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Episode 1 Part 1: Concerning the Ethics of Science

Recorded on 2020-01-01

Are we as scientists understanding the bigger picture of our roles as scientist in our modern world? Are we aware of the full spectrum of our power and implications our work has on the world? Join Josef Velten and Ayen Deng as they discuss their scientific experiences.

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Diagrammatic Thinking

A philosophical conversion on diagram among Substantial Motion Research Network members Laura Marks, Steve Baris, JR Osborn, Kalpana Subramanian, Siying Duan, Radek Przedpelski and Yvan Tina. Topics covered include delightful diagrams, diagrams in world cultures and resistance to diagrams. 

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Creativity, Innovation and Social Change: Conversation with Vlad Glaveanu

Recorded on 2018-07-22

Our guest on this episode is Vlad Glaveanu, Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Psychology and Professional Counseling at Webster University Geneva, and an expert in the cultural psychology of creativity. In this episode: How research on Easter egg decoration in Romania led to a research program in creativity (0:50) — The importance […]

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KLAS Episode 5: Wolfgang Knapp

Recorded on 2018-04-05

Knowledge Link through Art and Science (KLAS) is an Artist in Residence program of the Max Planck Society. KLAS fosters ArtSci exchange and transdisciplinary innovation and education whilst also establishing a link between Synthetic Biology research groups of two research institutions – Rijksuniversiteit Groningen [RuG] and two Max Planck Institutes [MPI]. In addition to awarding […]

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Aesthetics of Cinema / زیبایی شناسی سینما

Recorded on 2017-12-01

Hatef Alimardani is a renowned Iranian filmmaker, director, and screenwriter whose movies are noticeably engaged with socio-political dilemmas, cultural cleavages and economic difficulties of present-day Iran, portrayed through stories of Iranian middle class families. My dialogue with him revolves around issues such as the correlation between cinema and science, cinema and society, aesthetics of cinema, […]

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Confronting Vegetal Otherness: Skotopoiesis, meeting with Jurij Krpan

Recorded on 2016-01-21

The artist Špela Petrič discusses her performance Confronting Vegetal Otherness: Skotopoiesis that she created in Ljubljana on September 10th-11th 2015 as part of Trust Me, I’m An Artist, an EU funded project that is exploring ethical issues in art that engage with biotechnology. This podcast is linked to the one with Jurij Krpan who discusses […]

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