Plasticity, the ability to be molded in various forms while maintaining a core identity, is a term that is increasingly used within various fields of science, e.g. neuroscience, plant- and cell biology, and within the humanities. However, the meaning and use of plasticity varies between these fields. How are these different usages – from shapeshifting to adaptability, related between disciplines, and how can plasticity be developed into a threshold concept within fields where it is currently not in use?
Day One of The Shapeshifters Symposium consists of four transdisciplinary panels, each centering spe cific questions related to plasticity.
| 10:00 | Panel 1: Plasticity, Complexity, and Circular Causality |
| 11:45 | Panel 2: Plasticity from Within and from Without |
| 13:15 | Lunch Break |
| 14:00 | Panel 3: Time & Mind |
| 15:45 | Panel 4: Meaning Making across Epistemic Cultures |
| 17:30 | Closing Circle |
| 18:00 | Drinks + Dinner |
Day Two of The Shapeshifters Symposium consists of a working group aimed to further advance discussions relating to plasticity across discplines. Our aim here is to advance a white paper and a book under the working title ‘Plasticity - Here, There, and Everywhere'.