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Friday, 29 March 2024, 1:54 AM
Site: OpenLearn Create
Course: Empowering methodologies in organisational research (Empowering methodologies)
Glossary: Glossary
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occularcentric

Occularcentric refers to the privileging of vision above other senses (touch, hearing, smell and taste) as a basis for knowing and understanding the world.

ontological

ontology

Ontology (or ‘ontological’) refers to the philosophical assumptions that inform our understanding of what is real.

Other

Othering

Othering is the problematic practice of positioning one’s self in relation to an ‘Other’ in ways that suggest that they are inferior. It positions the Other as an outsider: someone different distinguished by their embodiments and/or language.