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Communication is not what it seems

Revisiting its ground

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https://doi.org/10.18861/ic.2020.15.2.3008

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communication, human exchanges, practices, social organizations

Abstract

From etymological and philosophical perspectives, this article revisits the deep meaning of communication, taking into account what the word in itself implies to value how it shapes our ways of relating to one another and with the world.  The author’s arguments, intertwined with those of a variety of thinkers, dismantles the linear authoritarian transmission model of communication and places it in the gap, that is, in the in-between one and others where the endless construction of possible meaning takes place. The interpretations that arise from these thoughts encourage the understanding of our daily practices and open questions to rethink the decision-making of those who carry out communication tasks in the varied universe of social organizations.

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Mariluz Restrepo, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Doctora en Filosofía, Arte y Pensamiento Crítico, European Graduate School (Suiza). Magister en Filosofía, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Colombia). Profesora Emérita, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Investigadora, docente y consultora en comunicación y análisis organizacional, cultura contemporánea, educación, semiótica y hermenéutica para universidades y organizaciones de América Latina, España y Estados Unidos. Su trayectoria docente y de investigación sobre las problemáticas contemporáneas de la representación, la sensibilidad, el arte, la educación y la comunicación ha sido enriquecida por las obras de varios pensadores tales como Charles Peirce, Paul Ricœur, Michel Serres, Jacques Derrida y Jean-Luc Nancy, entre otros. Autora de decenas de artículos y varios libros, entre los cuales figuran: 32 Notas en taller, 2017; Representación, relación tríadica en el pensamiento de Charles S. Peirce, 2010; y WEB, un paradigma de comunicación, 2006

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Restrepo, M. (2020). Communication is not what it seems: Revisiting its ground. InMediaciones De La Comunicación, 15(2), 27–42. https://doi.org/10.18861/ic.2020.15.2.3008 (Original work published November 20, 2020)

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Vol. 15 No. 2 (2020)

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