In “epistemological pluralism”, Leah Buechley is referring to the possibilities that the different techniques involving circuits open up, including new ways of thinking and learning and bringing together “different perspectives, values, and interests”.  These techniques blend arts and crafts with electronics, allowing for multiple meanings and functions. This relates to my prior knowledge of art because it involves basic crafty techniques (we’ve all made craft stuff at some point), but it also reflects the versatility of the art field, how there will always be new approaches to making art, and also how mixed media artists work by incorporating different medias into their works (combining different artforms).

All three of these techniques are useful for showing students how we can incorporate technology into art and new approaches to making art. The first technique, “taping”, or using copper tape and making circuits allows for a new approach to paper art and paper crafts, and would be great in a classroom of younger students to introduce them how to make circuits and how circuits can be incorporated into art. The second technique, drawing and sketching with a conductive ink pen, is better in my opinion for older students; I would introduce them to it so that they can use circuits and technology to bring liveliness and meaning to ordinary sketches or doodles they make. The third technique of working with shape memory alloy (which can change shape by being heated by electrical current being ran through wire or copper tape) allows for the making of objects out of paper that can come to life. I would likely use this in a project focusing on using movement to give a piece meaning/ to compliment its form, as students would be able to incorporate motion into their works/crafts with this technique.