Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Lexicon-6 : Easterling_Organization Space

1. topic based term : Organization(n.)

: Non-random arrangement of components or parts interconnected in a manner as to constitute a system identifiable as a unit.

: Sequential or spatial (or both) form in which a body of knowledge, data, people, things, or other elements, is purposefully arranged.

2. descriptive/active terms : Defamiliarize(v.)

: to present or render in an unfamiliar artistic form usually to stimulate fresh perception


Quotes

"...spatial organizations with active parts, temporal components, or differential change..."

"...defamiliarize familiar environments by
identifying those sites that have the power to divert or rearrange them,..."

"...The discussion looks for elements that are
accident-prone or inventions born in eccentric conditions, with the assumption
that the world grows or learns by these accidents, and whatever remains
eccentric to a culture's boundaries and brackets is more likely to crossreference
its intelligence. These eccentricities or wild cards-which are constantly
creating volatility, difference, and conflict within development organizations-
are smart in their own way, and they are the subject of this book.
They produce space by adjusting organization...."

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