Program

May 17, 18:00 Introduction by Laura Kaltwasser and Simon Guendelman, Coordinators Happening by Marisa Benjamim

Key Note University of Parma and University of London Our ontology is not confined to what we can directly experience through our body. Technological devices multiply our ‘province of meaning’,... Read More

Key Note Moving between materiality and metaphor, this talk traces the presence of bubbles in Olafur Eliasson’s work, exploring how their physical properties, geometries, phenomenological affordances, and social resonances are... Read More

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Key Note Art is not just something we like; it is also integral to who we are.  Many of us have aesthetic identities.  Identity has been intensively studied by both... Read More

Key Note The idea that moral concerns, social norms, and concepts of the self can affect decisions has infiltrated economic research in many domains. One example of such an infiltration... Read More

Key Note Bubbles are usually associated with situations in finance in which assets trade prices far exceeding their fundamental value. But other sorts of assets may overheat. Opinions, fake news,... Read More

Etymological concerns around the words ‘research’ and ‘innovation’ Key Note  

Key Note Techno-aesthetics. Homo sapiens demonstrates since its origin a tendency to externalize, that is to technicalize, its adaptive practices. This process also concerns its sensitivity (aisthesis, in ancient Greek),... Read More