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Fioniavej 34, Odense M
22.05.2024
11:15 - 12:15
Twins and Other Extraordinary Kinships: The Science and the Fascination
Nancy L. Segal, professor of Psychology and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton Twins and Other Extraordinary Kinships: The Science and the Fascination Twins have a universal fascination for both scientific professionals and members of the general public. Why this is the case has been a matter of some debate, but several explanations will be suggested. Next, an overview of twin types (identical and fraternal) and the fascinating variations displayed by each type are described and illustrated (e.g., twins reared apart, biracial twins, twins with different fathers) with compelling data and case studies. Some curious, twin-like twosomes are also included, given that they are scientifically informative, as well as fascinating (virtual twins, unrelated look-alikes, switched at birth pairs). Twin research continues to grow and to flourish as more twins are being born and researchers representing diverse disciplines, such as politics, religious studies, and economics, are embracing a twin-based approach to better understand their observations. About : Dr. Nancy L. Segal is a Psychology Professor and Director of the Twin Studies Center, at California State University, Fullerton. She specializes in twin research and teaches courses in developmental psychology. She had authored nine books on twins, most recently Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart (Segal, 2021); and Gay Fathers, Twin Sons: The Citizenship Case That Captured the World (Segal, 2023).. The lecture takes place on 22nd of May from 11.15-12.15 in the DIAS Seminarroom, Fioniavej 34. Everybody is welcome and no registration is needed.
Campusvej 55, Odense M
27.05.2024 08:00
31.05.2024 18:00
EuroVis 2024: Where Words Fail, Visualization Speaks
Deltag i EuroVis 2024-konferencen Where Words Fail, Visualization Speaks, og udforsk datavisualiseringens verden og samarbejd med eksperter inden for dette spændende felt. Gå ikke glip af denne mulighed for at udvide din viden og dine forbindelser inden for visualiseringsverdenen! Læs mere her: https://www.eurovis.org/eurovis/conference
Fioniavej 34, Odense M
29.05.2024
11:15 - 12:15
Powerful Political Metaphors: How Are They Created?
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
30.05.2024
21:00 - 22:30
Wild Pedagogies online møderække
I hver af månederne januar til juni 2024 arrangerer SDU Climate Cluster elitecenteret CUHRE i samarbejde med Simon Fraser University den online møderække Wild Pedagogies. Du kan deltage med en præsentation, i en dialog eller erfaringsudveksling i dette engagerede og globale fællesskab. Invitationen er åben for alle, der er optaget af eller nysgerrig på Wild Pedagogies. Kontakt os venligst, hvis du gerne vil give et oplæg. De næste møder finder sted:30. maj 2024 kl. 21.00 - 22.30 27. juni 2024 kl. 21.00 - 22.30Alle møderne foregår på engelsk.Du kan læse mere her Wild Pedagogies
Fioniavej 34, Odense M
12.06.2024
13:00 - 15:30
Women in transition workshop
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.
Karen Blixens Plads 8, København S
13.06.2024 08:45
14.06.2024 15:30
Conference: The Aesthetics of Bio-Machines and the Question of Life
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
Karen Blixens Plads 8, København S
13.06.2024 08:45
14.06.2024 15:30
Conference: The Aesthetics of Bio-Machines and the Question of Life
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