Re-Framing
The role of metaphor and narrative, as opposed to new theories or experiments, is too little recognised in discussions of the historian of science Thomas Kuhn’s paradigm shifts, supposed (and contested) moments of dramatic change in science. All scientists know how to go about scrutinising a theory: you use it to formulate some testable hypothesis,... See more
Philip Ball • We need new metaphors that put life at the centre of biology | Aeon Essays
Narratives for a Life-centric culture: the Culture Hack Labs’ Methodology
Roxane Cassehgarimedium.comLakoff reminds us that metaphors are the fundamental building blocks we use to make sense of our world and provide a framework for acting in the world
Victor MacGill • Unravelling the Myth/Metaphor Layer in Causal Layered Analysis
The rules had been constructed long before I was born, and I did not know yet I was allowed to break them or redefine them or ignore them entirely.
— Jami Attenberg, I Came All This Way to Meet You
The Satisfaction of Practice in an Achievement-Oriented World
The rule of reframing can look different depending on what you're dealing with. But it always involves seeing a problem from a different angle, with the goal of breaking a cycle of harmful thoughts and behavior.