Zaterdag 13 januari zal ik een lezing verzorgen op het symposium “Homo Sapiens 3.0 & Het Ethische Dilemma: ethische problematiek rondom technologie en het verbeteren van de mens”. Het symposium wordt georganiseerd door Quatuor Coronati “De Nieuwe Lantaarn” in samenwerking…
Yesterday, the deed was one: I finally submitted my PhD! The manuscript is titled ‘Practicing the Plastic Brain: valuing popular neuroscience across the lifespan’. I have worked on it for six years and one month, and I’m quite happy with…
After months and months of writing, I finally can go outside and play again! Next week, I’ll present at the wonderful Worlding the Brain conference, at the University of Amsterdam. Great interdisciplinary program, including art, tech & much more. Check…
Yesterday, our colleague Wiebe Bijker gave his valedictory lecture, titled ‘Constructing Worlds: Reflections on science, technology and democracy”. Wiebe is not only one of the founding fathers of Science Technology and Society studies (STS), he’s also one our faculty’s most…
We Are Public is een nieuw initiatief om cultuur te ontdekken en financieren. Voor €15 per maand ben je lid, investeer je mee en kun je de beste voorstellingen, concerten, films en exposities bezoeken. Zo hopen we kunst en cultuur…
Deze week start STRP Biënnale 2017 in het Klokgebouw te Eindhoven. STRP is een spannend en toegankelijk technologisch kunstfestival, met performances, expo, DJ’s, workshops en conferenties. Het thema van STRP dit jaar is ‘Senses & Sensors’, en “verkent de high…
Together with Maastricht Centre for Arts and Culture, Conservation and Heritage (MACCH) and Jan van Eyck Academie, our research centre at Zuyd organized an exciting conference on participation in the arts. This week, March 17th & 18th, there are plenty…
In 2015 I presented at the conference ‘The Human Sciences After the Decade of the Brain’, at the University of Mainz. The conference has resulted in an edited volume by Elisabeth Hildt and Jon Leeflang, which has just been published…
symposium – exhibition Maastricht, Herdenkingsplein 12, March 16 & 17, 2017 In this first yearly symposium of the Lectoraat AOK, we will approach the artist as a research instrument. Sidestepping the fandamental debate about whether art can be research, we…
