[Sigia-l] Findability is dead, Long live ummm... Meaning?

[Boniface Lau]

> From: sigia-l-admin at asis.org [mailto:sigia-l-admin at asis.org]On
> Behalf Of gunnar
> 
[...]
> If we keep trying to "fence in" IA - out of dissatisfaction with the
> fact that IA is not a Science of the "Natural Sciences" kind, but a
> practice drawing on a broad range of human, social and cultural
> sciences and theories - we will keep having meaningless discussions
> of "WHAT is IA?". In Art Theory and in Media Theory they stopped
> doing this decades ago.  Try out the "WHEN is IA?" and the "WHERE is
> IA?" - like in "When is art?" and "When is meaning?".

Agreed! People need to understand the essence of information
architecture. Understanding the essence starts with understanding the
word meaning of "information architecture". With those understandings
firmly established, people can look for IA and answer the "when" and
"where" questions.


[...]
> 
> It means that we should care more about how IA changes along with
> the changes in the media we are dealing with.

By understanding the essence of information architecture, people can
effectively identify the different information architectures without
mistaking peripheral items as information architectures.


Boniface