates and other authors to name philosophies underlying their work, but often they fit poorly. Instead, they might discuss the 3-part Ground-Idea (world, rationality, origin of meaning).	Writ	G-I	㎣dw-5.1
Using ICT
Evaluating meaningful content with which we engage: To what extent does meaningful content express the laws of each aspect?	Eval	Asp-LM	㎣dw-7.1 ㎣isu-3.5
Evaluating gameplay and quality of virtual worlds: To what extent does virtual world richly express the laws of each aspect, with suitable modifications?	Eval	Asp-L EMC	㎣isu-3.5.2 ㎣dw-7-8
Anticipating use of ICT (User Requirements Analysis) and its repercussions: Consider all three engagements (EIT, EMC, ELI), how they relate, and all the aspects of each.	ISD	ISD-WP AEF	㎣isd-5 ㎣isu-3
IS evaluation: Evaluate all three engagements (EIT, EMC, ELI), how they relate, and all aspects of each, maybe as Fig. 쬯rp-f-aspecttree.	Eval	AEF Asp-N	㎣isu-3
ICT development
ICT development: All developers should be aware at all times of all four responsibilities even though specialising in one. Management should instil and maintain that attitude.	Attd	Asp-N Eth-Pis	쬲sd-3
Designing content of applications: Use Dooyeweerd's aspects to guide design of the world, with laws of every relevant aspect richly represented.	Dsgn	Asp-LWC EMC	㎣isd-6 ㎣isd-2.6 ㎣isu-3.5.2
Design and evaluation for tacit knowledge: Refer to aspects of knowing, because each is tacit in different ways	Dsgn Eval	Asp-K Soc Asp	㎣dw-8.4
Designing content of games and virtual worlds: Design virtual world to richly express the laws of each aspect, with suitable modifications?	Dsgn	Asp-LW EMC	㎣isd-2.6 ㎣isd-6 ㎣isu-3.5.2
User interface design: Remember forgotten aspects when designing.	Dsgn	Asp-ON	㎣isu-3.4 ㎣isu-4.1
Systems maintenance: Remember all aspects of systems maintenance, not just technical.	Mthd	MAF	㎣isd-4 ㎣dw-8.3
Refactoring of code: Aspectual retrocipation and antecipation can help separate out issues in the code.	Mthd	Asp-D	㎣ft-4.2.2
ICT features
Affordance: Evaluate and design affordances using the triple-aspect model.	Eval Dsgn	Ocean Asp-MD LSO	㎣isu-4.15 ㎣ft-3.3 ㎣dw-7-8
File formats, protocols Design: Fundamental idea should be around primary aspect. Ensure this is richly catered for in notation and rules.	Eval Dsgn	Asp-ML	㎣ft-4.3
Big data: Dooyeweerd's aspects can help setting Big Data parameters.	Set	Asp-M	㎣noc-3.8
Digital preservation: Dooyeweerd's aspects can reveal specific issues in long-term preservation.	Anal	Asp-D	㎣noc-3.7
Software libraries design: One aspect per module (family), with inter-module links reflecting inter-aspect dependency in both directions, with improve appropriateness, clarity and completeness and reduce unintended inter-library interference.	Dsgn	Asp-DL FtC	㎣ft-4.2 ㎣dw-7.4.4

Key to Column 3:

AEF = Aspectual Engagements Framework (Three multi-aspectual engagements in ICT use)
Asp-x = Aspects with particular reference to X:
- Asp-A = Inter-aspect analogy
- Asp-C = The rich constellation of meaningfulness around an aspect
- Asp-D = Inter-aspect dependency
- Asp-F = Aspectual functioning and repercussions thereof
- Asp-G = Gegenstand in various aspects
- Asp-I = Irreducibility among aspects, categorization
- Asp-K = Aspects or ways of knowing
- Asp-L = Laws of aspects; aspectual law
- Asp-M = Aspectual meaningfulness; kernel meanings
- Asp-N = Aspectual normativity, responsibility; towards the Good
- Asp-O = Overlooked aspects
- Asp-P = Aspectual possibility
- Asp-Q = Qualifying aspect and aspectual roles
- Asp-R = Aspectual rationalities
- Asp-S = Suite of aspects / Shalom / Salaam
- Asp-T = Aspectual target
- Asp-V = Levels of existence; multi-aspectual being
- Asp-W = The Whole suite of aspects taken together
- Asp-X = Undefined: All the above
Disc = Disciplines as centred on an aspect
DivM = Diversity of meaning
EDX = Everyday experience
Enk = Enkaptic relationships between things
FtC = Components of ICT features
G-I = Ground-Ideas
GMtv = Ground-motive
Know = Dooyeweerd's theory of knowledge
Law = Dooyeweerd's idea of law side; c.f. Ocean
LSO = Law-subject-object relation
MAF = Multi-aspectual functioning
Mng = Meaning, Meaningfulness
Ocean = Meaningfulness as an 'ocean' within which all exist and occur
Prog = Dooyeweerd's idea of progress
T-C = Transcendental critique
Time = Dooyeweerd's idea of time
Umw = Umwelt, correlative enkapsis

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Written: 4 January 2017 Last updated: