{"id":2069,"date":"2022-03-09T15:31:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T15:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashareh.fit\/?page_id=2069"},"modified":"2022-06-08T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2022-06-08T14:46:58","slug":"agency","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lala3xl.com\/index.php\/agency\/","title":{"rendered":"Material Agency-Agentic World"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2069\" class=\"elementor elementor-2069\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7c0253 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"c7c0253\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f53bc0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f53bc0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h1><a name=\"_Toc104201347\"><\/a>Material Agency | Agentic World<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d658382 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"d658382\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f40d80f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"f40d80f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-column .elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--spacer-size)}.e-container{--container-widget-width:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer{width:var(--container-widget-width,var(--spacer-size));-ms-flex-item-align:stretch;align-self:stretch;-ms-flex-negative:0;flex-shrink:0}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container,.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer{height:100%}.e-container>.elementor-widget-spacer>.elementor-widget-container>.elementor-spacer>.elementor-spacer-inner{height:var(--container-widget-height,var(--spacer-size))}<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b530e71 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"b530e71\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc65567 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc65567\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I didn\u2019t feel comfortable wearing the ceremonial get-up. There were too many layers \u2013underwear, corset, camisole, mid-layer, shell layer, dress and belts. It hindered my movement. I couldn\u2019t get on my bike and had to shuffle around, walking taking tiny steps because the fabric around my legs was wrapped too tight. My actions were strained and unnatural. I would rather be free to move as I please! For similar reasons, I switched from wearing high heels to flats.<\/p><\/blockquote><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a name=\"_Toc100227532\"><\/a>Fashion is so prolific that we overlook how it shapes how we contextualise ourselves in the world. Our modern lives are filled with things, but the most intimate relationship we have are the ones we have with clothes. We pick up and discard other objects as we need them. But clothes are literally attached to our bodies most of the day. Yet, we still look at clothes as serving our needs, sheltering us from the environment or protecting our modesty. \u00a0But they actually exercise a particular type of control over us as, they guide and restrict our movements as well as our physiological responses.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our clothes have the capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power. In social sciences, this \u2018power\u2019 is called \u2018material agency\u2019<a href=\"applewebdata:\/\/7EF2564F-9C79-4CDC-8B52-C516073EFFBD#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a>. The \u2018power\u2019 does not have to be big and could be something as trivial as your underwear riding up or the wool of your sweater scratching your skin. However, it is essential to focus on the role the material plays in affecting our lives.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fashion is something we interact with every day through the ritual of dressing our bodies in clothes. Fashion is also about cultural phenomenon, society, workers, industry, knowledge, power, hierarchical systems, colonialism, nature, agriculture, pollution, and regeneration.To me, fashion is the ideal transformative medium to subvert an era of human exceptionalism and recuperate our relationship with the world, other species and things that we have lost.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poem is a villanelle, an ancient form of French poetry, and there are many rules to adhere to. A villanelle should have 19 lines; five stanzas of three lines (tercet) each and a final stanza of four lines (quatrain). As you can see from the rhyme scheme; ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA, this type of poem only has two rhyming sounds. Furthermore, line one is repeated in lines 6, 12 and 18; and line three is repeated in lines 9, 15 and 19. It was quite a challenge to write a meaningful poem with repeating lines! I had to rewrite it a few times for it to make sense.<\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The poem attempts to contextualise philosophical conjectures like agency and relationality. Understanding the intricate network of interconnectedness could make humans sensitive to the nuances of other intelligent cosmologies. In such a hybrid existence, clothes are not passive objects but active actors and events. It is a world where we think through relations and are sensitive to the power clothes exert. We acknowledge clothes\u2019 agency and the potentiality in the materiality of their threads. We understand how clothes communicate and affect us. It is a universe where clothes are not frivolous and disposable.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5fd968 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"c5fd968\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41a2cd5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"41a2cd5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-divider{--divider-border-style:none;--divider-border-width:1px;--divider-color:#2c2c2c;--divider-icon-size:20px;--divider-element-spacing:10px;--divider-pattern-height:24px;--divider-pattern-size:20px;--divider-pattern-url:none;--divider-pattern-repeat:repeat-x}.elementor-widget-divider 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data-id=\"73a63d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>The material turn has been called a paradigm shift in the humanities and focuses on what has been made most passive: matter. &#8211; Fox, N., &amp; Alldred, P. (2019). New Materialism.\u00a0[Online]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/320016117_New_Materialism\">https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/320016117_New_Materialism<\/a>. Accessed: 18 May 2022.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1a3e6b1 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"1a3e6b1\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a304de3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a304de3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb7a4a e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"ccb7a4a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4590325 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4590325\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1632fca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1632fca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.2 - 21-08-2022 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is intentional agency only a humanistic quality?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd37280 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"cd37280\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d6761 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"63d6761\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-413d984 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"413d984\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f3f39a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f3f39a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50af34a e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"50af34a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8751145 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"8751145\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7c6c07 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f7c6c07\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our relational notion needs to transcend.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e66bef9 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e66bef9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae74d24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae74d24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div>According to Merleau-Ponty,\u00a0there is no hard separation between bodily conduct and intelligent conduct; rather, there is a unity of behavior that expresses the intentionality and hence the meaning of this conduct. In habits, the body adapts to the intended meaning, thus giving itself a form of embodied consciousness.<\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div><div><span lang=\"EN-US\">I quote M<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">aurice Merleau-Ponty from The Visible and the Invisible says: \u201cVisible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it is caught in the fabric of the world, and its cohesion is that of a thing. But, because it moves itself and sees, it holds things in a circle around itself. Things are an annex or prolongation of my body; they are incrusted in its flesh, they are part of its full definition\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b06427 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"3b06427\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1b84fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1b84fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Merleau-Ponty, M., Lingis, A., &amp; In Lefort, C. (1968).