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Functional fixedness… and Zen

  So much of what is talked about in HCD/UCD and Design Thinking is overcoming what in Psych terms is referred to as ‘functional fixedness’.  Ie: ‘knowing things’ about a subject.  This is reflected in assumptions – which need to be constantly re-examined to see if they are still relevant/valid.  And it is reflected in […]

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A lecture on Improvisation – Distributed Cognition, Swarm Intelligence, Physics, Punk and Zen

And I may as well complete the set by posting the powerpoint of the last of the lectures I  recently delivered at UTS.  It’s on the subject of Improvisation in Audio Culture but covers such theoretical frameworks as Systems Theory, Distributed Cognition and Swarm Intelligence as well as things like emergent and non-linear behaviour before […]

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