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PARADIGM SHIFT / DECADE STRONG

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^{“The cutting edge of our Studio, is time-resilient design. I have always found inspiration in landscape photography, where great artist photographers such as Edward Brutynsky highlight just how often we look at the world with a 35 mm lens, and show us, what happens when we take a step back, and take the long-view. My academic work in the field of land has invigorated me to realise just how we can use time for us, design education for the long run, how in reality academic fields don’t move that fast. I became passionate about realising curriculum design that is smart within the lifespan of the working life of a teacher. Surely my robust background in Anthropology and the study of paradigms and subsequent generations, as well as European work on hype cycles in technical fields, has shaped my now decade strong methodology for time resilient curriculum design.”}
Tikvah Breimer (MSc MEd MSc), founder/director of StudioBlended




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AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
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KEYWORDS
Higher Education, Constructive Alignment, Modular, Technical, Educational Design.

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This work is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

HOW TO CITE
Breimer, T. (2026) Paradigm shift. STUDIOBLENDED. Available: LINK (follows)





Image: Paradigm shift. A co-lab between Tikvah Breimer (MSc MAEd MSc) and Lucas Rampazzo to visualize and transform our understanding of a paradigm shift - and transitions. Paradigm shift and the transition of generations based on Breimer (2006).
Visualisation of the Hype cycle and X-curve based on the work by Davidson(1999), Hebinck et al. (2002) and Drift (2022) respectively, and used with permission.

RELATED WORK Breimer, T. (2015) ‘(Informal) Urban Expansion; Anticipation and Preparation’, Urbanisation in Europe and the World expert workshop, Joint Research Centre (JRC), European Commission, Ispra Italy, May 27-29. Available upon request. 

REFERENCES INFOGRAPHIC

Breimer, T.A. (2006) Op icarusvleugels: een nieuwe studentengeneratie in Nicaragua, en de revolutionaire ideeën voor democratie van toen en nu. [On icaruswings; A new student generation in Nicaragua, and the revolutionary ideas for democracy of then and today]. Master thesis, Faculty of Anthropology. Utrecht: Utrecht University [In Dutch]. Available upon request.

Davidson, F. (1999), ‘Conceptual Cycles in Urban Development Management; are we getting better and better – or just going round in circles? Implications for Capacity Building and Research’, N-Aerus (Network Association of European Researchers on Urbanisation in the South) conference, Venice. Available: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/369123732_Conceptual_Cycles_in_Urban_Development_Management_Are_we_getting_better_and_better_-or_just_going_round_in_circles_Implications_for_Capacity_Building_and_Research(Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Hebinck, A., Diercks, G., von Wirth, T., Beers, P.J., Barsties, L., Buchel, S., Greer, R., Steenbergen, F., and Loorbach, D. (2002), ‘An actionable understanding of societal transitions: the X-curve framework’, Sustain Sci 17, pp. 1009–1021. Available: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11625-021-01084-w (Accessed: October 27, 2025).

Silverstri, G., Diercks, G. and Matti, C. (Drift) (2022). X-curve, a sense making tool to foster collective narratives on system change. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Drift for Transition. Available: https://drift.eur.nl/en/publications/toolkit/(Accessed: October 27, 2025).

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