Structure
Winter 2017 Discussions on Mondays and Wednesdays 12:15 - 1:30 in Stauffer B204, followed by discussion over lunch.
Phases
• Introduction to process. Rhythm and temporality. Experiential experiments on rhythm and entrainment of ensemble movement. Examples from architecture, social systems, theoretical biology.
• Core lectures: “Ontogenesis, phylogenesis and the formation of ‘sense’.” Giuseppe Longo from the École Normale Supérieure Paris
• Individual Projects: Participants will use the last third of the semester to work on their own projects, incorporating approaches from the seminar into their own work, or contributing their methods and research to the seminar project.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to participate in related conferences (e.g. Posthuman) and interact with visiting scientists, artists and researchers.
Expectations
Students will prepare at least one in-class presentation during the term, and the equivalent of a 15-page paper (including references) or project at the end of the semester. Videos, installations, objects, performances etc. will be accepted according the student's preferred modes of articulation and as they generate collective insight on the themes of the seminar. In any case, all work will include a written component.
Early PhD / Masters students may register for AME 531 Experiential Media Methodology and Theory II.
Advanced PhD students may register for AME 691: Theoretical Studies in Media Arts and Sciences. Students in AME 691 will be expected to use this as an opportunity to supplement or amplify their own research projects, and generate work that can add to their dissertation or portfolio.
Grading
Grade will be a function of (1) your preparation for / performance in class discussion, and (2) your final paper. Beginning PhD's or Masters will be graded on depth and breadht of understanding of chosen material. Advanced PhD's will be expected to additionally make original contributions to the seminar, informed by their own research.
Phases
• Introduction to process. Rhythm and temporality. Experiential experiments on rhythm and entrainment of ensemble movement. Examples from architecture, social systems, theoretical biology.
• Core lectures: “Ontogenesis, phylogenesis and the formation of ‘sense’.” Giuseppe Longo from the École Normale Supérieure Paris
• Individual Projects: Participants will use the last third of the semester to work on their own projects, incorporating approaches from the seminar into their own work, or contributing their methods and research to the seminar project.
In addition, students will have the opportunity to participate in related conferences (e.g. Posthuman) and interact with visiting scientists, artists and researchers.
Expectations
Students will prepare at least one in-class presentation during the term, and the equivalent of a 15-page paper (including references) or project at the end of the semester. Videos, installations, objects, performances etc. will be accepted according the student's preferred modes of articulation and as they generate collective insight on the themes of the seminar. In any case, all work will include a written component.
Early PhD / Masters students may register for AME 531 Experiential Media Methodology and Theory II.
Advanced PhD students may register for AME 691: Theoretical Studies in Media Arts and Sciences. Students in AME 691 will be expected to use this as an opportunity to supplement or amplify their own research projects, and generate work that can add to their dissertation or portfolio.
Grading
Grade will be a function of (1) your preparation for / performance in class discussion, and (2) your final paper. Beginning PhD's or Masters will be graded on depth and breadht of understanding of chosen material. Advanced PhD's will be expected to additionally make original contributions to the seminar, informed by their own research.
Note
Giuseppe Longo is Director of Research at the Centre Cavaillès, République des Savoirs, CNRS, Collège de France and the Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, and also Adjunct Professor Department of Integrative Physiology and Pathobiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston.
He has been Associate Professor of Logic, Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Pisa, and has been Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon. He was founder (1990) of the journal Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, Cambridge U.P. and (co-)authored more than 100 articles and three books: with A. Asperti, Categories, Types and Structures (M.I.T. Press, 1991); with F. Bailly, Mathematics and the Natural Sciences: The Physical Singularity of Life (Imperial College Press, London, 2011); with M. Montevil, Perspectives on Organisms: Biological time, Symmetries and Singularities (Springer 2013). Recently he has extended his interests in the fields of epistemology and theoretical biology. He directs a project at IEA-Nantes (2014-20) on the concept of “law” in human and natural sciences.
http://www.di.ens.fr/users/longo/
Thanks to support from the ASU-Santa Fe Center for Biosocial Complex Systems .
He has been Associate Professor of Logic, Mathematics and Computer Science at the University of Pisa, and has been Visiting Professor at UC Berkeley, MIT, and Carnegie Mellon. He was founder (1990) of the journal Mathematical Structures in Computer Science, Cambridge U.P. and (co-)authored more than 100 articles and three books: with A. Asperti, Categories, Types and Structures (M.I.T. Press, 1991); with F. Bailly, Mathematics and the Natural Sciences: The Physical Singularity of Life (Imperial College Press, London, 2011); with M. Montevil, Perspectives on Organisms: Biological time, Symmetries and Singularities (Springer 2013). Recently he has extended his interests in the fields of epistemology and theoretical biology. He directs a project at IEA-Nantes (2014-20) on the concept of “law” in human and natural sciences.
http://www.di.ens.fr/users/longo/
Thanks to support from the ASU-Santa Fe Center for Biosocial Complex Systems .