\u00a0The visible and the invisible: Followed by working notes<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ccf3a0 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"2ccf3a0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b995c0 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"9b995c0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4be0502 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4be0502\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing is static; materials also exert a dynamic potentiality.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11f1ed7 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"11f1ed7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ea800f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ea800f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cIf materials are not just static bits of matter waiting for someone to do something to them, but are always already in the midst of becoming something else, then materials have their own vitality and we find ourselves participants in an active world of lively materials. How might we use the movements of one material to<\/span><\/div><div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">open up possibilities within other materials, allowing objects, things, or or bodies to suggest new relations through movements?\u201dI learned a great deal about agency from this keynote session.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4fa1e e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"2c4fa1e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b994f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b994f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Kummen, K., Pacini-Ketchabaw, V., Blaise, M. &amp; Taylor, A (2020) Common World Pedagogies: Interview Part 3. Video-recorded zoom keynote panel session. North Shore Early Childhood Conference: To Learn, To Wonder. Vancouver. (25\/26 September). [Youtube]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PVxdSvsldCA\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/PVxdSvsldCA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81fb068 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"81fb068\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad7d53d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ad7d53d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca58245 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"ca58245\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b40522 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"5b40522\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3f8f5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3f8f5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bodies and things have different rhythms and intensities.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b74ba48 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"b74ba48\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-562a5b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"562a5b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaba929 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"eaba929\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b0349be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b0349be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee7e88 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"2ee7e88\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8cd8ef2 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"8cd8ef2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5ddd01 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c5ddd01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Joint participants in a world with endless movement.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3b61be e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e3b61be\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cecb00a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cecb00a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cBut what if the human role in shaping materials is not as central as we believe? What if materials shape us as much as we shape them? How might we experience materials differently if we acknowledge them as joint participants in our interactions with them? What happens when we choose to see materials, not as lifeless objects, but as events? How might a shift in perspective on materiality\u2014including our own\u2014change how we interact with materials, with young children, and with other educators?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18070eb e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"18070eb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1544dc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1544dc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Pacini-Ketchabaw, V. Kind, S. Kocher, L. Wapenaar, K. Kim, B. (2014).\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Material Encounters. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Capilano University IDEA program.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a53215 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"7a53215\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ffe5ce e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"3ffe5ce\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-740c4ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"740c4ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is intentional agency only a humanistic quality?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8ab539 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"b8ab539\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-def5ad3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"def5ad3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4a3dfc4 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4a3dfc4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dc0f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dc0f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a2b27db e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"a2b27db\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0b702e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a0b702e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19096b9 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"19096b9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4debfb e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e4debfb\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-80506cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"80506cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Not immutable, passive, or lifeless to our activities.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9b14b8 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e9b14b8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-947dd89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"947dd89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u201cNeil Postman has reinterpreted McLuhan\u2019s aphorism that \u2018the medium is the message\u2019 as meaning that \u2019embedded in every tool is an ideological bias, a predisposition to construct the world as one thing rather than another, to value one thing over another, to amplify one sense or skill or attitude more loudly than another\u2019\u201d (Postman 1993, p. 13).\u201d \u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Daniel Chandler references to Niel Postman in his paper.<\/span><\/div><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37d419d e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"37d419d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d75f58f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d75f58f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Postman, N. (1993): Technopoly: The Surrender of Culture to Technology. New York: Vintage.<\/span><\/div><div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Chandler, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">D<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">. (1995). Visual Memory. [Online]. Available at: <a href=\"http:\/\/visual-memory.co.uk\/daniel\/Documents\/short\/process.html\">http:\/\/visual-memory.co.uk\/daniel\/Documents\/short\/process.html<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. Accessed: 11 November 2021.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d9bd25 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"5d9bd25\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abd4b3d e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"abd4b3d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c2e701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c2e701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Materials\u2019 movement is only stifled by our measurement<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e438690 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e438690\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3707e55 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3707e55\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201c<\/span><\/div><div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">It also suggests that the act of observing, of measuring, a quantum system has a profound effect on the system. The question of exactly how that happens constitutes the measurement problem of quantum mechanics.