Plasticity

Plasticity, then, in the wide sense of the word, means the possession of a structure weak enough to yield to an influence, but strong enough not to yield all at once. Each relatively stable phase of equilibrium in such a structure is marked by what we may call a new set of habits… the phenomena of habit in living beings are due to the plasticity of the organic materials of which their bodies are composed.
James, William, The Writings of William James, John J McDermott (ed), London: The University of Chicago Press, 1977, p. 10.

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Diodge, Norman, The Brian that Changes Itself, Melbourne: Scribe, 2007.
‘The Culturally Modified Brain’, pp. 287-312 BrainPlasticity.pdf
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Design and the Elastic Mind: http://seedmagazine.com/news/2008/04/design_and_the_elastic_mind.php
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Existenz (1999), Directed by David Cronenberg

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Lavin, Sylvia (2002) Plasticity at Work, Mood River, Ohio: Wexner Centre for the Arts, pp 74-81.
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Lynn:http://www.glform.com/

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Cooper, Melinda (2008), Life as Surplus: Biotechnology and Capitalism in the Neoliberal Era, Seattle and London: University of Washington Press.
Introduction, p3-14.
Chapter 4, Contortions, pp 103-128.

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Kwinter, Sanford (2008), A Discourse on Method, Explorations in Architecture: Teaching Design Research, Birkhauser, 2008, pp. 34-47.
+ Chris Lasch: http://seedmagazine.com/designseries/chris-lasch.html

Research practices:
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Testing text via transformation