Richard Coyne is a professor at the

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and author of several books on the implications of information technology and design, published by

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, and

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. His work is strongly influenced by the writings of the philosopher

Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer (; ; 11 February 1900 – 13 March 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 on hermeneutics, '' Truth and Method'' (''Wahrheit und Methode''). Life Family and early life Gad ...

hermeneutics Hermeneutics () is the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially the interpretation of biblical texts, wisdom literature, and philosophical texts. As necessary, hermeneutics may include the art of understanding and communication. ...

and interpretation theory, particularly as developed by Coyne's colleague

Adrian Snodgrass Adrian Bousfield Snodgrass (2 April 1931 – 22 January 2025) was an Australian architect and scholar in Buddhist studies and Buddhist art. He developed theories in the area of hermeneutical philosophy and its application to knowledge productio ...

in the 1990s, and with whom he co-authored the book ''Interpretation in Architecture: Design as a Way of Thinking''.Snodgrass, Adrian, and Richard Coyne. 2006. ''Interpretation in Architecture: Design as a Way of Thinking''. London: Routledge. He is Professor of Architectural Computing and was Head of the School of Arts, Culture and Environment (which covered the disciplines of architecture, history of art and music) until its merger with

Edinburgh College of Art Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is one of eleven schools in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Tracing its history back to 1760, it provides higher education in art and design, architecture, histor ...

. Coyne is an architect by training and brings a design-oriented and spatial understanding to his research and writing on digital themes.

Works

#Coyne, Richard. 2019.''Peirce for Architects''. London: Routledge, 135 pages. #Coyne, Richard. 2018.''Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age''. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 245 pages. #Coyne, Richard. 2016. ''Mood and Mobility: Navigating the Emotional Spaces of Digital Social Networks''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 378 pages. #Coyne, Richard. 2011. ''Derrida for Architects'', London: Routledge. #Coyne, Richard. 2010. ''The Tuning of Place: Sociable Spaces and Pervasive Digital Media''. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 330 pages. #Snodgrass, Adrian, and Richard Coyne. 2006. ''Interpretation in Architecture: Design as a Way of Thinking''. London: Routledge, 332 pages. #Coyne, Richard. 2005. Cornucopia Limited: Design and Dissent on the Internet. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 284 pages. #Coyne, R.D. 1999. ''Technoromanticism: Digital Narrative, Holism and the Romance of the Real, Cambridge'', Massachusetts: MIT Press, 398 pages. #Coyne, R.D. 1995. ''Designing Information Technology in the Postmodern Age: From Method to Metaphor'', MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 399 pages. #Coyne, R. D., Rosenman, M. A., Radford, A. D., Balachandran, M. and Gero, J.S. 1994. ''Knowledge- Based Design Systems'', Japanese edition published by Ohm-Sha, Tokyo, 522 pages (First edition by Addison Wesley, Reading Massachusetts, 1990, 576 pages). #Coyne, R. D. 1988. ''Logic Models of Design'', Pitman, London, 317 pages.

References

External links

Professor Richard Coyne web pagesBlog
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