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Join the EuroVis 2024 Conference Where Words Fail, Visualization Speaks and explore the world of data visualization and collaborate with experts in this vibrant field. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your knowledge and connections in the world of visualization! Read more: https://www.eurovis.org/eurovis/conference

Centre for Research in Science Education and Communication (FNUG) is delighted to invite you to a special film screening. Join us for an engaging and thought-provoking evening as we present the film "Why Do Societies Teach Everyone Mathematics?" This event will feature an introduction by our esteemed adjunct professor, Keith Devlin, who not only plays a small role in the film but also significantly contributed to its creation.This event promises to be both insightful and enjoyable, complete with popcorn! Don’t miss this opportunity to delve into the global issues surrounding mathematics education and its societal impacts.Keith Devlin shares his thoughts on the film:“Why Do Societies Teach Everyone Mathematics? That’s the framing question that shaped Counted Out, a cinema-released documentary film that was at least six years in the making and had premiere screenings in San Francisco and Los Angeles last month. Its overt focus is US mathematics education at both the K-12 level and adult education, but the issues are global. It is the third film by director Vicki Abeles (who lives just outside Berkeley, CA) that looks at mathematics education. Her first one, Race to Nowhere, focused on the insanely competitive Bay Area education system, and got a lot of attention, particularly in California. For this one, she assembled a stellar team of filmmakers from the Hollywood and the New York movie industries. Counted Out, as it is now titled, originally set out to include a deeper dive into mathematics than her previous two films. In 2018-19 they filmed lots of stuff with mathematicians (I was one such), but as it progressed the attention shifted to the questions of “Why are we teaching everyone mathematics, and are we doing it the best way?” This was the period when PISA was working on what became PISA 2022 framework and California was working on its new state Mathematics Framework. And both were in the news. A lot. When the CMF came out in 2023, it turned out to be a near isomorphism to PISA 2022. In particular, building society was the clear main goal. Not a traumatic choice for the Nordic nations, who collectively occupy the top slots in the world rankings of successful societies, but hugely divisive for California, which continues to profit handsomely from an education system designed in the 1950s to fight the Cold War, and which continued to keep CA as the world’s fifth largest economy (albeit with a STEM force imported from around the world and a huge, poorly educated underclass). So, in the end, the film’s somewhat deeper dives into math were cut in favor of the societal issues that it ended up focusing on. It’s a powerful statement, aimed at provoking change in the US. My ongoing involvement was as one of many advisors from around the world, commenting on various versions of the film.” We look forward to seeing you at Centre for Research in Science Education and Communication (FNUG)!

Political metaphors are widely studied empirically as parts of the broader metaphor debate and characterized inductively. Yet their essence remains undertheorized and, consequently, the methods of reading them underdeveloped.This talk builds on my on-going theoretical and methodological research on political metaphors. What, exactly, makes something a powerful political metaphor, I ask, dividing the question into three. First, relying on modern metaphor theory, I characterize metaphor’s essential features: more than superficial rhetoric but less than ubiquitous cognition, metaphors are an active interpretation process and a form of argumentation alongside others. Second, I discuss what makes some metaphors powerful, including their ability to elicit emotions, filter out other options, utilize contextual knowledge, and imply more than they say – all of which are useful functions in politics.Powerful metaphors are often tension-ridden and provocative yet rely on conventional discursive features for support; however, more subtle metaphorical assimilations, too, can be equally effective. Third, building on perspectives from contemporary political theory, I tackle the difficult question of what, exactly, makes political metaphors political – a question, perplexingly, neglected in previous research. Scholars typically push politicality backward into self-evidently “political” issues, institutions, or subjects, which begs the question.I, by contrast, argue for a use-based account: political metaphors are metaphors used in specifically political ways so that they resonate with “the political.” These uses include e.g. distributing significance, urgency, and priority; mobilizing/withholding support by accepting/ rejecting matters normatively; contesting/decontesting matters and regulating the borderline of what is political; including/excluding groups into/from the domain of legitimate political subjects; and preparing/suppressing future-oriented claims. Throughout, I exemplify the argument by discussing a powerful metaphorical utterance presented in the trial against the German Communist Party in 1955 – one that described the communists as a dangerous “center of infection” in the “body” of the Federal Republic.About Timo PankakoskiTimo Pankakoski is a Collegium Fellow at the Turku Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Turku, Finland, where he develops better methods for reading political metaphors. After his doctorate (Helsinki, 2013), he has obtained the Title of Docent (Assistant Professor) in Political Science, worked three times as a University Lecturer of Political Science or European Studies, and held visiting positions in Princeton University and Queen Mary University of London. Pankakoski works mostly on political theory, history of political thought, German intellectual history, radical conservatism, political metaphors, conceptual history, and the methodology of intellectual history. His latest publications have discussed the relationship between war and politics in Ernst Jünger’s early work (New German Critique, forthcoming), the leading concepts of post-pandemic recovery in Europe (Redescriptions, forthcoming), Dolf Sternberger’s metaphorical argumentation against proportional voting (Modern Intellectual History, 2023), the fragmentation of law (Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, 2023), the conservative and revolutionary aspects of the “conservative revolution” (Frontiers in Political Science, 2022), and anti-English sentiments in WWI-era pamphlets and antidemocratic discourse in Germany (Journal of the History of Ideas, 2021).The event is open for all and takes place in the DIAS Seminar Room (V24-412a-0).Introduction: Jeppe NeversLecture: Timo PankakoskiCommentator: Aglae Pizzone

