A lot depends on what is being communicated. Do "I" as a writer mean
"we" or "i". Sometimes "we" weakens it because "I" don't want to take
responsibility. Sometimes "we" strengthens it. Good writing and
communicating clearly is hard, but rewarding when "we" get it right :-).
Also, for me a lot depends upon my audience. For example, we had some
patterns written and presented at our last PLoP that were from Japan.
You could tell that the writing style was in the form that fit that
culture. Now, if that is their intended audience then I would say they
did a great job. However, if they want it their patterns to be used and
real by other cultures, they should consider some changes to the writing
style.
--joe
On 2/19/2013 10:38 AM, Joseph Bergin wrote:
Yes, a big problem, but hard to tackle. Shepherding and workshopping do a
pretty good job, since many of the participants are from around the world.
Perhaps those giving feedback should be sure to mention this when noticed. I
just did this while shepherding a paper for guru-plop. In this case it was just
the language used, but the advice itself, can be strongly culturally dependent.
One person I know rejected Alexander altogether believing that they were just building
"California-Mediteranian architecture."
Joe
On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:30 AM, Christian Köppe wrote:
I personally think that this is indeed one of the overlooked issues in most
published patterns; they (authors and patterns) assume that they are
culture-independent.
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