Dr. Maxime Le Calvé
Maxime Le Calvé is a Research Associate at »Matters of Activity« with a project about the crafting of digital matter in image-based surgery and virtual reality design.
He defended his PhD in November 2018 in Social Anthropology and in Theater Studies, at EHESS Paris and Freie Universität Berlin.
An Ethnographer at heart, Maxime has been conducting fieldwork in various contexts: electronic music venues, ateliers of visual artists, schools, festivals.
His writing is influenced by phenomenology and American pragmatism. He has edited a volume on phenomena of atmospheres in social situations. Inspired by artists that he could observe in action, he makes use of drawings in his own scientific work. He is inquisitive and passionate about academic writing routines, probably his favorite teaching subject so far.
Cluster of Excellence
»Matters of Activity«
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Sophienstr. 22a
10178 Berlin
Curatorial Research, Design Workshops
Ethnographic Drawings, Multimodal Anthropology
Le Calvé, M., Gaudin, O. 2021. »Both feet in murky waters: Fieldnotes from the Floating University in Berlin.« The Urban Transcripts Journal, 4, (1): np. http://journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/both-feet-in-murky-waters-fieldnotes-from-the-floating-university-in-berlin-maxime-le-calve-and-olivier-gaudin/
Le Calvé, M. 2020. »Apprendre à regarder le cerveau en 3D.« Anthropologie & Santé. Revue internationale francophone d'anthropologie de la santé, (21): https://doi.org/10.4000/anthropologiesante.6598
Le Calvé, M., Gaudin, O. 2019. »Depicting Berlin’s Atmospheres: Phenomenographic Sketches.« Ambiances, (5): https://doi.org/10.4000/ambiances.2667
Monographs & Books
Le Calvé, M. 2018. The Parsifal of Jonathan Meese. Ethnography of a contemporary staging project. Paris Sciences et Lettres. http://www.theses.fr/2018PSLEH114
Edited Volumes & Exhibition Catalogues
Zwick, C., Glaser, J., Rasehorn, F. (Supervision), in collaboration with eLAB (lead by Groll, F.), Bau, O. (Computer Science), van Brummelen, P. (Textil- and Surfacedesign), Le Calvé, M. (Anthropology), Wiesener, H., Leask, Y, Erdöl, I. eds. 2021. Hyper Haptics - Oscillating between physical and virtual tactility. KHB: Hyperhaptics — Embodied Interaction (1) with contributions from Cisse A., Gigi N., Henzler F., Kayser T., Kim M., Ruppert A., Schmidt J., Soravito De Franceschi M., Zhang R. https://hyperhaptics.designing-interactions.de/
Le Calvé, M., Gaudin, O. eds. 2018. Exercices d’ambiances. Présences, enquêtes, écritures. Communications, 102. Lyon: Persée. https://www.persee.fr/issue/comm_0588-8018_2018_num_102_1
Articles in Edited Volumes
Gaudin, O., Le Calvé, M. 2018. »Crossing ambiances: outlooks on atmospheres in social sciences.« In Communications. Exercices d'ambiances. Présences, enquêtes, écritures, edited by Le Calvé, M., Gaudin, O. 102. Paris: Seuil, 5-23. https://www.cairn.info/journal-communications-2018-1-page-5.htm
Articles
Le Calvé, M., Gaudin, O. 2021. »Both feet in murky waters: Fieldnotes from the Floating University in Berlin.« The Urban Transcripts Journal, 4, (1): np. http://journal.urbantranscripts.org/article/both-feet-in-murky-waters-fieldnotes-from-the-floating-university-in-berlin-maxime-le-calve-and-olivier-gaudin/
Le Calvé, M. 2020. »Apprendre à regarder le cerveau en 3D. Compte rendu ethnographique d’un séminaire interdisciplinaire au service de neurochirurgie de la Charité à Berlin.« Anthropologie & Santé. Revue internationale francophone d’anthropologie de la santé, 21, https://journals.openedition.org/anthropologiesante/6598
Le Calvé, M. 2020. »Apprendre à regarder le cerveau en 3D.« Anthropologie & Santé. Revue internationale francophone d'anthropologie de la santé, (21): https://doi.org/10.4000/anthropologiesante.6598
Le Calvé, M. 2020. »Intersecting Cartographic Imperative. Map-Making Practices of a Medical Artist in the Wake of the Computational Brain.« Kunstlicht, 41, (2-3): 81. https://tijdschriftkunstlicht.nl/maxime-le-calve-intersecting-cartographic-imperative-map-making-practices-of-a-medical-artist-in-the-wake-of-the-computational-brain-kunstlicht-vol-41-no-2-3-2020/
Le Calvé, M. 2020. »Intersecting Cartographic Imperative. Map-Making Practices of a Medical Artist in the Wake of the Computational Brain.« Kunstlicht, 41, (2–3): 81–90.
