What Can a Practice of Epistemological Vertigo Teach us?
Maxime Le Calvé Contributed to the Science & Technology Studies Hub 2023 in Aachen
Epistemic Dizziness in STS, 5056x2944 px, DALL•E 2, 2022, Copyright: Lucius Fekonja, Maxime Le Calvé, Matters of Activity
What can a practice of epistemological vertigo teach us, as we are facing overflowing ideas, tools, and metaphors in humanities and especially in sciences studies? Are there techniques to grow ourselves out and through this state of off-balance? Cutting member Maxime Le Calvé convened a special topic panel titled »Epistemic dizziness. Coping with the side effects of the fast-paced circulation of metaphors and figures in STS« with his colleagues Britta Acksel and Jonna Josties of the Laboratory for Human-Environment Relations (HU Berlin) at the Science & Technology Studies Hub 2023 from March 15-17th, 2023, in Aachen.
Together, they introduced the notion of epistemic dizziness in a collective paper, followed by hands-on dizziness-inducing exercises. The contribution featured an AI-generated artwork created collaboratively by the Cluster Members Lucius Fekonja and Maxime Le Calvé.
Elaborating on the concept of epistemic dizziness, Maxime also presented a single-authored paper on his graphic fieldwork on neurosurgery at Charité and his teaching practices within the Open Design Master Program at the Cluster: »Sketching through the explosion: Learning the world all things at once« which featured a drawing session.