by Maggi Adamek
As part of our wonderful grant from the UMN Institute for Advanced Study, we will enjoy several 3 day visits with internationally-recognized experts on embodiment and knowing. Here are the dates for these visits:
January 14 - 16, 2009 - Gill Wright Miller, Chair, Department of Dance, Denison University. This will be a 3 day embodiment workshop (9 a.m. - 4 p.m. each day) in the Barker Center for Dance on the West Bank of the UMN campus.
March 23 - 25, 2009 - Maxine Sheets-Johnstone, Lecturer, Department of Philosophy, University of Oregon. This will include a private embodiment workshop with the Embodied Methodologies Working Group, two public seminars (one at the Institute for Advanced Study and another sponsored by the Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior), and a potluck dinner with the investigators.
May 2009 dates to be determined - Evan Thompson from University of Toronto's Department of Philosophy will join us