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Structural Textile Project from Natalija Miodragović, Daniel Suarez and Nelli Singer; Object Space Agency at Exhibition »Materiales en Expansión«, Buenos Aires, March 2023. Copyright: Christian Stein
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Editorial Dear Friends of »Matters of Activity«,
We're happy to hereby share with you the newest and extra-long issue of our CZ# with lots of exciting news and interesting events, such as a the Design Impact Conference, the launch of ».able Journal«, the start of Claudia Mareis' lecture series »Designing in Times of the Anthropocene« and many more!
We are also delighted to welcome some new members to the Cluster!
Happy reading,
Antje Nestler, Carolin Ott & Franziska Wegener
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Liebe Freund:innen von »Matters of Activity«,
wir freuen uns, euch die neueste und besonders umfangreiche Ausgabe unserer CZ# zu präsentieren - mit vielen spannenden Neuigkeiten und interessanten Veranstaltungen wie z.B.der Design Impact Konferenz, dem Launch des ».able Journal«, dem Start der Vortragsreihe von Claudia Mareis »Designing in Times of the Anthropocene« und vielem mehr!
Darüber hinaus begrüßen wir einige neue Mitglieder im Cluster - herzlich willkommen!
Viel Spaß beim Lesen!
Antje Nestler, Carolin Ott & Franziska Wegener
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Stretching Materialities | Materiales en Expansión |
Exhibition Opened at Universidad de Buenos Aires | Exposición Inaugurada en la Universidad de Buenos Aires |
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Exhibition »Materiales en Expansión«, Buenos Aires, March 2023. Structural Textile Project: Miodragović, Suarez, Singer, Object Space Agency; Complex Web Structures by Daniela Castillo. Copyright: Christian Stein
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Event | Object Space Agency | Stretching Materialities | Open Design Together with the Museo de Artes Plásticas Eduardo Sivorí we invite you to the opening of »Materials in Expansión«, on Wednesday, March 15th at 6:00 pm, where a conversation between Daniela Castillo Cortez and Christian Stein will take place, entitled »El Entramado - Nuevas Formas de Exposición Entre Tecnología, Ciencia y Arte (The Interweaving - New Forms of Exhibition Between Technology, Science and Art)«. It is an interactive experience of Virtual Reality and textile art by Daniela Castillo, participant of the 27th Textile Art Salon, currently exhibited at the museum. This performative installation could be visited every Wednesday until May 9th (extended), 2023 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. → more
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Petrification |
Emile De Visscher Publishes in Recently Launched Image-Based Journal .able |
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Petrification, publication at .able Journal, 2023. Copyright: Emile De Visscher, Ophélie Maurus
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News | Publication | Material Form Function On March 23rd, 2023, Emile de Visscher's contribution about petrification was published with the launch of .able, an innovative image-based journal at the intersection of art, design, and sciences responding to the complexities of today’s society. To explore the new format of scientific publishing offered by the .able Journal, Emile de Visscher invited Ophélie Maurus, independent art director and photographer for the Petrification research project. The main focus was to take advantage of the different layers of content in the platform to present the different dimensions of the project: speculative, symbolic, technical, etc. One of the most intriguing and difficult steps concerned the referencing systems as every scientific article is structured and built upon one. But how to create references with images rather than words? → more
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A New Vision of Research Creation |
.able Journal Out Now – Join the Launch Week! |
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.able Journal, Going with the Flow, 2023, Image: Gisèle Trudel. Copyright: .able
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News | Publication On March 23rd, 2023, .able Journal, an innovative image-based multiplatform journal for publishing research at the intersection of art, design, and sciences was launched. .able reinvents the publication form by making research accessible through images. Free of charge and distributed on numerous platforms, media, and devices, Created at the initiative of La Chaire Arts & Sciences of the École Polytechnique, the École des Arts Décoratifs – PSL, and the Fondation Daniel et Nina Carasso, the journal is published by Actar Publishers and supported by some thirty international academic partners. »Matters of Activity« is proud to tell you that the Cluster is connected to this great project by several members: Editor-in-chief of .able is Samuel Bianchini, Associated Member to MoA, part of the board are MoA Co-Director Claudia Mareis and Cluster Professor Patricia Ribault. Among the first researchers to use the new publication format to present their research is MoA member Emile de Visscher. → more
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Chronic Inflammation - Where Does it Come from, Can we Stop it? |
Answers in the Latest Episode of »Exzellent erklärt« |
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Podcast »Exzellent erklärt«, episode 27. Copyright: Exzellent erklärt |
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News | Exzellent erklärt The German science podcast ↗ Exzellent erklärt (»Excellence Explained«) on current scientific topics reflects the research diversity of Germany’s leading research institutions and Clusters of Excellence, from Africa Studies to Quantum Physics. In each episode, listeners can expect insights into the interdisciplinary work of one research network. The researchers of the Clusters of Excellence, funded by ↗ DFG, talk to podcaster Larissa Vassilian about how they want to find scientifically sound answers to relevant topics of our time – for the society of tomorrow. In Episode 27 you can learn from the Cluster of Excellence ↗ Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation in Schleswig-Holstein, what we already know (and don't know) about chronic inflammatory diseases - such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, or Crohn's disease - why research on them is so important, and whether these modern diseases could be stopped in the near future.
