Being Systemic as a Way of Life Reflections on a Trip to China

Abstract

This writing can also be seen as a “diffraction exploration”. What does it mean? Karen Barad, (2007) a contemporary feminist philosopher, inspired me to consider reflections as diffractions. In quantum physics, atoms behave in a way that can surprise scientists e.g. the noise of an atom being moved, an additional object in the field of observation, can create a new image, a new way of seeing the materiality of an atom. We tend to think of reflections as a faithful mirror which replicates the object/subject of observation; however, the idea of diffraction challenges us to consider that nothing of what we see and think is a true representation; it’s just one specific way of looking at things whilst missing noticing other things.