Dr. Maxime Le Calvé
Maxime Le Calvé is an anthropologist of art and science, currently postdoctoral research associate at the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activities« at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
In his latest ethnographic project, he is exploring haptic creativities and cartographic practices in neurosurgery. Visual ethnographer, he is making use of digital drawing as an investigative device. He is also curating virtual reality experiences, which he frames as collaborative art-science inquiries aiming to stretch the senses of anthropologists and of their publics.
He trained in general ethnology in Paris Nanterre and owns a PhD in social anthropology and in theater studies, from EHESS Paris and FU Berlin. He has published on the ethnographic study of atmospheres (Exercices d’ambiances, 2018), on performance art, on music, on Berlin, on brains, and on ethnographic training. He is also the co-curator of the exhibitions Field/Works in Lisbon (2020-2021), Stretching Materialities (Berlin, 2021-2022), and currently the participant exhibition Sketching Brains (Charité, Berlin).
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. 2021. »Drawing a Home for Anthropology.« entanglements. experiments in multimodal ethnography, 4 (1): 233-245.
https://entanglementsjournal.org/drawing-a-home-for-anthropology/
Le Calvé, M. 2020. »Intersecting Cartographic Imperative. Map-Making Practices of a Medical Artist in the Wake of the Computational Brain.« In Writing New Legends / (Mis)Interpreting Maps, special issue. 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., Gaudin, O. 2019. »Depicting Berlin’s Atmospheres: Phenomenographic Sketches.« Edited by Mikkel, B., De Matteis, F., Griffero, T., Jelić, A. Ambiances, (5): 12-14.
https://doi.org/10.4000/ambiances.2667
Monographs & Books
Le Calvé, M. 2024. Pudel-Atmosphäre. Ethnographische Theorie transformativer Aktivitäten eines Musikclubs. Forthcoming. Bielefeld: trascript.
Mareis, C. 2023. Théories du design – Une introduction. Preface by Claire Brunet and Emanuele Quinz. Postface by Guy Julier. Translated from the German by Maxime Le Calvé. Trans. of Theorien des Designs zur Einführung. Dijon: Les presses du réel.
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
Stein, C., Blümle, C., Kim, Y., Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Winkler, C. eds. 2025. Stretching Materialities. Forthcoming. Hamburg: adocs.
Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y. eds. 2021. Stretching Senses School. Documentation. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
https://stretchingmaterialities.pubpub.org/stretchingsensesschool
Zwick, C., Glaser, J., Rasehorn, F. (supervisor), in collaboration with eLAB (lead by Groll, F.), Bau, O. (computer scientist), van Brummelen, P. (textil- and surfacedesigner), Le Calvé, M. (anthropologist), Wiesener, H., Leask, Y, Erdöl, I. eds. 2021. Hyper Haptics - Oscillating between physical and virtual tactility. weißensee school of art and design berlin: 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
Le Calvé, M. 2022. »Participant growing-places in and of the world: rendering the transformative atmosphere of a contemporary opera in the making.« In Exceptional Experiences: New Horizons in Anthropological Studies of Art, Aesthetics, and Everyday Life, edited by Wulff, H., Rethmann, P. New York/Oxford: Berghahn, forthcoming.
Le Calvé, M. 2022. »The plasticity of brains: on the timely art of relating with eloquent materials.« In Materials & Time: an Anthology, edited by Quirke, V., Bensaude-Vincent, B. Forthcoming.
Le Calvé, M., Stoll, M. 2021. »Between Night and Day: Immersive Explorations within a Slide Archive.« In Extended Reality – Code and Materiality in Art and Culture: Catalog, Berlin: HTW/HU Berlin, 46-51.
https://doi.org/Doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5718823
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
Picht, T., Roethe, A., Kersting, K., Burzlaff, M., Le Calvé, M., Schenk, R., Chakkalakal, D., Vajkoczy, P., Ostherr, K. 2024. »Conceptualisation and Implementation of a Competency-based Mutlidisciplinary Course for Medical Students in Neurosurgey.« Advances in Medical Education and Practice, Volume 15: 565-573.
https://doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S443981
Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Sattler, F., Stein, C., Winkler, C. 2023. »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 Theater (Berlin).« Forthcoming.
