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Article: Limits of language, limits of worlds
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- Visible Language
- Article date:
- January 1, 2001
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Abstract
"Limits of Language, Limits of Worlds" sets the stage for the articles that follow. It gives the general rationale for the discussions that formed the impetus for the selection of subjects for papers which include the inherent limitations of expert languages, the need to integrate visual literacy with all literacies that make up a language and its culture, the need for a vibrant cross-disciplinary discourse and the need for exploration of the relationship of theory to practice.
"The mediating link between theory and practice, is the human essence -- grounded in human feeling, experience, and intersubjective agreements that cannot be 'universalized' in the logic of the formula."
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