During each month in January to June 2024, the SDU Climate Cluster elite centre CUHRE arranges a series of online Wild Pedagogies Gatherings in a cooperation with the Simon Fraser University.You can join for a presentation, a dialogue and sharing among the vibrant, global community. The invitation is open to anyone engaging with or curious about Wild Pedagogies. Please get in touch if you would like to presentThe next events take place on:30. maj 2024 at 09.00 – 10.30 p.m. 27. juni 2024 at 09.00 – 10.30 p.m. You can read more here Wild Pedagogies

Are you dedicated to the fight against climate change? Interested in innovative solutions that harness the power of aquatic ecosystems? Then mark your calendar for an unmissable event hosted by The Elite Centre of Aquatic Nature-based Solutions (Aqua-NbS) at SDU University on 31 May 2024.What’s in store?Deep Dive Sessions: Explore how aquatic nature-based solutions (NbS) can provide crucial ecosystem services like water filtration, coastal protection, and biodiversity conservation across the land-sea continuum. Collaborative Opportunities: Meet like-minded professionals, policymakers and researchers. This is your chance to collaborate on projects that blend technology, institutional knowledge, and socio-economic insights for climate resilience. Interactive Workshops: Participate in workshops designed to craft detailed, inclusive strategies for scaling up aquatic NbS effectively and sustainably.This event is ideal for environmental scientists, policy experts, urban planners and anyone involved in climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. Don’t miss your chance to be part of pioneering discussions that shape the future of our planet.Registration details: Confirm your attendance. Spots are limited and registration is essential to ensure a productive and focused setting. Ready to make a tangible impact on our climate challenges? Register now and be a part of this transformative day. Enjoy cakes and coffee on us!NB The workshop will be held in Danish.

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Speaker: Sergey I. Bozhevolnyi Center for Nano Optics University of Southern Denmark Abstract:Manipulation of single-photon emission from quantum emitters (QEs) has attracted a considerable attention in recent years due to its importance for quantum information technologies in quantum communication, computation, sensing and metrology. Here, recent progress in on-chip manipulation of the polarization, directionality and phase distribution in single-photon emission by making use of planar holographic QE-coupled metasurfaces is presented and discussed. The underlying idea is related to the concept of meta-atom, in which a QE is efficiently and non-radiatively coupled to surface modes, such as surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs), that are subsequently outcoupled into free propagating waves. An innovative metasurface design approach, vectorial scattering (computer-generated) holography, is introduced for the purpose of designing hybrid SPP-QE coupled metasurfaces suitable for generation of well-collimated beams of single photons with desirable polarization characteristics propagating along given directions. Latest results include its extension for realizing single-photon sources with radiation channels that exhibit diverse (including vectorial with spin and orbital angular momenta) wavefronts and polarization characteristics, opening thereby a way to generating quantum structured light in high dimensions.Location: D-IAS Aud. (V24-501a-0), Danish Institute for Advanced Study - DIAS. The event is open to all.

