Designing Instruments of Change - Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

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The interludes are read by the author.

Sections

00:00 Chapter 5: The Swans

00:23 5.1 Introduction

14:11 5.2 For the Community of Experience (Neurodivergent Learners)

31:32 5.3 For the Community of Care (Space Makers: Teachers, Facilitators and Parents)

50:02 5.4 Conclusion

50:37 Interlude 6: Tao Te Ching, Lao Tzu (read by the author)

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#fit2

The interludes are read by the author.

Sections

00:00:00 Fit the Second: Travels

00:02:23 Interlude 4: This Is Water, David Foster Wallace (read by the author)

00:03:36 Chapter 4: Ugly Ducklings

00:03:45 4.1 Introduction

00:05:49 4.2 What did I do?

00:07:54 4.3 Eggs (Initial Realisations)

00:19:22 4.5 Ducklings (The Messy Middle)

01:44:50 4.6 In summary: What the Workshops Revealed

01:47:58 4.7 Four Types of Instruments of Change

01:52:45 4.8 From Workshops to Playbook

01:53:55 4.9 What Took Flight

01:54:30 Interlude 5: Expert at the Card Table, S. W. Erdnase (read by the author)

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#ch7

The interludes are read by the author.

Sections

00:00 Chapter 7: Reasons to Be Excited!

00:22 7.1 Introduction

01:39 7.2 Conclusion

05:24 7.3 What’s Next: Invitations for Future inquiry

10:55 7.4 The Stilts

14:53 Interlude 9: The Bone People, Keri Hulme (read by the author)

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#fit3

The interludes are read by the author.

Sections

00:00 Fit the Third: Territories

00:26 Interlude 7: Little Gidding, T. S. Eliot (read by the author)

00:44 Chapter 6: Contributions

00:52 6.1 Introduction

02:27 6.2 Research Orientation: A Contribution to Practice-Informed Design Research

20:22 6.3 Designing learning experiences: A Contribution to the Neurodivergent Community

40:26 6.4 Designing Transformation: A Contribution to Transformative Design Practice

55:26 6.5 What this project offers

57:55 Interlude 8: Education as Initiation, Richard Peters (read by the author)

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#ch3

Sections

00:00 Chapter 3: Charting a Course

00:20 3.2 Introduction

02:05 3.3 Research Design

15:33 3.4 Methods

23:15 3.5 Workshop Trajectories

27:20 3.6 Research Questions and Contributions

30:41 3.7 What Does Success Look Like, and Who Gets to Define It?

31:55 3.8 Boundaries of the Inquiry

34:12 3.9 Conclusion

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#fit1

The interludes are read by the author.

Sections

00:00 Fit the First: Dolphin Diving

02:45 Chapter 1: The Boat

02:55 1.1 Introduction

05:44 1.2 Positioning Myself

20:37 1.3 Locating the Research

25:26 1.4 Why This Work, Why Now?

27:46 Interlude 2: Who You Were Meant to Be, Lindsay Gibson (read by the author)

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#ch2

The interludes are read by the author.

Sections

00:00:00 Chapter 2: The Ocean

00:00:21 2.1 Introduction: A Narratively Informed Literature Review

00:06:20 2.2 Dis/ability & Neurodiversity: A Foundational Re-framing

00:27:24 2.3 Mindset Shift, Learner Autonomy & Change

00:37:01 2.4 Learning and Transformation

00:50:54 2.5 Technology, Cybernetics, and Extended Cognition

01:23:38 2.6 Design, Creativity & Play

01:50:26 2.7 Conclusion

01:51:09 Interlude 3: Vigil, George Saunders (read by the author)

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From Designing Instruments of Change: Neurodiversity, mindset shift, and the extended mind, the exegesis of a practice-informed PhD by project by Alisdair Gurling (WonderLab, Monash University).

Read along: https://phd.neurodiversity.tools/read/#pre-abstract

The preface and the first interlude are read by the author.

Sections

00:00 Abstract

05:04 Acknowledgements

11:20 Exegesis Structure

14:30 Engaging with this PhD by Project

18:10 Wayfinding the PhD Components

21:44 Prolegomena: Conceptual Foundations

28:46 Preface (read by the author)

33:02 Interlude 1: Some Things I Like, Lemn Sissay (read by the author)