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. 2021. »Drawing a Home for Anthropology.« entanglements. experiments in multimodal ethnography, 4 (1): 233-245.
https://entanglementsjournal.org/drawing-a-home-for-anthropology/
Le Calvé, M. 2021. »Mother and son: Reality versus art in virtual reality. Staging an atmospheric performance with immersive technologies.« In Staging Atmospheres: Theatre and the Atmospheric Turn - Volume 2, special issue. Ambiances, Environnement Sensible, Architecture et Espace Urbain, 7
https://doi.org/10.4000/ambiances.4025
Picht, T., Calvé, M. L., Tomasello, R., Fekonja, L., Gholami, M. F., Bruhn, M., Zwick, C., Rabe, J. P., Müller-Birn, C., Vajkoczy, P., Sauer, I. M., Zachow, S., Nyakatura, J. A., Ribault, P., Pulvermüller, F. 2021. »Letter: A Note on Neurosurgical Resection and Why We Need to Rethink Cutting.« Neurosurgery. E289–E291.
https://doi.org/10.1093/neuros/nyab326
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. »Intersecting Cartographic Imperative. Map-Making Practices of a Medical Artist in the Wake of the Computational Brain.« In Writing New Legends / (Mis)Interpreting Maps, special issue. 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., Gaudin, O. 2019. »Depicting Berlin’s Atmospheres: Phenomenographic Sketches.« Edited by Mikkel, B., De Matteis, F., Griffero, T., Jelić, A. Ambiances, (5): 12-14.
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
Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y. (curators, project leaders), Delle, A. (project assistant) »Stretching Senses School.« At the exhibition: Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and Spaces. Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 14 October 2021 - 16 December 2021.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/5902/exhibition-stretching-materialities
Winkler, C., Blümle, C. (project leaders, curatorial leaders), Kim, Y., Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C. (concept, curators), Trabandt, M.-L., Ladik, L. (project assistants). Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and Spaces. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin. 16 September 2021 - 4 March 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6006/exhibition-stretching-materialities
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). 20 July 2020 - 20 October 2020.
https://antart.easaonline.org/home/
Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. TA Tour – eine virtuelle Ausstellung in 360-Grad-Aufnahmen. Exhibition. Conception and implementation in collaboration with the research group Object Space Agency. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 1 June 2020.
http://tieranatomisches-theater.de/ta_tour/
Le Calvé, M. »Quick Fieldnotes in Lines and Colours.« At the exhibition: Illustrating Anthropology. Royal Anthropological Institute, London. Since 15 September 2020.
https://illustratinganthropology.com/maxime-le-calve/
Research Objects
Le Calvé, M. (curation & research), Stoll, M. (curation & research), Zamplara, D. (3D artist, designer), Delle, A. (project assistance) 2021. »Between Day & Night: Immersive Slideshow.« Presented at the exhibition »Extended Reality. Code and Materiality in Art and Culture«, 03.09.-30.09.2021.
https://codeandmateriality.fki.htw-berlin.de/?fbclid=IwAR3fAll0lVCVyIyaTpUL2v6yl4_42B1x0ADRkWDxRfh8o4RBXhsnsd8nWtw
Le Calvé, M. (curator), Kim, Y. (curator), Espinoza, N. (mentor), Van Olst, M. (mentor), VanTa (mentor), Vega, N. (mentor), Woolmore, J. (mentor), Delle, A. (project assistance) 2021. »Stretching Senses School - Follow up #1.«
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6301/stretching-senses-school
Le Calvé, M. (curator), Kim, Y. (curator), Espinoza, N. (mentor), Van Olst, M. (mentor), VanTa (mentor), Vega, N. (mentor), Woolmore, J. (mentor), Delle, A. (project assistance) 2021. »Stretching Senses School - Follow up #2.«
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6301/stretching-senses-school
Exhibitions
Winkler, C., Blümle, C. (project leaders, curatorial leaders), Kim, Y., Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C. (concept, curators), Trabandt, M.-L., Ladik, L. (project assistants). Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and Spaces. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin. 16 September 2021 - 4 March 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6006/exhibition-stretching-materialities
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). 20 July 2020 - 20 October 2020.
https://antart.easaonline.org/home/
Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. TA Tour – eine virtuelle Ausstellung in 360-Grad-Aufnahmen. Exhibition. Conception and implementation in collaboration with the research group Object Space Agency. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Since 1 June 2020.
http://tieranatomisches-theater.de/ta_tour/
Contributions to Exhibitions
Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y. (curators), Bjerre Jensen, D. (presenter) »Stretching Senses School – scoring perspectives for speculative ethnography, workshop and performance with Dorte Bjerre Jensen.« 24 November 2022 - 25 November 2022.
