This article is a summary of the Epistemic Dizziness, Spinning-On STS Workshop, September 2023.
Event: Epistemic Dizziness. Science & Technology Studies Movement Workshop
Location: Excellence Cluster: Matters of Activity, Humboldt University of Berlin
27. – 29. September 2023
The Cluster Matters of Activity. Image Space Material aims to create a basis for a new culture of materials. The central vision of the Cluster is to rediscover the analogue in the activity of images, spaces and materials in the age of the digital. Biology and technology, mind and material, nature and culture intertwine in a new way. In this context, the interdisciplinary research and development of sustainable practices and structures is a central concern in areas such as architecture and soft robotics, textiles, materials and digital filters, and surgical cutting techniques. In six projects, more than 40 disciplines systematically investigate design strategies for active materials and structures that adapt to specific requirements and environments. The Cluster focuses on a new role of design, which is emerging in the context of growing diversity and the continuous development of materials and visualisation forms in all disciplines.
Introduction:
What if we take dizziness not as a threat to orientation but as a means for epistemic enhancement? In our EASST-supported STS Movement workshop in Berlin, guests and contributors from across Europe dived into this question by sharing knowledge and embodied inquiries that deal with various experiences of dizziness – doctors in intensive stations, sailors on ships, and early career STS researchers in concept whirlwinds. The workshop built on a one-and-a-half-year project that sought to connect STS research to an experimental notion and approach: epistemic dizziness.
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