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Papers by David Tkach
Cultural Studies, Mar 13, 2015
International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Oct 20, 2014
Recent attention has been paid to collecting born-digital, nontraditional, self-published forms, ... more Recent attention has been paid to collecting born-digital, nontraditional, self-published forms, such as blogs and tweets. However, what of print-based, nontraditional, self-published materials? Before there were blogs, there were zines. Zines, much like blogs and tweets, are a challenging and difficult material to collect, but upon consideration of the concepts of Sandy Berman and James Danky, the onus is on academic libraries to have zine collections. An examination of ARL and CARL websites indicates that zine collecting is not a widespread practice in academic libraries; this article argues that, even in our contemporary digital, social-networked era, it should be.
While recent scholarship in library and information studies, such as the work of John M. Budd and... more While recent scholarship in library and information studies, such as the work of John M. Budd and Ronald E. Day, explores how the thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger may provide a model for understanding the nature of information, none of this scholarship has yet addressed how Heidegger's thought can be used specifically to conceptualize the process of information seeking. In my paper, I argue, first, that several representative models of information seeking are philosophically inadequate in light of the consequences of what Day calls the conduit metaphor. Second, I argue that the concept of Dasein, a phenomenological description of human experience found in Heidegger's book Being and Time, can be used to develop an information-seeking model that avoids instantiating the conduit metaphor. Instead, my analysis shows how Dasein permits a new conception of the information seeker, whose situatedness provides a new understanding of the activity of information seeking and the concept of information more broadly. Keywords: information-seeking behaviour · Martin Heidegger · philosophy of information · phenomenology · Ronald E. Day r é s u m é Bien que des études récentes en bibliothéconomie et en sciences de l'information, telles que les travaux de John M. Budd et Ronald E. Day, explorent comment la pensée du philosophe Martin Heidegger peut fournir un modèle pour comprendre la nature de l'information, aucune d'entre elles n'aborde la façon dont la pensée de Heidegger pourrait servir spécifiquement à conceptualiser le processus de recherche d'information. Je soutiens, d'abord, que plusieurs modèles représentatifs de la recherche d'information sont philosophiquement inadéquats compte tenu des conséquences de ce que Day appelle la métaphore du conduit. Deuxièmement, je soutiens que le concept du Dasein, une description phénoménologique de l'expérience humaine figurant dans le livre de Heidegger Être et Temps, peut être utilisé pour développer un modèle de recherche d'information qui évite l'instanciation de la métaphore du conduit. Mon analyse démontre comment le Dasein permet une nouvelle conception de l'information, dont la situation entraîne une nouvelle compréhension de l'activité de recherche d'information, et du concept de l'information dans son ensemble.
In the writings of Bernard Stiegler, one of his most striking critiques of Martin Heidegger is th... more In the writings of Bernard Stiegler, one of his most striking critiques of Martin Heidegger is that throughout the multifaceted investigations of technology, from Being and Time to "The Question Concerning Technology," Heidegger does not address the inherently technological character of the way in which particular languages or traditions, what may be called the content of humanity's historicity, are handed down (überliefern) to human beings. In this paper, I hold Stiegler's critique to provide the basis for a possible supplement to Heidegger's examination of history, memory, and technology. This supplement is necessary because for Stiegler a philosophical examination of the structures of history and memory, for it to be completely accurate concerning the phenomena it purports to describe, must examine the process by which history and memory is transmitted and preserved. This process can only be understood through the subsequent examination of particular technological artifacts temporally specific to the particular historico-temporal moments of that transmission and preservation. Stiegler's critique
Cultural Studies, Mar 13, 2015
International Journal of Philosophical Studies, Oct 20, 2014
Recent attention has been paid to collecting born-digital, nontraditional, self-published forms, ... more Recent attention has been paid to collecting born-digital, nontraditional, self-published forms, such as blogs and tweets. However, what of print-based, nontraditional, self-published materials? Before there were blogs, there were zines. Zines, much like blogs and tweets, are a challenging and difficult material to collect, but upon consideration of the concepts of Sandy Berman and James Danky, the onus is on academic libraries to have zine collections. An examination of ARL and CARL websites indicates that zine collecting is not a widespread practice in academic libraries; this article argues that, even in our contemporary digital, social-networked era, it should be.
While recent scholarship in library and information studies, such as the work of John M. Budd and... more While recent scholarship in library and information studies, such as the work of John M. Budd and Ronald E. Day, explores how the thought of philosopher Martin Heidegger may provide a model for understanding the nature of information, none of this scholarship has yet addressed how Heidegger's thought can be used specifically to conceptualize the process of information seeking. In my paper, I argue, first, that several representative models of information seeking are philosophically inadequate in light of the consequences of what Day calls the conduit metaphor. Second, I argue that the concept of Dasein, a phenomenological description of human experience found in Heidegger's book Being and Time, can be used to develop an information-seeking model that avoids instantiating the conduit metaphor. Instead, my analysis shows how Dasein permits a new conception of the information seeker, whose situatedness provides a new understanding of the activity of information seeking and the concept of information more broadly. Keywords: information-seeking behaviour · Martin Heidegger · philosophy of information · phenomenology · Ronald E. Day r é s u m é Bien que des études récentes en bibliothéconomie et en sciences de l'information, telles que les travaux de John M. Budd et Ronald E. Day, explorent comment la pensée du philosophe Martin Heidegger peut fournir un modèle pour comprendre la nature de l'information, aucune d'entre elles n'aborde la façon dont la pensée de Heidegger pourrait servir spécifiquement à conceptualiser le processus de recherche d'information. Je soutiens, d'abord, que plusieurs modèles représentatifs de la recherche d'information sont philosophiquement inadéquats compte tenu des conséquences de ce que Day appelle la métaphore du conduit. Deuxièmement, je soutiens que le concept du Dasein, une description phénoménologique de l'expérience humaine figurant dans le livre de Heidegger Être et Temps, peut être utilisé pour développer un modèle de recherche d'information qui évite l'instanciation de la métaphore du conduit. Mon analyse démontre comment le Dasein permet une nouvelle conception de l'information, dont la situation entraîne une nouvelle compréhension de l'activité de recherche d'information, et du concept de l'information dans son ensemble.
In the writings of Bernard Stiegler, one of his most striking critiques of Martin Heidegger is th... more In the writings of Bernard Stiegler, one of his most striking critiques of Martin Heidegger is that throughout the multifaceted investigations of technology, from Being and Time to "The Question Concerning Technology," Heidegger does not address the inherently technological character of the way in which particular languages or traditions, what may be called the content of humanity's historicity, are handed down (überliefern) to human beings. In this paper, I hold Stiegler's critique to provide the basis for a possible supplement to Heidegger's examination of history, memory, and technology. This supplement is necessary because for Stiegler a philosophical examination of the structures of history and memory, for it to be completely accurate concerning the phenomena it purports to describe, must examine the process by which history and memory is transmitted and preserved. This process can only be understood through the subsequent examination of particular technological artifacts temporally specific to the particular historico-temporal moments of that transmission and preservation. Stiegler's critique