»Exzellent Erklärt« is now on LinkedIn. Follow and share for all news related to the podcast: ↗ https://www.linkedin.com/company/exzellent-erklaert/
Listen to the new episode ↗ here.
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What Can a Practice of Epistemological Vertigo Teach us? |
Maxime Le Calvé Contributed to the Science & Technology Studies Hub 2023 in Aachen |
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Epistemic Dizziness in STS, 5056x2944 px, DALL•E 2, 2022, Copyright: Lucius Fekonja, Maxime Le Calvé, Matters of Activity
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News | Cutting Cluster 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 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. → more
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Designing in Times of the Anthropocene |
New Online Lecture Series Organized by MoA Co-Director Claudia Mareis Starts on 19 April |
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Poster Lecture Series »Designing in Times of the Anthropocene«, 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
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Event | Lecture Series | Material Form Function The online lecture series, a joint event between the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material« and the Department of Cultural History and Theory at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, will kick-off on April 19th, 2023. Together with international design scholars and practitioners, it aims to navigate the tensions between technotopianism, critique, and transition in the context of designing in the so-called Anthropocene. We will not only look at the potential, problems, and limitations of calls for ever more design and construction, but also look at alternative ways and narratives of world-making, transformation, and futurity. → more
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Filters in Biology and Biomimetics (FiBB 2023) |
A Conference Organized by Venkata A Surapaneni (City University of Hong Kong), Mason Dean and John Nyakatura |
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FiBB 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
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Event | Filtering Biological filters, which separate particles from fluids, are hugely important to animal and ocean health, involved in capturing food for myriad species, filtering sediment and cleaning water, and even concentrating microplastics. Filter architectures, by definition, must interact with and exert control over their physical environment: filters can be as simple as sieves or have complex designs; be made of soft cartilage or stiff keratin materials; can filter particles either actively or passively; and are present in organisms at a wide range of scales —from millimeter-sized plankton to enormous basking sharks. The »Filters in Biology and Biomimetics (FiBB 2023)« conference, on May 15th and 16th, aims to synthesize different aspects of biological filtration, look for unifying themes across the Tree of Life, and integrate disparate research groups pushing this research forward.
The meeting will unite diverse early-career and experienced researchers working on fundamental aspects of particle filtration in manifold natural systems, as well as designers, engineers and industrial specialists experienced in particle filters and biomimetic applications. By bringing together multidisciplinary experts, we will build new connections, benefitting biologists interested in structure-function and ecology, and experimental and industrial experts interested in the design and scaling of bioinspired and/or industrial filters. → more
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Demokratien unter Druck |
Das Exzellenzcluster »Contestations of the Liberal Script (SCRIPTS)« lädt ein zur Short Talk Serie |
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Event | SCRIPTS Die Zukunft der Demokratie ist umkämpft. Gewaltbereite Autokratien, das Erstarken populistischer, illiberaler Kräfte innerhalb Europas, extreme kulturelle und gesellschaftliche Polarisierungen verdichten sich zur akuten Krise. Wie reagieren liberale Gesellschaften darauf? Muss die Demokratie verteidigt werden?
An drei Abenden stellen sich SCRIPTS Forscher:innen im Kurzgespräch den Fragen des Tagesspiegel-Journalisten Christoph D. Piorkowski zur aktuellen Krise der Demokratie.
Kommende Termine:
Mittwoch, 19. April 2023, 18:30 Uhr: #2 Freiheit als Problem
Welche systemischen Ungerechtigkeiten und historischen Erblasten sind der liberalen Ordnung eingeschrieben? Hält der Liberalismus, was er verspricht?
Ein Kurzgespräch zu Selbstwidersprüchen und nicht eingelösten Versprechen des Liberalismus mit dem Philosophen und SCRIPTS Forscher Stefan Gosepath. Weitere Informationen
Montag, 22. Mai 2023, 18:30 Uhr: #3 Anfechtungen
Die aktuellen Anfechtungen liberaler politischer Ordnungen von innen wie von außen sind zahlreich. Markieren sie auch einen besonderen historischen Moment? Welchen Beitrag kann die Wissenschaft leisten, um Gefahrenpotenziale zu bestimmen?
Ein Kurzgespräch mit der Politikwissenschaftlerin und SCRIPTS Co-Sprecherin Tanja A. Börzel zur Lage und Bedrohung liberaler Gegenwarts-Demokratien. Weitere Informationen
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