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201d<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb80374 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"bb80374\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd4de88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd4de88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0Marianne. (19 November 2020). Physics in a minute: The double slit experiment. University of Cambridge. [Online]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.maths.org\/content\/physicsminute-double-slit-experiment-0\">https:\/\/plus.maths.org\/content\/physicsminute-double-slit-experiment-0<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">. Ac<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">essed<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">: 27 April 2022.<\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df34130 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"df34130\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5e0f8f e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"b5e0f8f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d3a5e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5d3a5e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing is static; materials also exert a dynamic potentiality.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c4741f e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"1c4741f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279bd10 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"279bd10\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p>\u201cThe clothes could be the body and the body could be the clothes\u201d. Rei Kawakubo, a designer whose renegade creations have never accepted the body as a limitation, tackled cultural tropes of female body image and its connection to clothing in her Spring\/Summer 1997 collection, titled &#8220;Body Meets Dress, Dress Meets Body&#8221; \u2013 widely remembered as the &#8220;lumps and bumps&#8221; collection. Pandering to the popularity of padding in the 80s and 90s she subverts its conventional application (to accentuate the female form), and rather uses it to effectually distort the body. The clothes are therefore shaping the body rather than having clothes being subservient to the body. Reimaginings of these salacious outfits were later used in a performance, <i>Dance Works III<\/i>, by famed choreographer Merce Cunningham.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f372d95 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"f372d95\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-528a19d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"528a19d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carpenter, B. (2012). Dance Works III: Merce Cunningham \/ Rei Kawakubo. [Online]. Available at: \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/walkerart.org\/calendar\/2012\/dance-works-iii-merce-cunningham-rei-kawakubo\">https:\/\/walkerart.org\/calendar\/2012\/dance-works-iii-merce-cunningham-rei-kawakubo<\/a>. Accessed: 02 April 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0e0d46 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"a0e0d46\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b262a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6b262a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62bf8a e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"f62bf8a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42fa831 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"42fa831\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f683823 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f683823\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kith narrowly contextualised within rational or functional properties.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f1b527 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"0f1b527\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f867a80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f867a80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kith refers to well known and intimate people and things in our lives. It is a term I learned by watching Donna Haraway: story telling for earthly survival. We learn about Donna Harraway\u2019s trickeries and situated positionalities which offer a rich and dense understanding of partial ways of knowing, and self-reflexivity. She discusses how we should be at odds with and alliance with the different constituents that comprise our life. Biogenetics alone does not denote relations. \u201cWe should make kith not only kin\u201d, she says and discusses to importance of companion species in her life. I think we can extend the concept of kith to the material world. I know I have loved my wardrobe more than most of my partners.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff10c7c e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"ff10c7c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07c3c25 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07c3c25\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Donna Haraway: story telling for earthly survival. DVD video. Brooklyn, NY : Icarus Films, 2017.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fef879 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"5fef879\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e0694b e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4e0694b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-970a93a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"970a93a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Breathability, weight, drape, durability, softness, construction, water-repellent.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e138fa4 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e138fa4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b06da3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b06da3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-be7fd0e e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"be7fd0e\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2b6738 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2b6738\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><span lang=\"EN-GB\">See N.A. (N.A). Fabric Properties. Contrado Imaging Ltd. [Online]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contrado.com\/fabric-properties\">https:\/\/www.contrado.com\/fabric-properties<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f6b86 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"27f6b86\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec26724 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"ec26724\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7be42 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d7be42\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is intentional agency only a humanistic quality?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561f5a2 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"561f5a2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-768f2a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"768f2a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d199dc e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4d199dc\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58b1505 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58b1505\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19237a8 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"19237a8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd132b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3cd132b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e7c0d6 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"7e7c0d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9522802 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"9522802\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dedf6a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dedf6a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Animate vs inanimate are deeply rooted cultural binaries.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3dc263 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"d3dc263\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70690ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"70690ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTraditional academic disciplines attempt to fit the practices of everyday life into<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">frameworks which are primarily sociocultural, psychological, linguistic or<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technological. But those who seek to explore processes of mediation must attempt to<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">move as readily as possible between such interpretative frames\u201d.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f7f09b e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"2f7f09b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9a169a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9a169a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandler, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">D<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (1995). Visual Memory. [Online] At: <a href=\"http:\/\/visual-memory.co.uk\/daniel\/Documents\/short\/process.html\">http:\/\/visual-memory.co.uk\/daniel\/Documents\/short\/process.html<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Accessed: 11 November 2021.