Decentering
From Geography
Decentering is a term which describes the opposite way of answering a question from a central point of view. A key element concerning decentering is that when one answers one is not biased. Decentering creates a view in which a subject, situation, etcetera can be explained/described in more than one way.
For example this can mean that one object has different functions for several people. For one person a car can be only an object in means of transportation, while the same car is for another person an object in means of a rebuild project. In the example a car is mentioned. Another aspect in which decentering is known very well is language. Many words have more than one meaning. Without realizing decentering it can easily happen that two persons will talk about latterly the same word, but both in a total different context (meaning).
References:
Silverman,H.J. Inscriptions: after phenomenology and structuralism, 1997 Consulted: 14 October 2010
Published by Tobias Geerdink
