Unflattening

What is the significance of stereoscopic vision to Sousanis’s project? How do the differing viewpoints of each eye create serve as a metaphor for the exploration of different dimensions?

What is flattening according to Sousanis, and how does it happen? In your opinion and with close reference to the work, is flattening more the result of individual or collective endeavor?

How does Sousanis depict freedom from systems and standardization? Does emancipation come more from being networked or being detached?

In your opinion and with close reference to the book, to what extent can the ability to see different viewpoints enhance human relationships?

What does Sousanis show to be the peril of specialization in academic study? Using both examples from the text and real life, state how a more integrated approach could benefit our knowledge as a whole.

What role do vectors play in Sousanis’s work? Why might it be beneficial to simultaneously reflect on oneself and on one’s role in the environment?

What role does movement play in Sousanis’s work? How does Sousanis’s use of the comic form enable him to transcend the static limitations of his medium?

How and why does Sousanis show that a singular approach to perceiving life is futile and damaging? In what ways can we counter such an attitude?