Here comes trouble

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Imagine the infinitely tiny size of an atom and its relation to your human body, then scale up to planets and galaxies. The weight of your body exists between these vastly different scales. This work explores deviancy, not through thermodynamics or geology, but by examining how various material systems provide insights into this complex topic. What is deviancy? What forms does it take historically, and what does it signify? I propose that deviancy occupies a ‘morphological arena’ between state changes in thermodynamic, social, and cultural systems. It can be understood as a transformation from one stable state to another, as well as in relation to stability, representing what deviates from the norm. The Buddhist idea that ‘attachment breeds suffering’ suggests that xenophobic reactions to ‘alien cultural practices’ are tied to the alienability of contemporary culture. If I can belong anywhere, I belong nowhere. Through themes of displacement, suspicion, and survival, fear becomes intertwined with deviancy in social contexts. This inquiry aims to make the concept of deviancy more ambiguous and to position it as an analytical tool in its own right.