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Upcoming Presentations
A few times a year, I do lectures or workshops. Some of these are part of larger conferences, others are stand alone lectures or workshops. I usually have little control as to who may or maynot attend the particular event. I'll try and keep a list of these at this site. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in having a presentation to a group.
24 April 2010. Oxfordshire, UK. Biotensegrity Workshop With Daniele-Claude Martin, PhD. Contact:http://www.bodyworkcpd.co.uk/
25 April 2010. London, UK. Biotensegrity Workshop With Daniele-Claude Martin, PhD. Contact:http://www.bodyworkcpd.co.uk/
13 June 2010. Washington, DC. “Biotensegrity and Bucky Fuller”. Presentation at the Synergetics Collaborative conference, 11-13 June 2010. Contact: http://synergeticscollaborative.org/snec.announce.meeting.2010.06.html
8-10 October 2010. Rome, Italy. Presentation at the 2nd Biotensegrity Interest Group (BIG) Gathering. Contact: Paolo Tozzi, pt_osteopathy@yahoo.it
20-23 October 2010. Madison, Wisconsin. 'Biotensegrity: The new Anatomy'. Presentation at The Anatomy, Dx, and Rx of Myofascial Pain. Contact: Mary Doherty <mdoherty@wisc.edu>
5-6 March 2011. London, UK. Biotensegrity Workshop With Daniele-Claude Martin, PhD. Contact:http://www.bodyworkcpd.co.uk/
People
Tom Flemons of Intension Designs has created tensegrity models and sculptures for 25 years. His work has recently focused on modeling human anatomical structures, and his studio now offers these remarkable models for sale to clinicians and healthcare professionals for a hands-on learning experience.
Kenneth Snelson is the true father of 'tensegrity', although it is not his (or my) favorite word to describe the structure. He has more hands-on experience than anyone else in the world. No other person has built free-form tensegrity structures of the magnitude and complexity that he has. His website is the place to start.
Applied Synergetics is the next place to go. It is the continuum of Buckminster Fuller's book Synergetics and has many good links that are kept up-to-date.
Don Ingber is, by far, the leading researcher in the field of tensegrity cellular mechanics, His article in Scientific American in now hard to find on the net as it is archived by SA.
Danièle-Claude Martin, dc_martin@gmx.de, a Dance Therapist/Researcher/Author/Lecturer, has recently joined me in offering combined lectures/workshops, I, the more pedantic, she, the more practical. Her background includes a PhD in physics and she has spent many hours 'picking my brains', challenging me to be more precise in my thinking and pronouncements, pointing out flaws in the developing theory of biotensegrity, and making valuable contributions to an ever evolving concept. Although French, she lives in Munich, and speaks more languages then I have fingers. She has become an invaluable member of the biotensegrity team. In October 2009, she hosted the first Biotensegrity Interest Group (BIG) gathering in St. Malo, Fr.
For those interested in the paleontological aspects of tensegrity -- Brontosaurus necks and Pterydactyl wings provide extreme examples of the faults of traditional musculo-skeletal modeling -- go to Paleontology Resources site.
Some seven years ago, when I first started this website, there were about 25 articles connecting tensegrity and biology that could be found in a PubMed search, and these were written by only a handful of authors. There are now over 2500 articles linking tensegrity and biology in a Google Scholar search.
There are many health care professionals who have integrated biotensegrity in their thinking and clinical practice. Here is a of list a few with whom I have had direct contact, but there are many more. They cover a variety of professions and use biotensegrity in different ways. Biotensegrity is to be considered a basic science that can be adapted to various uses in various ways. You might want to get in touch with any of those whose interest might coincide with yours.
Henrique Da Mota , MD, Orthopedic and
Spine surgeon, Brazil , hdamota@gmail.com
Howard
Dannanberg, DPM, Foot and walking mechanics, New
Hampshire howiedbpg@aol.com
Roger
Golten, Hellerwork. London, UK. http://www.golten.co.uk/
J.C.
Guimberteau, MD, Plastic and Hand surgeon,
France adf.guimberteau@wanadoo.fr
Debora
Hickman, DPT, Physical Therapy, Redlands,
CA http://www.functionabilitypt.com/index.htm
Lonord
Horwitz, DPM, Foot and Walking mechanics, Bluefield,
VA footpain@comcast.net
Tom
Myers, Rolfer, Maine http://www.anatomytrains.com
Jeffrey
Patterson, DO, U of Wisc Medical School,
Prolotherapy jjpatter@wisc.edu
Stephan.Praet,
MD, Physiatrist and Sports Med,
NL Stephan.Praet@BW.unimaas.nl
George
Roth, DC. Matrix Repatterning, Toronto,
Canada http://www.matrixinstitute.net/
Scott
Sonnon, Martial
Arts http://www.rmaxinternational.com/home/index
Paolo
Tozzi, Osteopath. Italy. pt_osteopathy@yahoo.it
Many of the clinicians associated with the Sutherland Cranial
College in the UK, http://www.scc-osteopathy.co.uk/index.php,
most particularly,
Peter Cockhill, DO,
Bath pcockhill@yahoo.co.uk
Elisabeth
Davies BA DO ND MSCC,
Wales http://www.edavies.co.uk/profile.html
Jeremy
Gilbey, DO, London cristagalli@mail.com
Ian
Wright, DO, Ireland clonmelosteopaths@eircom.net
Amatsu therapists (a form of martial arts therapy) based in
the UK and
Ireland:
http://www.amatsu.co.uk/ http://www.amatsu.info/pages/search.html http://www.amatsu-ireland.com
For the scientist, be wary of the writings of Carlos Castaneda who has co-opted the term 'tensegrity' and redefined it to a version of some movements by Native American shamans who lived in Mexico in times prior to the Spanish conquest. This is not how the word was conceived by Fuller, who coined the term or Snelson, who first applied the mechanical principles to modern mechanical structures as an art form. I have moved to the term 'biotensegrity' to try and clearly distinguish what is science and what is 'new wave mysticism' in regards to biologic structures.