https://stretchingmaterialities.pubpub.org/pub/scoringperspectives/release/2
Gholami, M. F., Kim, Y., Le Calvé, M. with Espinoza, N. (sound artist) »Haptic Hanbok in the Virtual reality setup and the concept of Virtual Sensing knife in virtual Cutting floor.« At the exhibition: Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and Spaces. Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 17 September 2021 - 4 March 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6006/exhibition-stretching-materialities
Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y. (curators), Espinoza, N., Van Olst, M., VanTa, Vega, N., Woolmore, J. (mentors), Delle, A. (project assistant) »Stretching Senses School - Final Presentation.« At the exhibition: Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and Spaces. Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 16 December 2021.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/6301/stretching-senses-school
Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y. (curators, project leaders), Delle, A. (project assistant) »Stretching Senses School.« At the exhibition: Stretching Materialities – Hidden Activities in Objects and Spaces. Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 14 October 2021 - 16 December 2021.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/5902/exhibition-stretching-materialities
Le Calvé, M., members of the research group Object Space Agency »Nocturnal Fieldwork at the Veterinary Anatomical Theater.« At the exhibition: MULTIMEDIA ENCOUNTERS EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES TO ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH. 12 January 2021 - 12 January 2022.
https://www.uclmal.com/exhibition?pgid=klv3s9uq-4039296d-4eaf-4ad7-892c-e36ccf3245f8
Le Calvé, M. »Quick Fieldnotes in Lines and Colours.« At the exhibition: Illustrating Anthropology. Royal Anthropological Institute, London. Since 15 September 2020.
https://illustratinganthropology.com/maxime-le-calve/
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Field/Works: Anthropology & Art Talks. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 12 January 2021 - 16 June 2021.
https://antart.easaonline.org/field-works-talks/
Le Calvé, M. Cerebrum Spectacular. Exhibiting experimental neurosurgical infrastructures at the Humboldt Forum Berlin and at the Tieranatomisches Theater. Talk at the CARMAH Museum Lab, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 28 January 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Sounding Neurons »Down the Scale«: Designing an Immersive VR Experience as an Ethnographic Device to Probe Neurosurgery, Biophysics, and Sartorial Research. Talk at the »Anthropology Beyond Text?« Experiments, Devices and Platforms of Multimodal Ethnographic Practice, Stadtlabor for Multimodal Anthropology, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 23 July 2021.
Le Calvé, M. »The Dance of the Knife«: Cutting as a Way of Getting Together Closer and Further with Material Things. Talk at the 2nd Annual Conference »Tipping Points. Plastic, Contingent and Unstable Matters«, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 16 November 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Matters of Writing. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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
Le Calvé, M., Kim, Y. The Patchy Paths of the Stretching Senses School. Panel Presentation at the Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2023, Rebuilding the Real: Immersive encounters with ontological alterity through community-led VR projects. Virtual. 8 March 2023.
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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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
Di Blasi, J., Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. Activity of Collections: How to deal with »Active Material« in Exhibitions and Collections? Podiumsgespräch at the Times of Waste – Handling Matter, Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst, Basel. Podiumsgespräch. Virtual. 18 June 2021.
Di Blasi, J., Le Calvé, M., Miodragović, N., Samuel, N., Stein, C., Winkler, C. Stretching: Round-table discussion. ›Activity of collections‹: How to Deal with ›Active Material‹ in Exhibitions and Collections? Invited moderation at the Symposium »Times of Waste – Handling Matter«, Methods and Practices to Re-present Transnational Material Research. Organized by FHNW Academy of Art and Design Basel in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Museum of Decorative Arts Berlin. Virtual. 18 June 2021.
http://times-of-waste.ch/de/symposium/
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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade de Lisboa, EASA. 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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., Ness, T., Rasehorn, F., Wiesener, H. How Can We Trust What We Feel? – A Discussion on Haptics in Design and Research. Talk at the Brown Bag Brunch. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 13 July 2021.
Le Calvé, M., Samuel, N. Museum Lab Session. Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 27 January 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Between Night and Day: Immersive Explorations within a Slide Fieldwork Archive. Talk at the Brown Bag Brunch, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 5 October 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Cerebrum Spectacular. Exhibiting experimental neurosurgical infrastructures at the Humboldt Forum Berlin and at the Tieranatomisches Theater. Talk at the CARMAH Museum Lab, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 28 January 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Haptic dimensions: stretching the senses of digital materiality in virtual palaeontology and neurosurgical planning. Talk at the Media Lab, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Organized by MediaLab, IfEE; Bareither, C.; Molin, J. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 10 February 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Pathways to Multimodal Ethnography. Talk at the University of Toronto. Guest lecture, invited by Marie-Pier Boucher. Virtual. 17 March 2021.
