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): Writing New Legends / (Mis)Interpreting Maps, 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. Dépeindre les atmosphères berlinoises : esquisses phénoménographiques.« Phenomenographies. Describing urban and architectural atmospheres. Edited by Mikkel, B.; De Matteis, F.; Griffero, T.; Jelić, A. Ambiances, 5, Phenomenographies. Describing urban and architectural atmospheres, 1-19. http://journals.openedition.org/ambiances/2667
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
Exhibitions
Blümle, C., Le Calvé, M., Miodragovic, N., Kim, Y., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. Stretching Materiality: Object Space Agency. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin, 25 June 2021 - 31 January 2022.
Clarke, J., Laine, A., Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y., Höfs, 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. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Online (Lisbon), Funded by EASA, FBAUL. 20 July 2020 - 20 October 2020. https://antart.easaonline.org/home/
Le Calvé, M., Miodragovic, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. TA Tour – eine virtuelle Ausstellung in 360-Grad-Aufnahmen. Exhibition. Konzeption und Umsetzung zusammen mit der Forschungsgruppe Object Space Agency. Since 1 June 2020. http://tieranatomisches-theater.de/ta_tour/
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Field/Works: Anthropology & Art Talks. Talks series. Virtual. 12 January 2021 - 16 June 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/field-works-talks/
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
Talks & Presentations
Bordonaro, L. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #6: A Home Made by Drawing. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 11 March 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-a-home-made-by-drawing/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-6-lorenzo-bordonaro
Cevallos, P. (presenter), Rozental, S. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #2: Atlas 1892. Fieldnotes. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 14 January 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/atlas-1892/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-2
de Seta, Gabriele (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #3: Listening/ Accidents. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 11 February 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-listening-accidents/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-3
Hennessy, K. (presenter), Lynn Smith, T. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #11: Fugitive Structures: The Bauhaus Building in Dessau. Talk at Series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talk, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 13 May 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-fugitive-structures/ , https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-11
Kantonen, P. (presenter), Spyropoulou, O. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #5: Three Times a Decade: asking for advice. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material«. Virtual. 4 March 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-three-times-a-decade/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-5-pekka-kantonen-and-olga-spyropoulou
Kim, Y. (presenter), Vostalova, Z. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #9: In Between Hanbok. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 15 April 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-in-between-hanbok/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-talk-9-yoonha-kim-and-zil-vostalova
Le Calvé, M., Samuel, N. Museum Lab Session. Internal Colloquium. Discussion of the paper "The virtual tour as digital fieldwork between art and anthropology. A multimodal inquiry on the transitional, transformative and leaky nature of the exhibition space at the Tieranatomisches Theatre (Berlin)", written by all members of the Object Space Agency group. Virtual. 27 January 2021.
Miodragović, N. (presenter), Franke, I. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #7: Softicity. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 25 March 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-softicity/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-talk-6-natalija-miodragovic-in-conversation-with-ivana-franke
Nestler, A. (contributor), Le Calvé, M. (curator and organizer) Jumpstart Drinks: Water Kefir, Kvas and Dandelions. Talk at Workshop. Jumpstart Drinks: Water Kefir, Kvas and Dandelions, Virtual. 16 June 2021. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/5680/ferment-activity-club
Pontes, F. (presenter), Azevedo, A. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #4: DicionáriosDeArtista. Talk at series of 12 online events. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 18 February 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-dicionariosdeartista/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-4-filipa-pontes
Prabir, S. (presenter), Menon, H. (presenter), Ghar, N. (contributor), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #10: Nani Ghar. Talk at Series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 6 May 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-nani-ghar/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-10-nani-ghar
Tzu-Tung, L. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #12: Writing the Time Lag. Talk at Series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 28 May 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/writing-the-time-lag/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138
Vionnet, C. (presenter), Becholey Besson, C. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #8: shadows between worlds. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 8 April 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/talk-shadows-between-worlds/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-talk-7-shadows-between-worlds
Le Calvé, M., Beyer, B., Hathroubi, S.; Kombucha Lab - through the looking glass. Talk at Workshop. the Workshop »Shelf Life. Ferment-Activity and Nurturing Materials«, Cluster »Matters of Activity«. Virtual. 10 December 2020.
Moderbacher, C. (presenter), Le Calvé, M. (moderator and curator), Clarke, J. (moderator and curator) ANTART Field/Works Talk #1: Moving Ants on a Painted Tree. Talk at series of 12 online talks. ANTART Field/Works Talks, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. Virtual. 17 December 2020. https://antart.easaonline.org/moving-ants-talk/, https://soundcloud.com/ant-art-827178138/antart-fieldworks-1
Invited Moderation/ Comment
Di Blasi, J., Le Calvé, M., Miodragovic, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. Stretching: Round-table discussion. Invited moderation/comment at Conference Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Institut Experimentelle Design- und Medienkulturen IXDM. Virtual. 18 June 2021.
Events & Workshops
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Field/Works: Anthropology & Art Talks. Talks series. Virtual. 12 January 2021 - 16 June 2021. https://antart.easaonline.org/field-works-talks/
Cubasch, A. (organizer), Heitger, A. (curator and organizer), Le Calvé, M. (organizer) Ferment-Activity Club #1: Next Workshop »Kombucha Refresher«. Workshop. Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin. Virtual. 28 April 2021. https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/4534/ferment-activity-club
Kim, Y. (contributor), Le Calvé, M. (curator and organizer), Traberth, A. (contributor) Ferment-activity Club #2: Kimchi Party. Workshop. Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin. Virtual. 26 May 2021. https://blog.matters-of-activity.de/2021/05/25/ferment-activity-club-2-kimchi-party-wed-26th-3pm/
Le Calvé, M. (organizer and curator), Nestler, A. (contributor) Ferment-activity Club #3: Jumpstart drinks. Workshop. Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Berlin. Virtual. 16 June 2021. https://blog.matters-of-activity.de/2021/06/04/ferment-activity-club-3-jumpstart-drinks/
Le Calvé, M., Cubasch, A. J., Heitger, A. Shelf Life. Ferment-Activity and Nurturing Materials. Workshop. ExC MOA. Virtual. 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
Colombo, L., Le Calvé, M. Open Design - Academic Encounters Online. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universtität zu Berlin & Universidad de Buenos Aires. 14 July 2020 - 14 March 2021.
Teaching & Courses
Colombo, L., Le Calvé, M. Open Design - Academic Encounters Online. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Cluster »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universtität zu Berlin & Universidad de Buenos Aires. 14 July 2020 - 14 March 2021.
Criado, T., Le Calvé, M. Multimodal ethnography: A more than textual anthropological workshop. Seminar, Institute für Europäische Ethnologie. 13 November 2020 - 26 February 2021. https://moodle.hu-berlin.de/course/view.php?id=94004
Zwick, C., Glaser, J., Rasehorn, F., Bau, O., Le Calvé, M., van Brummelen, P., Holtmann, C. Hyper Haptics - Oscillating between physical and virtual tactility. Seminar, documented in publication »HYPERHAPTICS OSCILLATING BETWEEN PHYSICAL AND VIRTUAL TACTILITY«, KHB 2021. weißensee school of art and design berlin. 8 October 2020 - 3 February 2021. https://hyperhaptics.designing-interactions.de/
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