On Wednesday December 2nd, I’m giving a short introduction to the screening of the new documentary of Dutch artist and enfant terrible Renzo Martens at Lumiere in Maastricht. His documentary ‘White Cube’ (launched at IDFA) follows on his praised (and…
On November 24 I’m giving a short presentation on the question ‘What is good artistic research?’ during an external session of the lectoraat AOK. Together with Inge Romgens, Bart van den Eynde, and Anna Moreno. In the past year(s), I’ve…
Afgelopen woensdag was ik semi-live in een uitzending van Eindhovens vetste radiostation, RARARADIO. Host en huidige Netty Rob van Kaam interviewde me over de geschiedenis van sociaal ontwerpcollectief Tante Netty en over hoe moeilijk het is om sociaal-artistieke kunst te…
This week the ELIA Biennial ‘Expanding the Arts’ starts. ELIA is a European platform for higher arts education institutions. During the bienniale, arts and academia, producers and practitioners, students and teachers present interesting work in higher arts education. This year,…
The Book is online! My dissertation, titled Practicing the Plastic Brain: popular neuroscience and the good life, is finally available online. For free! Soon after I received my PhD at Maastricht University in 2018, I signed a book contract with…
In april ben ik benoemd als lid van de adviescommissie Wetenschappelijke Integriteit Onderzoek (WIO), bij Zuyd Hogeschool. Een interessante en belangrijke taak: sinds 2018 onderschrijven ook Hogescholen in Nederland de integriteitscode, zoals opgesteld door de universiteiten (VSNU, KNAW). Ethiek van…
Last week, I should’ve been in Prague. This week, I should’ve been in Lucerne, Switzerland for the conference Performing, Engaging, Knowing. Alas, we’ll be having the conference online, in my own living room. The conference, organised by the Studygroup for…
I should have been in Prague right now. Moving from room to room to see presentations of fellow-researchers in the broad field of Science & Technology Studies, present my own work, meet people and enjoy delicious beers. But this year…
My dear friend and colleague Sarah Weingartz invited me as guest lecturer for her sociology of technology-class at Duisburg University (Germany). Giving guest-lectures at Universities abroad might be the one pleasant feature of online working! I talked with the students…
