Library / Lineage
Ideas I inherited
Few useful ideas begin where we first encounter them.
This page traces some of the intellectual lineages that have shaped my work: where particular ways of seeing came from, what I retained from them, and where I have become less convinced.
Each source is set out in the same four steps.
- 01Source or thinker
- 02Idea I took
- 03How I use it
- 04Where I qualify it
TBC
The thinkers, and what I took from each
The strands and their topics are set. The sources in each, the idea retained and where I have qualified it are mine to confirm, not to be inferred from the shelves. Until then each strand points at the shelf that already holds its reading.
Lineage
Learning
Topics
- Memory
- Cognition
- Transfer
- Feedback
- Expertise
- Instructional design
The reading so far: Learning science
Lineage
Design
Topics
- Affordance
- Reflective practice
- Human-centred design
- Situated action
- Interaction
- Systems
The reading so far: Design thinking · UI/UX and interaction design · Visual communication
Lineage
Systems and complexity
Topics
- Feedback
- Leverage
- Emergence
- Adaptation
- Boundaries
- Uncertainty
The reading so far: Complexity education
Lineage
Futures
Topics
- Scenarios
- Alternative futures
- Backcasting
- Assumptions
- Signals
- Uncertainty
No shelf holds this strand yet.
Lineage
Geography and place
Topics
- Scale
- Interdependence
- Spatial relationships
- Place
- Networks
The reading so far: Learning spaces