Can Flash help illustrate stasis theory?

Our project is to expand the graphics component of previously-published work in stasis theory, specifically http://www.writinginstructor.com/northcut.

Traditionally, theories of stasis have relied heavily on visual visual metaphors: battlefields, for example (see Mark Turner). Yet, those scholarly treatments tend to be published with few or no images. Further, stasis theory is thought to apply only to verbal arguments (arguments made with words) rather than the arguments found in pictorial representations or images. We think that Flash may give us a way to compose graphics that will help people understand the usefulness of stasis theory in scientific argument. If successful, our work may contribute to increased public understanding of science.

This blog will help us chronicle our contributions.