Le Calvé, M., Gaudin, O. 2019. »Depicting Berlin’s Atmospheres: Phenomenographic Sketches.« Ambiances, (5): https://doi.org/10.4000/ambiances.2667
Amico, M., Clouet, C., Le Calvé, M., Lewandowski, J., Lisack, L., Oleksiak, J. 2018. »Des enfants musiciens comme projet de société? Le projet Démos de la Philharmonie de Paris.« Cahiers d’ethnomusicologie. Anciennement Cahiers de musiques traditionnelles, (31): 119-136. http://journals.openedition.org/ethnomusicologie/2880
Le Calvé, M. 2018. »Invocations antagonistes : les atmosphères condensées de l’artiste Jonathan Meese.« Communications, 102, (1): 153. https://doi.org/10.3917/commu.102.0153
Le Calvé, M. 2017. »Grenzgänger der Kunst: Die Sammlung als plurales Medium in der künstlerischen Praxis von Jonathan Meese.« Paragrana, 26, (2): 140-154. https://doi.org/10.1515/para-2017-0026
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Field/Works: Anthropology & Art Talks. Talks series. 12 January 2021 - 16 June 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/field-works-talks/
Clarke, J. , Laine, A. , Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y., Höfs, C. C., Diab, F., Moderbacher, C, Blauensteiner, I, Vionnet, C, Becholey Besson, C., Pontes, P., de Seta, G, Miogragović, N, Hennessy, K., Lynn Smith, T., Lee Tzu-Tung, Bordonaro, L., Cevallos, P., Kanto Field/Works. Kaleidoscopic Activities Between Anthropology and Art. Exhibition. FBAUL, Lisbon. Reginald Aloysius; Savyasachi Anju Prabir; Tiago Rocha Costa. 20 July 2020 - 20 October 2020. https://antart.easaonline.org/home/
Le Calvé, M. Matters of Writing. Workshop. Matters of Activity, HU Berlin, Berlin. 20 February 2020. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1531/matters-of-writing-how-to-make-the-text-write-itself
Events & Workshops
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Field/Works: Anthropology & Art Talks. Talks series. 12 January 2021 - 16 June 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/field-works-talks/
Clarke, J. , Laine, A. , Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y., Höfs, C. C., Diab, F., Moderbacher, C, Blauensteiner, I, Vionnet, C, Becholey Besson, C., Pontes, P., de Seta, G, Miogragović, N, Hennessy, K., Lynn Smith, T., Lee Tzu-Tung, Bordonaro, L., Cevallos, P., Kanto Field/Works. Kaleidoscopic Activities Between Anthropology and Art. Exhibition. FBAUL, Lisbon. Reginald Aloysius; Savyasachi Anju Prabir; Tiago Rocha Costa. 20 July 2020 - 20 October 2020. https://antart.easaonline.org/home/
Le Calvé, M., Cubasch, A. J., Heitger, A. Shelf Life. Ferment-Activity and Nurturing Materials. Workshop. ExC MOA. 10 December 2020. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2915/shelf-life-ferment-activity-and-nurturing-materials
Le Calvé, M. Matters of Writing. Workshop. Matters of Activity, HU Berlin, Berlin. 20 February 2020. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1531/matters-of-writing-how-to-make-the-text-write-itself
Le Calvé, M. (Co-convenor) 2019. Anthropology and the Arts Network (ANTART). Professional Network. https://easaonline.org/networks/antart/
Cooperations
Le Calvé, M. (Co-convenor) 2019. Anthropology and the Arts Network (ANTART). Professional Network. https://easaonline.org/networks/antart/
Podcasts & Videos
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Curating the Field/Works Podcast: Anthropology & Art Talks. 12 January 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/antart-field-works/id1558795836?l=en