Le Calvé, M. Sounding Neurons »Down the Scale«: Designing an Immersive VR Experience as an Ethnographic Device to Probe Neurosurgery, Biophysics, and Sartorial Research. Talk at the »Anthropology Beyond Text?« Experiments, Devices and Platforms of Multimodal Ethnographic Practice, Stadtlabor for Multimodal Anthropology, Institute of European Ethnology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 23 July 2021.
Le Calvé, M. »The Dance of the Knife«: Cutting as a Way of Getting Together Closer and Further with Material Things. Talk at the 2nd Annual Conference »Tipping Points. Plastic, Contingent and Unstable Matters«, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 16 November 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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 the Workshop »Shelf Life. Ferment-Activity and Nurturing Materials«, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 10 December 2020.
Le Calvé, M. Drawing Uncertain Lines. Certitude and Contingency in Brain Tractography and Visual Ethnography. Talk at the EASST4S Joint Conference Prague 2020 »Locating and Timing Matters: Significance and Agency of STS in Emerging Worlds«, Experimental Practices and Practical Experiments in an Uncertain World I. EASST, Virtual Prague. Virtual. 18 August 2020.
https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/
Le Calvé, M. Drawing Uncertain Lines. Certitude and Contingency in Brain Tractography and Visual Ethnography. Talk at the Lab session of the Laboratory »Anthropology of Environment | Human Relations«. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 7 December 2020.
https://www2.hu-berlin.de/sts/events/drawing-uncertain-lines-certitude-and-contingency-in-brain-tractography-and-visual-ethnography/
Le Calvé, M. The Act of Cutting. Multimodal inquiry on a sensing/making operation. Talk at the Autumn School »Infrastructures of Sense|Making«, Uni Konstanz. Virtual. 5 October 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 the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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
Le Calvé, M. Experimental Practices and Practical Experiments in an Uncertain World I. Experimental Practices and Practical Experiments in an Uncertain World I, EASST, Virtual Prague. Virtual. 18 August 2020.
https://www.easst4s2020prague.org/
Events & Workshops
Sicher, E., Le Calvé, M. Sensing Ecologies of Care with Tempeh. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. During book launch »Driving the Human: Seven Prototypes for Eco-social Renewal«. 10 May 2023 - 10 October 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/10912/driving-the-human-seven-prototypes-for-eco-social-renewal
Nestler, A., Werner, K., le Calvé, M. Kombucha-Workshop. Mall Anders, Berlin. 21 May 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/de/activities/8032/collactive-materials-in-der-mall-anders
Clarke, J., Le Calvé, M. Field/Works: Anthropology & Art Talks. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 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«. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu 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. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 16 June 2021.
https://blog.matters-of-activity.de/2021/06/04/ferment-activity-club-3-jumpstart-drinks/
Stock, R., Dierichs, K., Bonavia, E., Zachow, S., Rodriguez, L., Le Calvé, M., Gholami, M. F., Kim, Y. Workshop »Sounding Invisible Boundaries. Experiments in Haptic Thinking«. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Hybrid. 2 June 2021.
Le Calvé, M., Cubasch, A. J., Heitger, A. Shelf Life. Ferment-Activity and Nurturing Materials. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 10 December 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2915/shelf-life-ferment-activity-and-nurturing-materials
Le Calvé, M. Haptic Dimensions - Cutting beyond the surface of digital objects. weißensee school of art and design berlin. 12 October 2020.
Le Calvé, M. Matters of Writing. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 20 February 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/1531/matters-of-writing-how-to-make-the-text-write-itself
Houdart, S., Le Calvé, M., Verjat, B., Loveless, N. Stretching, Stumbling, Scribbling. Exercises in Purposeful Disorienting. HKW. #Situating: Workshops. 8 November 2019.
https://www.hkw.de/en/programm/projekte/veranstaltung/p_160051.php
Le Calvé, M., Columbo, L. Matters of Writing I. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Universidad de Buenos Aires. 7 May 2021 - 26 May 2021.
Le Calvé, M., Columbo, L. Matters of Writing II. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Universidad de Buenos Aires. 1 October 2021 - 3 November 2021.
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 and 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
Teaching & Courses
Picht, T., Amelung, K., Chakkalakal, D., Engelhardt, M., Fekonja, L., Le Calve, M., Marienberg, S., Ostherr, K., Ribault, P., Shams, B., Stein, C., Vellmer, S., Samuel, N., Sauer, I., Acker, G., Choejki, P. Adaptive Digital Twin. Block Seminar, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. 10 July 2023 - 21 July 2023.
