Paul Fry (2009) the 'hermeneutic circle' and the relationship between 'the part' and 'the whole'
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About: "In this lecture, Professor Paul Fry examines acts of reading and interpretation by way of the theory of hermeneutics. The origins of hermeneutic thought are traced through Western literature. The mechanics of hermeneutics, including the idea of a hermeneutic circle, are explored in detail with reference to the works of Hans–Georg Gadamer, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Georg_Gadamer Martin Heidegger, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Heidegger and E. D. Hirsch." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._D._Hirsch" https://www.youtube.com/@YaleCourses Quote: As Hans-Georg Gadamer explains "A person who is trying to understand a text is always projecting. He projects a meaning for the text as a whole as soon as some initial meaning emerges in the text. Again, the initial meaning emerges only because he is reading the text with particular expectations in regard to a certain meaning. Working out this fore-projection, which is constantly revised in terms of what emerges as he penetrates into the meaning, is understanding what is there" (Gadamer, Weinsheimer et al. 2004, p.269) https://www.youtube.com/embed/iWnA7nZO4EY?start=742&end=947 Concept: "Studenthood is a distinctive form of identity because educational programmes themselves are almost invariably associated with transition. The formal status of being a 'student' is relatively clear cut in higher education, where people are required to undergo prescribed procedures which clearly designate them as being students. The status of student is also a transitory status, after which most will expect to become something else–a graduate, who will enjoy graduate status in a credentialist labour market. We can therefore see higher education not only as a transitional space, but as being 'liminal'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liminality This idea derives from the work of the social anthropologist, Victor Turner (1987), on tribal peoples who are in the midst of a passage from one status role to another. There are obvious reasons why Turner's idea of liminality cannot be transferred unproblematically to the types of status transition that are experienced in a very different type of society. Nevertheless, we argue, it is possible to draw on and develop Turner's work in thinking of a critical theory of retention" (John Field and Natalie Morgan–Klein, 2010). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/265278086_Studenthood_and_identification_higher_education_as_a_liminal_transitional_space https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/2452/2/Final_Paper_as_in_Proceedings.pdf Bibliography: Snodgrass, A., & Coyne, R. (2000). 'Is Designing Hermeneutical?' Architectural Theory Review, 2(1), 65–97. https://doi.org/10.1080/13264829609478304 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/2391217_IS_DESIGNING_HERMENEUTICAL Gadamer, H.-G., J. Weinsheimer and D. G. Marshall (2004). 'Truth and Method'. London, Continuum. https://bournemouth.on.worldcat.org/oclc/57054389 https://www.academia.edu/104070730/Truth_and_Method_by_Hans_Georg_Gadamer Field J & Morgan–Klein N (2010) "Studenthood and identification: higher education as a liminal transitional space" In: , Leeds: Education–line / British Education Index. 40th Annual SCUTREA Conference, University of Warwick.
