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Is translation an autopoietic system?

2010

Translation is analyzed from the standpoint of its systemic properties. Translation is shown to have the capacity to observe itself and its difference from the environment. Observation being a major autopoietic factor, translation may be considered as an autopoietic system. Doubts about this hypothesis arise because of the peculiarities of communicative properties of translation. Translation plays the role of the mediating party in complex translation communication events and its communicative behavior is ‘defective’ in that translation does not act upon source messages because its communicative function is passing messages on to the target party. As a system, translation may be studied aga…

Linguistics and LanguageAutopoiesisTraducció -- Aspectes socialsSociología de la traducciónmedia_common.quotation_subjectOperational closureArt historyNiklas LuhmannTranslation (geometry)Language and LinguisticsCommunicative behaviorEducationLuhmann NiklasSociology of translationAutopoiesisOpenness to experienceSociologyFunction (engineering)AutopoesiTeoría de los sistemas socialesmedia_commonUNESCO::CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRASCommunicationLuhmann Niklas -- Crítica i interpretacióbusiness.industryTraducción e InterpretaciónSocial systems theorySocial system:CIENCIAS DE LAS ARTES Y LAS LETRAS [UNESCO]Luhmann Niklas; Social systems theory; Autopoiesis; Sociology of translationbusiness
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The contribution of public relations to organisational decision making and autopoiesis of organisations : the perspective of the Luhmannian social sy…

2018

This doctoral dissertation investigates the contribution of public relations professionals to organisational decision-making processes and autopoiesis of organisations. The research approach utilises Niklas Luhmann’s functional method approach, regarded as an observational tool to create a distinction between problems and solutions. The research progresses through three parts: Part 1, the preliminary empirical work; Part 2, insights gained from academic articles and reports, and Part 3, empirical work on the perceptions of professionals. This qualitative, content-oriented, interpretive research approach concludes that public relations (PR) is a responsive, managing and adapting function in …

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