@article{Velez-Castiblanco_2011, title={BOUNDARY GAMES: A LANGUAGE AND INTENTION BASED FRAMEWORK FOR BOUNDARY CRITIQUE}, volume={55}, url={https://journals.isss.org/index.php/proceedings55th/article/view/1716}, abstractNote={<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Times;" lang="EN-US">Exploring ways to understand the boundary of a problematic situation is fundamental to intervention.<span>&nbsp; </span>The boundary draws a difference between what is relevant and what is not relevant for the problem situation.<span>&nbsp; </span>In other words, it points out what it is and is not the system.<span>&nbsp; </span>Boundary Critique Theory, has used the notion of boundary to built ways to examine and reflect critically about the intervention process.<span>&nbsp; </span>It has developed ways to manage situations such as conflict, exclusion and the generation of reasonable discourse among the participants.<span>&nbsp; </span>These developments use ideas from sources such as critical theory, pragmatic philosophy, sociology, biology and cybernetics.<span>&nbsp; </span>This paper contributes to the range of theories informing Boundary Critique by adding a framework of Boundary Games.<span>&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>The framework is based on Wittgenstein&rsquo;s Language Games and Relevance Theory (a theory from Language Pragmatics).<span>&nbsp; </span>It shows new ways to reflect on the actions and language on a setting.<span>&nbsp; </span>Particularly, it proposes six possible &ldquo;moves&rdquo;, intentions or games in relation to the boundary.<span>&nbsp; </span>The framework implies a shift in how the boundary is usually managed in Boundary Critique, from a boundary that shapes our actions towards a boundary that is shaped by every action. </span><!--EndFragment-->}, number={1}, journal={Proceedings of the 55th Annual Meeting of the ISSS - 2011, Hull, UK}, author={Velez-Castiblanco, Jorge Ivan}, year={2011}, month={Sep.} }