METAPHORIC FRAMEWORK
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 2104 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Human sciences, Methodology or model |
H. BENKING and A. JUDGE observe that the “intellectual product” of international conferences of all kinds “takes the form of complex declarations and programmes”
They consider that “the challenge is to configurate the conceptual elements into a global comprehensible form. This is necessary to counteract the tendency to generate an asymmetric aglomeration of elements”(1994)
While this is obvious, it is also obvious that the actual form of the post-conference declarations is sometimes a true reflection of contradictory intentions and interests of the participants…and even of the muddled thinking of some of them.
The authors add: “In addition to its mnemonic function, a metaphoric framework can then highlight the possible missing elements as well as suggesting ways of understanding interesting functional relationships between such elements”(Ibid)
This is again obvious, but transparency may be in some cases ignored by some who want to better dissimulate covert intentions. Moreover, the selection of the metaphoric framework itself could easily become the source (or the pretext!) of endless and inconclusive debate