Picht, T., Amelung, K., Chakkalakal, D., Engelhardt, M., Fekonja, L., Le Calve, M., Ostherr, K., Ribault, P., Shams, B., Stein, C., Vellmer, S., Samuel, N., Sauer, I., Acker, G., Choejki, P. Adaptive Digital Twin. Block Seminar, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. 10 July 2023 - 21 July 2023.
Bauer, F., Beyer, B., González, J. C., Iglesias, R. M., Le Calvé, M. Growing Senses, Laboratory Project. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Universidad de Buenos Aires. 13 May 2022 - 22 July 2022.
Beyer, Bastian, Bauer, Frank, Cojal González, José, Le Calvé, Maxime. »Open Design« Master Program. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Matters of Activity, Humboldt University Berlin; University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires. 29 May 2022 - 22 July 2022.
Maries, M (design theory), Clark, J. (anthropology), Bühn, S. (ecology), le Calvé, M. (anthropology), Weber, R. »Dark Fluidity: An immersive exploration of liquid ontologies in practice along the multispecies material ecologies of the river Schwärze«. Summer School: Frictioned Functionality. Un/designing Un/sustainable Matter. Matters of Activity, Humboldt-University of Berlin. 17 October 2022 - 22 October 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/8495/frictioned-functionality-un-designing-un-sustainable-matter
Picht, T., Amelung, K., Avenati, O., Chakkalakal, D., Engelhardt, M., Fekonja, L., Le Calve, M., Ostherr, K., Rasehorn, F., Ribault, P., Shams, B., Stein, C., Vellmer, S., Samuel, N., Sauer, I., Acker, G., Choejki, P. Adaptive Digital Twin. Block Seminar, Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin. 18 July 2022 - 29 July 2022.
Picht, T., Amelung, K., Avenati, O., Chakkalakal, D., Engelhardt, M., Fekonja, L., Le Calve, M., Ostherr, K., Rasehorn, F., Ribault, P., Shams, B., Stein, C., Vellmer, S., Samuel, N., Sauer, I., Acker, G., Choejki, P. Adaptive Digital Twin. Block Seminar, Charite - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin. 24 January 2022 - 4 February 2022.
Razghandi, K., Mareis, C., Stock, R., Auger, J., Lockwood, J., Wenig, C., Norris, L., Stark, S., Weber, R., Bühn, S., Clark, J., le Calvé. M. »Frictioned Functionality: Un/Designing Un/Sustainable Matter«. »Dark Fluidity. An immersive exploration of liquid ontologies in practice along the multispecies material ecologies of the Schwärze river«. MoA's First Interdisciplinary Autumn School., Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 17 October 2022 - 22 October 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/8495/frictioned-functionality-un-designing-un-sustainable-matter
Le Calvé, M., Columbo, L. Matters of Writing I. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Universidad de Buenos Aires. 7 May 2021 - 26 May 2021.
Le Calvé, M., Columbo, L. Matters of Writing II. Course within the Master’s Program “Open Design”, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin/Universidad de Buenos Aires. 1 October 2021 - 3 November 2021.
Le Calvé, M., Farias, I. Multimodal ethnography: A more than textual anthropological workshop. Practical course, Institut für Europäische Ethnologie, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 10 March 2021 - 15 July 2021.
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 and 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
Le Calvé, M., Avenati, O., Simatic, M., Picht, T., Fekonja, L. Brain Roads. Experiments in visualization design. Practical course, Mentoring and Lecturer in a pedagogical research process. ESAD Reims/Telecom Sud Paris. 18 November 2020 - 20 August 2021.
Le Calvé, M., Chakalakal, D. Digital Twin: Social Sciences of Technology in Medicine. Block Seminar, Medicine and Social Sciences. Charité, Berlin. 2 July 2020 - 3 July 2020.
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/
Picht, T., with Fekonja, L., Rasehorn, F., Le Calvé, M. Adaptive Digital Twin. Wahlpflichtmodul., Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin. 1 January 2019 - 31 December 2021.
External Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships & Residencies
Le Calvé, M. 2023. Refiguring bodies: material sketching, movement, and spatial practices. Berlin University Alliance, Project funding.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/13201/fieldwork-at-the-university-of-oxford
Clarke, J. (Co-convenor) 2019 - 2022. Anthropology and the Arts Network. Professional Network.
https://easaonline.org/networks/antart/
Cooperations
Clarke, J. (Co-convenor) 2019 - 2022. Anthropology and the Arts Network. Professional Network.
https://easaonline.org/networks/antart/
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
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