Monday 18 July 2022

other views: aspect and perspective

Here are some definitions:

  • the form of a verb that shows how the meaning of that verb is considered in relation to time, typically expressing if an action is complete, repeated, or continuous  

ASPECT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

  • the form of a verb group indicating whether an action, event, or situation is seen as continuing or as complete. In English there are two aspects, the progressive, such as ‘is arriving’ or ‘was arriving’, and the perfective, such as ‘has seen’ and ‘had seen’.  

ASPECT (noun) American English definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary

And another:

  • a particular feature of or way of thinking about something, esp. something complicated 

ASPECT | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary

Things can get a bit confusing:

Words Aspect and Perspective have similar meaning

This helps:

With both words, you can be talking in a purely physical manner (about the concrete ‘real’ world) or in a philosophical manner.

  • Your perspective is the context in which, or the position from which, you view something or someone.
    • He looks at crime from the perspective of a police officer.
    • From his perspective, the second building seemed to tower over the first
  • An aspect is a ‘side’, part, nuance, characteristic, or feature, or the directional orientation, of something or someone.
    • He saw an aspect of the situation that had previously escaped his attention.
    • The southern aspect of the house was really charming.

So, depending on your perspective, you might notice different aspects of things or people.

What is the difference between perspective and aspect? - Quora

Taking this further...

What aspects do different Wikipedias show - and what perspectives do they present?

Jay Doubleyou: alternative wikipedias

Same questions for different state media:

Jay Doubleyou: china, the bbc and disinformation

Same questions for you and me:

Jay Doubleyou: othering

For example:

The term orientalism denotes the exaggeration of difference, the presumption of Western superiority, and the application of clichéd analytical models for perceiving the "Oriental world".

Orientalism (book) - Wikipedia

Orientalismo (saggio) - Wikipedia (Italian)

Orientalism - Conservapedia

contrary to the Orient which serves which serves as Europe's polar opposite, Balkan is Europe's "Other within"

Imagining the Balkans - Wikipedia

Balkanizmi (knjiga) – Wikipedija (Croatian)

To build a conceptual framework around a notion of Us-versus-Them is, in effect, to pretend that the principal consideration is epistemological and natural—our civilization is known and accepted, theirs is different and strange—whereas, in fact, the framework separating us from them is belligerent, constructed, and situational.

Other (philosophy) - Wikipedia

Othering – Wikipedia (German)

Us vs. Them: The process of othering | CMHR

What is Othering - YouTube

Finally:

Jay Doubleyou: north, east, south, west - what do they mean?

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