Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction, Method and the Model of 'Multi-mode' Transitional Practices -- 1. The Sign Modes -- 1.1 The Mode of Non-finito Sign Use -- 1.2 The Mode of the 'Ready-to-hand' Dispensable Surface of Inscription -- 1.3 The 'Multi-mode Object' -- 1.4 The Mode of the 'Charged' Object -- 2. The Operative Modes -- 2.1 The Transferential Mode -- 2.2 The Transformational Mode -- 2.3 The Transpositional Mode -- 2.4 The Transgressional Mode -- 3. The Modes of Place -- 3.1 The Ontopology of the Workplace -- 3.2 The Place of the Page -- 3.3 The 'Place' of the Story -- 3.4 The Mode of Virtual Space -- 4. Teaching 'Multi-mode' Transitional Practices -- 4.1 But Can We Teach it? -- 4.2 Between Stasis and Movement: A Cross Curricula Perspective -- 4.3 Das Gegenwerk and the 'Delay' of the Finished Work -- 4.4 Transitional Practices: Emergence, Origination and the Acquisition and Exercise of Virtues -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.