On Folding Towards a New Field of Interdisciplinary Research

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016
• Series: Science Studies
• Subjects: Code; Cultural Studies; Folding; Form; Interdisciplinary Research; Material; Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Science; Structure; Technology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBC Cultural and media studies::JBCC Cultural studies; thema EDItEUR::P Mathematics and Science::PD Science: general issues::PDA Philosophy of science
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (242 p.)
• ISBN: 9783837634044; 9783839434048
• Access: Open Access

It is only recently, with the increasing interest in origami and folding in natural sciences and the humanities, that the fold as a new conception in a whole range of disciplines has begun to be conceived in a broader way. Folding as a material and structural process offers a new methodology to think about the close relationship of matter, form and code. It henceforth crosses out old dichotomies, such as the organic and the inorganic or nature and technology, and blurs the boundaries between experimental, conceptual and historical approaches. This anthology aims to unfold this new interdisciplinary field and its disciplinary impact, ranging from materials science, biology, architecture, and mathematics to literature and philosophy.