Talking Matters
Online Lecture Series of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«
In 2021, »Matters of Activity« launched the lecture series »Talking Matters«, in which external speakers from various disciplines were invited by the six cluster projects to provide insights into their research, which was related to central issues of »Matters of Activity«. In addition to researches and students from various disciplines, the lecture series was open to anyone interested in our research.
Lectures were given in English.
While the talks in 2021 were held online due to the pandemic, the series continued in 2022 in presence at the Central Laboratory in Sophienstraße 22a.
Talks in 2021 and 2022:
11 October 2022, 4:15–5:45 pm
Winding intentionalities and the harmony of ropes
César Enrique Giraldo Herrera (Social Anthropology)
14 July 2022, 4:15–5:45 pm
Computational Material Culture in Architecture
Achim Menges (Architecture)
18 May 2021, 4:15–5:45 pm
Kathrin Dörfler and Romana Rust (Architecture)
1 June 2021, 4:15–5:45 pm
The Superviscous Body: Imaging the Mechanical Behavior of Organs and Tissues by Shear Waves
Ingolf Sack (Medical Physics)
15 June 2021, 4:15–5:45 pm
James Weaver (Materials Science)
13 July 2021, 4:15–5:45 pm
Being Material – A Short History of Mattering Matter at MIT and Beyond
Marie-Pier Boucher (Media Theory)
14 September 2021
Urban Vibrations: How Physical Waves Come to Matter in Contemporary Urbanism
Ignacio Farías (Anthropology)
11 November 2021
Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials: A Borderline Case
Verena Winiwarter (Environmental History)
23 November 2021
Intelligence Without a Brain – Soft Robotics
Oliver Brock (Computer Science)
7 December 2021
Mental Representations of Tactile Information
Timo Torsten Schmidt (Neuroscience)