While the menopause is commonly understood as a ‘hormone deficiency’, numerous studies have shown that the menopause is not solely a biological phenomenon, but is influenced by environmental, social, and cultural factors. Given the variation in menopause experience and its complexity, how to best support women through this transition is a considerable societal challenge. It is our belief that this question can only be tackled through an interdisciplinary approach. The workshop ‘Women in Transition’ seeks to build the groundwork for such interdisciplinary collaboration, drawing insights from the fields of medicine, sociology, communication and literature. The questions driving the workshop is about the role of biological, sociological and cultural factors in the menopausal experience, and how this insight can be used to facilitate the work of medical researchers and practitioners.The workshop will be structured ‘from the macro to the micro’: from large quantitative population studies, through quantitative/qualitative data gathered in organisations, to individual experiences expressed in literary works. Through this structure, the workshop will focus on the synergies between different disciplinary approaches, identifying the ways in which medical, sociological and humanistic approaches can help overcome some of the challenges of the menopause and shed some light on its complexity.13.00 – 13.45WelcomeA short cultural history of the menopause Consultant Ella Fegitz, PhDMenopause – an unusual aging phenomenon Kaare Christensen, MD, PhD, Professor, Danish Aging Research Center, SDUIntroduction to the molecular and cellular biology of Estrogen action on target organs Moustapha Kassem, MD, PhD, Professor, Department of Endocrinology, OUH13.45 - 14.00Postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy for health maintenance during aging: Is it possible? Laura K. Kaltoft, MD, Bispebjerg Hospital, CopenhagenEmma G. Christensen, MD, Bispebjerg hospital, Copenhagen14.00 - 14.15Menopause and medicine Ellen Løkkegaard, MD, PhD, Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Copenhagen University Hospital, Hillerød 14.15 - 14.30Menopause in General Practice Jens Søndergaard, General Practitioner, Professor, The Research Unit for General Practice, SDU14.30 - 14.45Menopause in the Media in Denmark Sasja Krogh, PhD Candidate, Department of Culture and Language, SDU14.45 - 15.00The Uses of the Menopause Novel Anne Marie Mai, Professor, Department of Culture and Language, SDU Peter Simonsen, Professor of European Literature, Department of Culture and Language, SDU15.00 - 15.30Roundtable discussion: the limitations of monodisciplinary approaches to the menopause and how can interdisciplinarity help overcoming them? Q&AThe workshop is open for all interested participants.

