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-**PARN Project +====PARN Project: Human-plant communication - research diary====
-Human-plant communication - research diary**+
 Lionel Lionel
  
 +===Tuesday 23/08/2011===
  
-__Thirsday 04/07/2011__+(Platform Kanal summer lab in FoAM's studio)
  
-° Lybarinth page +===Monday 22/08/2011===
-°+
  
-__Wednesday 03/07/2011__+  * Visit at the VUB library to identify interesting reference books about plant physiology:\\ 
 +° //Biology of Plants, 7th edition//, P. Raven, R. Evert, S. Eichhorn - W. H. Freeman & co Publishers\\ 
 +Very general and pedagogic, lot of pictures. Botany, histology, a bit of molecular biology. Reader-friendly, nice to browse randomly (essays, topics, etc.).\\ 
 +° //Plant physiology, 4th edition//, L. Taiz & E. Zeiger - Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers\\ 
 +More experiment-oriented. A lot about plant development and metabolic pathways. Graphs, molecular structures.\\ 
 +° //Biochemistry & Molecular Biology of Plants//, B. Buchanan, W. Gruissem, R. Jones - American Society of Plant Physiologists\\ 
 +Very good and exhaustive reference book. Very molecular-, protein- and biochemistry-oriented.
  
-Start meeting with Nick & Maja+===Thursday 18/08/2011===
  
-Research starting points: +Further reading of previously mentioned articles and books
-° Reach a broad spectrum going from science <----> para-science +
-° Special attention to //stories//. Stories made to justify some logical shortcuts in speudo-scientific demonstrations, stories on the side of classical research, etc. +
-° Think of experiment to test some pseudo-scientific claims (plants grow faster if you speak to them). Those experiments are not meant to be realized. +
-° Make an overview of the research in the field of plant-plant communication. Neurobotany, sensory ecology, chemical communication between plants, etc. +
-° Speculative science: what do we need to build a //translator// to interfer with those signals?+
  
-Literature starting points: +===Wednesday 17/08/2011=== 
-° Experiments of Laurence (~1950). Onion attached to a telescope, and other strange experiments. + 
-° HPI paper on the Lybarinth +(General meeting at FoAM) 
-° Sci-fi writer K. Schröder. Idea of thalience, switched subjectivity. Idea that the value of a model is not only determined by the fact it is true or not, but also by its ability to generate other models and ideas ("heuristicity"). + 
-° T. McKenna, Archaic Revival, Chapter about plan/plant/planet. Phytomimicry and techno-gaianism. +===Tuesday 16/08/2011=== 
-° P. Stamets, Mycelium Running, global considerations about mycelium as nature's internet.+ 
 +  * Futher investigation about 'plant neurobiology'\\ 
 +° Struik et al (2008) //Plant neurobiology and green plant intelligence: science, metaphors and nonsense//\\ 
 +An intelligent, precise and critical reflection about the subject, written by researchers that are not part of the 'Baluska & Mancuso friend's group'.\\ 
 +° Koziolek et al (2003) //Transient knockout of photosynthesis mediated by electrical signals//\\ 
 +In this paper, the authors relate an experiment to measure electrical signals and other parameters in //Mimosa pudica//\\ 
 + 
 +===Friday 12/08/2011=== 
 + 
 +  * About the measurements of action potentials in plants: [[http://electrochem.cwru.edu/encycl/art-p01-plants.htm|Webpage]] by A.G. Volkov about the electrochemistry of plant life.\\ 
 + 
 +  * There is a journal for [[http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/loi/mpmi|Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions]]. Beyond a one-year embargo, new articles are in Open Access ([[wp>Delayed open access journal]]). 
 + 
 +===Thursday 11/08/2011=== 
 + 
 +  * New libarynth page about [[plant_neurobiology|plant neurobiology]] 
 + 
 +  * New libarynth page with a [[open_access_journals_list|list of some Open Access Journals]] 
 + 
 +===Wednesday 10/08/2011=== 
 + 
 +  * Read the article of Peter W. Barlow (2008) 
 + 
 +  * Wikipedia search about: convergent evolution, exaptation, morphogen, metamerism 
 + 
 +===Friday 05/08/2011=== 
 + 
 +  * Search in the scientific literature about "plant neurobiology"\\ 
 +° Peter W. Barlow (2008) Reflections on ‘plant neurobiology’ [review article]\\ 
 +° Eric Davies (2004) New functions for electrical signals in plants [commentary] 
 + 
 +  * Short research meeting with Nik & Maja\\ 
 + 
 +===Thursday 04/08/2011=== 
 + 
 +  * Libarynth research diary 
 + 
 +  * T. McKenna, Archaic Revival (1991, book), p 219-225\\ 
 +° Central idea: plants as inspirational model for solving global problems. Phytomimicry in industry, politics, personal life.\\ 
 +° According to McKenna, the "lessons" of plants are:\\ 
 +- societal/politics: feminization of culture\\ 
 +- personal: inwardness, cooperation (symbiosis)\\ 
 +- ecology: phytoremediation, biodiversity\\ 
 +- industry: recycling, H2-economy, photovoltaic, nanotech\\ 
 +° McKenna hopes a change of paradigm. Idea of the "rebirth of the [vegetal] Goddess". Spiritual or symbolic idea of the mother-earth, Gaia, etc.\\ 
 +° Suggests that the use of psychedelic plants opens channels of direct communication with this Gaia.\\ 
 +° McKenna speaks about "planetary purpose". Intentionality. (link to be made with Naturalism and Intelligent Design)\\ 
 + 
 +  * Wikipedia search about:\\ 
 +New Age Gaian, James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis, Noepaganism, Pseudoscience, Falsifiability, Biopunk 
 + 
 +  * Some books found in the library:\\ 
 +° Nature, technology and the sacred, Bronislaw Szerszynski, 2005. About the idea of the "disenchantment of the world", from a philosphy of science point of view.\\ 
 +° Cosmicomics, Italo Calvino, 1965. Short stories. Science-like narratives, universe as a cosmic joke.\\ 
 +° Psychedelic reimagined, Thomas Lyttle, ed., 1999. Collection of articles about psychedelic substances and practices.\\ 
 + 
 +===Wednesday 03/08/2011=== 
 + 
 +  * Start meeting with Nik & Maja 
 + 
 +  * Research starting points:\\ 
 +° Reach a broad spectrum going from science < ---- > pseudo-science\\ 
 +° Special attention to //stories//. Stories made to justify some logical shortcuts in speudo-scientific demonstrations, stories on the side of classical research, etc.\\ 
 +° Think of experiment to test some pseudo-scientific claims (plants grow faster if you speak to them). Those experiments are not meant to be realized.\\ 
 +° Make an overview of the research in the field of plant-plant communication. Neurobotany, sensory ecology, chemical communication between plants, etc.\\ 
 +° Speculative science: what do we need to build a //translator// to interfer with those signals?\\ 
 + 
 +  * Literature starting points:\\ 
 +° Experiments of George Lawrence (~1950). Onion attached to a telescope, and other strange experiments.\\ 
 +° HPI paper on the Lybarinth\\ 
 +° Sci-fi writer K. Schröder. Idea of thalience, switched subjectivity. Idea that the value of a model is not only determined by the fact it is true or not, but also by its ability to generate other models and ideas ("heuristicity").\\ 
 +° T. McKenna, Archaic Revival, Chapter about plan/plant/planet. Phytomimicry and techno-gaianism.\\ 
 +° P. Stamets, Mycelium Running, global considerations about mycelium as nature's internet.\\
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