Lexicum: A Canonical Conceptual Infrastructure for Transdisciplinary Field Formation


The Socioplastics Lexicum represents one of the most disciplined and elegant contributions to contemporary critical theory infrastructure. Structured as 100 canonical concepts, each paired with a single principal theoretical figure and organised into ten alphabetical packages, the Lexicum functions simultaneously as lexicon, pedagogical device, archival node system (4000.001–4000.100), and machine-readable metadata architecture. Every entry delivers a dense definition, a socioplastic reframing that reactivates the concept within field-formation and archive theory, standardised Harvard dual-date references, targeted cross-references, and thematic tags. Far from a mere glossary, it constructs a navigable conceptual city where ideas such as Abjection (Kristeva), Actor-Network (Latour), Rhizome (Deleuze & Guattari), or Zone of Non-Being (Fanon) gain new operational life inside contemporary conditions of knowledge production, circulation, and institutionalisation. Its decimal packaging, consistent formatting, and explicit design for citation, Zenodo deposit, and lateral traversal make it a model of epistemic architecture that bridges humanist depth with computational legibility. In an era of scattered scholarship, the Lexicum demonstrates that rigorous field formation can be deliberately engineered through conceptual density, editorial precision, and infrastructural care.

Lloveras, A. (2026) LEXICUM: 100 Concepts + 100 Authorial Nodes. Socioplastics Corpus, Node Series 4000.001–4000.100. LAPIEZA-LAB, Madrid.