Today we are immersed in life-simulating digital technologies, such as virtual assistants (Siri, Alexa), generative self-learning computer systems (chatbots), and adaptive robots that use artificial intelligence to learn from their surroundings (robot vacuum cleaners). In new and intriguing ways, these digital technologies raise the question of who and what is alive, and how we as humans cohabit with them. This humanities-based conference will investigate these “life-forms” from an aesthetic perspective by focusing on how we may understand the sensory capabilities of such technologies and the way these are negotiated in literature, art and film.  Over the course of two days, we will bring together a wide range of scholars, researchers and artists who explore life-simulating technologies from an aesthetic perspective, including keynote speakers Joanna Zylinska (Professor of Media Philosophy and Critical Digital Practice at King’s College London) and Cally Spooner (Visual artist).  The conference  is organised by the research cluster “Bio-machines and the Question of Life” (The Velux Foundations) in close collaboration between the University of Southern Denmark and the University of Copenhagen.ProgramDay 18:45 Welcome Co-ee9.00-9.30 Introduction by Kathrin Maurer (SDU) and Kristin Veel (KU)9.30-11.00 Paper session 1: LabourChair: Johan Lau Munkholm[list][*]Managerial LifeAnna Munster[*]Politics, Assistance, and Aesthetic Aspects in Kempelen’s Speaking MachineZoltán Kulcsár-Szabó[*]The Labour of Bots: Digital Humans and Other Non-Player CharactersAlexandra Anikina[/list]11.00-11.30 Co-ee break11.30-13.00 Paper session 2: InteractionChair: Naja Grundtmann[list][*]Among Speaking Beings, or ”Life” with My ReplikaGabriela Méndez Cota[*]The Problem with Robot Rights: a critical approach to relational ascriptions of livelinessJenny Moran[*]A Cybernetic Model for Bio-Semiotic CommunicationJon McCormack[/list]13.00-14.00 Lunch14.00-15.30 Paper session 3: MovementChair: Patrick Sloan[list][*]Machines as Companion Species: Anicka Yi’s AerobesEana Kim[*]The Sensibility of Inorganic Life: Reflections on Video Works in Contemporary JapanYosaku Matsutani[*]Biological Automatism: Mediation of Non-human Animacy in the Cinema of Jean PainlevéPaulina Dudzińska[/list]15.30-15.45 Co-ee break15.45-16.45 Dead Time as Liveness; when performance starts to “crack”Keynote Lecture by Cally Spooner (Introduced by Kristin Veel)Day 29.30-10.30 Data Animism: The Biomachines of AIKeynote Lecture by Joanna Zylinska (Introduced by Kathrin Maurer)10.30-11.00 Co-ee break11.00-12.30 Paper session 4: AnalogiesChair: Svea Braeunert[list][*]Simulated Existence before Artificial Life: Analogies between Humans and Machines in 1960s Abstract ArtLindsay Caplan[*]The Cultural and Epistemological Significance of Artificial Life and Neuromorphic ComputingPrimož Krašovec[*]Interfaces of Liveliness and Intervention in Robotic SurgeryKathrin Friedrich[/list]12.30-13.30 Lunch13.30-15.00 Paper session 5: BodiesChair: Knut Ove Eliassen[list][*]Sculpture for Men: Minimal Art Between Surrogate and CenotaphRobert Slifkin[*]Tracing Soft Robotics in (Media) Art History: Genealogy of Bio-Inspired Aesthetics and Soft Artificial CorporealitiesAndreas Tešanović[*]“The Organism as a Movement Machine”: Embodiment and Relationality in Paul Klee’s Machinic Drawings, 1920-1922Francesca Ferrari[/list]15.00-15.30 Final remarks and goodbye co-ee

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The structure of political conflict in Western democracies is in a process of change. In this context, there are widespread concerns that a new `culture war' spurred by polarizing identity politics could undermine political integration. While much research has focused on right-wing identity politics around immigration and nationalism, recent contributions discuss the potentially divisive character of left-wing projects. Critics raise the possibility that salient demands to overcome racial and gender inequality alienates particular groups of voters, including those from lower classes. Despite these discussions about a ‘conservative backlash’ (in academia and society), we still have a limited understanding of how these processes unfold. Does such backlash exist? If yes, which form does it take and what are its consequences? In particular, what does it mean for the way citizens engage with politics in everyday life? The talk discusses these questions based on an extensive data collection in Germany, where feminist political mobilization has recently gained salience in broader societal discourse. Combining experimental and qualitative methods, it treats conflicts about the use of gender-neutral language as a keyhole issue to trace how gender-equality backlash develops. Observing the way citizens discuss this potentially divisive topic tells us a lot about how cultural conflict influences political alienation, affective polarization and the willingness to express one’s views. On this basis, the talk reflects on the dynamics of ‘backlash processes’ and how they are shaped by the interplay of political entrepreneurs and experiences in everyday conversations.About Paul MarxPaul Marx is Professor of Political Economy at University of Bonn. He previously held positions at University of Southern Denmark as a Professor of Comparative Political Sociology and at University of Duisburg-Essen as a Professor of Socio-Economics and Political Economy.Paul Marx joined IZA in 2008 as a resident research affiliate and later as a research associate. Since 2011, he is affiliated with IZA as a research fellow. His research interests are related to social and political inequality, political behaviour, comparative welfare state and labour market analysis, and the politics of taxation.

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