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c032a e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"04c032a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac1188a e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"ac1188a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9e4cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9e4cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Let affordances  be understood as not compliant objects but as events.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e697158 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e697158\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b309ce0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b309ce0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u2018\u2026to a theory of visual perceiving proposes that \u201caffordances\u201d are among the properties of environmental things that an animal perceives.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f07671b e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"f07671b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d9e50a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d9e50a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p class=\"FooterStyle\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Gibson, James, J. (1979), The theory of affordances: The ecological approach to visual perception. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. [Online]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/monoskop.org\/images\/c\/c6\/Gibson_James_J_1977_1979_The_Theory_of_Affordances.pdf\">https:\/\/monoskop.org\/images\/c\/c6\/Gibson_James_J_<br \/>1977_1979_The_Theory_of_Affordances.pdf<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. Accessed: 31 March 2022.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c132a9 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"1c132a9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f12efdf e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"f12efdf\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a98fb88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a98fb88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing is static; materials also exert a dynamic potentiality.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ff2d43 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4ff2d43\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d0ddd1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d0ddd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hussein Chalayan and Damien Jalet co-produced Gravity Fatigue, a transformational\u00a0 performance combining the visual creativity of Chalayan\u2019s with contemporary dance choreographed by Jalet. Starting with the clothes, the garments became the grammar for the dance, intervening in the process of and flow; the performers acted as conduits moving with the materials\u2019 own inclinations. The clothes constricted certain natural movements or sometimes suspended bodies in the air. There were also instances where the clothes just engaged with the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-082934b e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"082934b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e018174 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e018174\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chalayan, H &amp; Jalet, D. (2015). Gravity Fatigue. [Online]. Available at: <a href=\"https:\/\/damienjalet.com\/project\/gravity-fatigue\/\">https:\/\/damienjalet.com\/project\/gravity-fatigue\/<\/a>. Accessed: 22 March 2022.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1795709 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"1795709\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77949c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"77949c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcdd0c2 e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"fcdd0c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76add55 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"76add55\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4208d95 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4208d95\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Let\u2019s notice how they live, participate and gesture in their own ontology.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9cff266 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"9cff266\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7a50c4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c7a50c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ed561a6 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"ed561a6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43b73cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"43b73cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b93a3b e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"6b93a3b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca21127 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"ca21127\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-95665f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"95665f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thing-power ! Intra-acting  in vibrant social-ecological environments.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12e8c6d e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"12e8c6d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4971d51 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4971d51\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><p class=\"FooterStyle\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">[1] Jane Bennet coins the term \u2018thing-power\u2019 in her paper.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div><p>[2] Intra-action is a Baradian term used to replace \u2018interaction,\u2019 which necessitates pre-established bodies that then participate in \u00a0action with each other. Intra-action understands agency as not an inherent property of an individual or human to be exercised, but as a dynamism of forces (p. 141).\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0d8a69 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"d0d8a69\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7f0389 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7f0389\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">[1] Bennet, J (2004). <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Force of Things: Steps toward an Ecology of Matter<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. [Online]. Available at: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177%2F0090591703260853\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0090591703260853<\/a><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">. Acc<\/span><\/p><p><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">[2] Barad, Karen. (2007).\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">. Durham: Duke University Press. [Online]. Available at: <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newmaterialism.eu\/almanac\/i\/intra-action.html\">https:\/\/newmaterialism.eu\/almanac\/i\/intra-action.html<\/a><\/span>. Accessed: 10 April 2022.essed: 9 April 2022.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-376b62f e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"376b62f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82d5a49 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"82d5a49\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3225420 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3225420\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Is intentional agency only a humanistic quality?<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0149d6 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"e0149d6\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b702f96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b702f96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271ffa4 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"271ffa4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b59c08e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b59c08e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-135aeae e-container--row e-container\" data-id=\"135aeae\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ebd156 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"4ebd156\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00ed350 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00ed350\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Nothing is static; materials also exert a dynamic potentiality.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b708006 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"b708006\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d97e4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d97e4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-991f0c8 e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"991f0c8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fdb85f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fdb85f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div><\/div><div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0acd31b e-container--column e-container\" data-id=\"0acd31b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9aaf45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b9aaf45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Material Agency | Agentic World I didn\u2019t feel comfortable wearing the ceremonial get-up. 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