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This hermeneutic analysis exposes how implicit aesthetic assumptions in Information Systems research act as epistemic infrastructure, effectively filtering which sociotechnical phenomena are deemed worthy of study. By surfacing four distinct aesthetic perspectives, the work provides a framework to broaden inquiry horizons and uncover dimensions often overlooked by dominant framings in algorithmic management and digital intimacy. Ultimately, this research offers a necessary vocabulary for integrating aesthetic philosophy into the theorizing and methodology of human-computer interaction.
Aesthetic Perspectives in Information Systems Research: A Hermeneutic Analysis
arXiv:2606.09839v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: How might implicit aesthetic perspectives shape what Information Systems (IS) scholarship recognises as worthy of study (or not)? In this hermeneutic literature analysis, we surface foundational aesthetic assumptions underpinning IS research. We identify four perspectives (aesthetics as imitation, sensory experience, world-making, and political doing) that guide how IS scholars perceive and appreciate sociotechnical phenomena. These perspectives influence what becomes recognisable as legitimate research and what remains unseen. By making aesthetic assumptions explicit, we show how they form epistemic infrastructure that conditions horizons of inquiry. We apply this framework to algorithmic management and digitally mediated intimacy, revealing how alternative perspectives open new research questions whilst exposing dimensions that dominant framings overlook. This analysis foregrounds the importance of aesthetic philosophy to IS literature, offering a vocabulary for articulating how aesthetic perspectives shape theorising, method, and contribution.
Abstract:How might implicit aesthetic perspectives shape what Information Systems (IS) scholarship recognises as worthy of study (or not)? In this hermeneutic literature analysis, we surface foundational aesthetic assumptions underpinning IS research. We identify four perspectives (aesthetics as imitation, sensory experience, world-making, and political doing) that guide how IS scholars perceive and appreciate sociotechnical phenomena. These perspectives influence what becomes recognisable as legitimate research and what remains unseen. By making aesthetic assumptions explicit, we show how they form epistemic infrastructure that conditions horizons of inquiry. We apply this framework to algorithmic management and digitally mediated intimacy, revealing how alternative perspectives open new research questions whilst exposing dimensions that dominant framings overlook. This analysis foregrounds the importance of aesthetic philosophy to IS literature, offering a vocabulary for articulating how aesthetic perspectives shape theorising, method, and contribution.
Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC); Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computers and Society (cs.CY)
arXiv:2606.09839 [cs.HC]
(or arXiv:2606.09839v1 [cs.HC] for this version)
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