The conference “Move as a child: motion, enactivism and meta cognition” is a scientific project initiated by Vytautas Magnus University to explore the “mobility turns” various extensions in cultural research. This online conference emphasizes mediation between the environment, bodies, and institutions to produce social, cultural, and material effects through the terms of enactivism and meta cognition. 

 

Argument

The conference „Move as a child: motion, enactivism and meta cognition is a scientific project initiated by Vytautas Magnus University to explore the „mobility turns” various extensions in cultural research. This online conference emphasizes mediation between the environment, bodies, and institutions to produce social, cultural, and material effects through the terms of enactivism and meta cognition. 

Scholars have set (John Flavell, 1985; John Dewey, 1939; Donald Winnicott 1960) out to rework the boundaries of, on the one hand, the cultural and the symbolical and, on the other hand, the material and the physical. How the knowledge is embodied through the movement and what could we learn from babes or children’s perspectives. We are interested, how cultural institutions creates a new sort of social situations for interaction - embodied, experiential and mundane learning expediencies (Sophie Marinopoulos 2009, 2019).

Every situation is located in space-time-socium context (Marton XXX), in the same manner as interaction. Interactivity is challenging notions of reason and cognition, perception and memory, emotions, and affections (Erving Goffman 1974). To move for us is to grow, to play, to do some exercises all this is an ongoing process that integrates sensory, cognitive, emotional, social, and affective elements. Audiences have become intrinsic part of art works, exhibitions and design processes altering existing narratives and allowing new ways to understand the environment (Schmitt, 2018, p. 93). Technological mediation of the relationship between social practice, cultural institutions and their audiences take a large place in our dally life. Play could be considered as a cultural technique (Anna Reading, 2022). But what happens if game structures are transposed to everyday life (Stanislas Dehaene, 2020) ?

This session wants to put the spotlight on the ethical dimensions and the mundane practices tied to movement – its meaning, function, implications, and limits in contemporary society. To understand meaning-making, identity, materiality, and practice in everyday life, it is of great importance to study the interaction, movement, and agency of human and non-human bodies (Sabaliauskas S., 2021). Whether the study concerns emotions in professional arenas, enactments of bodies in medical practice, or intimacy between bodies. The embodied and emplaced experiences and conceptualizations involved in processes of hierarchization/ differentiation/ othering as well as inclusion/dependency/ trust, are at stake. Intersectional approaches include spaces-specific and age experiences and embodiments. Within this theme, presenters will be exploring movement from children perspective.

Program 

• 12:00 – 12:05 Introduction Algirdas Raslanas, Vice Chancellor at  Vytautas Magnus University
• Moderation : Kornelija Tiesnesytė
• 12:05 – 12:25 Metacognition in movement: how does movement shape a child's future thinking? Stanislav Sabaliauskas, Assoc. Prof., Health literacy & Sport science I Tomas Kaukėnas, Mag. Physical Education
• 12:25 – 12:50 The Movement in the Museum Experience of Young visitors: Interpretation, Mediation and Enactivism  Thérèse Martin & Lina Uzlyte, information and communication sciences
• 12:50 – 13:15 MOVI.scool: a case of movement development and development through movement in childrens’ education Justas Kučinskas, PhD candidate in Philosophy, Movement Coach
• 13:15 – 13:40 "Movement control, learning and cognitive function" Albertas Skurvydas, Professor in motor control and learning
• 13:40 – 14:00 The embodiment of infants' first relationships through sound and movement  Maya Gratier, Professor in Development Psychology
• 14:00 – 14:20 The case of ballet school for children Eglė Špokaitė, National Ballet Artist, Founder, Artistic Director Ballet Institute of San Diego
• 14:20 – 15:00 Round table discussion “What it means to move?”

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Speakers

GRATIER Maya, Professor in Development Psychology and codirector of Laboratory «Ethologie, Cognition, Développement» at University of Nanterre, publications and other works (https://babylab.parisnanterre.fr/ ; https://lecd.parisnanterre.fr/membres/mme-maya-gratier )

KAUENAS Tomas, Olympic biathlete, MA Student at Kaunas Technological University, Lithuania.

KUCINSKAS Justas, Dancer, Choreographer, PhD candidate in philosophy, International University of Management and Economics

MARTIN Thérèse, PhD in Information and Communication sciences at University of Lille 3. Consulting specialist of Mediation and Communication. Publications : (https://independent.academia.edu/MARTINThérèse)

RASLANAS Algirdas, Vice Chancellor at Vytautas Magnus University, Department of Educational Assistance, Physical and Health Education

SABALIUSKAS Stanislav, Assoc. Professor at Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine and Researcher at Vytautas Magnus University, Education Academy

SKURVYDAS Albertas, Professor in motor control and learning at at Vilnius University, Faculty of Medicine

SPOKAITE Egle, National Ballet Artist, Founder, Artistic Director of Ballet Institute of San Diego (www.balletinstitutesd.com)

UZLYTE Lina, Post Doctoral researcher at University of Reims (C.R.D.T.) and associated member of Research Centre of Social Relations (CERLIS).