Voor MEST Magazine schreef ik een stuk over hoe kunst kan helpen onze relatie met technologie te verzachten. Aanleiding hiervoor is de nieuwe voorstelling GROOT WILD van theatergezelschap Afslag Eindhoven. Check de preview van MEST #13. MEST is een veelzijdig…
On March 17, I’m giving a public lecture at the History of Medicine seminar at the Department of History of Science and Ideas, at University of Uppsala. It will be the first time I’m going to present a (coherent, hopefully)…
From January 23rd untill April 2nd, I’ll be working at the TEMA department at Linköping University (Sweden). I’ll be participating in the so-called ValueS-group, an interesting bunch studying how different valuation practices in different contexts of science and technology contributes…
During the annual international meeting of the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S) in Denver, I will give a talk about my case on Stress, Wellbeing and the Mindful Brain at the Workfloor. I’m in a session called…
Het platform Brabant Kennis organiseert regelmatig spannende lezingen en thema-avonden. Tijdens de komende Trendnacht 2015 – thema: Robots! – doe ik mee. Niet met een lezing, maar als m’n verloren gewaande alterego DJ El GO Rhythm. Onder het motto Enough…
I’m happy to give a talk at the conference “Sorting Brains Out: Tasks, Tests, and Trials in the Neuro- and Mind Sciences, 1890-2015”, at the University of Pennsylvania, Sept. 18-19, 2015. This promises to be an exciting event with many…
A student of mine is writing about the controversy surrounding the Human Brain Project. We stumbled upon this hilarious spoof (already from April, so old in meme-terms). Especially funny if you can’t understand Spanish. BTW: in the original clip, the…
Next Tuesday (March 31st), I’m speaking at the conference “The Human Sciences after the Decade of the Brain: Perspectives on the Neuro-Turn in the Social Sciences and the Humanities“ at the department of Philosophy of Johannes Gutenberg-Universität in Mainz (Germany)….