Thresholds III – “Avatar”
Seminar of philosophy of image
Published on Tuesday, November 27, 2018
Abstract
Recent evolutions in the contemporary iconoscape have enabled the production of pictures that elicit in the perceiver a strong feeling of “being there”, namely of being incorporated into new and autonomous environments. Subjects relating to such environments are no longer visual observers in front of images isolated from the real world by a framing device; they are experiencers living in quasi-worlds that offer multisensory stimuli and allow interactive sensorimotor affordances. In relation to such quasi-worlds, a key role is played by the avatar, a digital proxy through which subjects interact with synthetic objects or other avatars. The notion and the uses of the avatar are becoming crucial in a variety of disciplines, ranging from philosophy to visual culture studies, anthropology, sociology, cognitive psychology, and neurosciences. Also, they are raising relevant issues in the fields of ethics and politics.
Announcement
Presentation
Recent evolutions in the contemporary iconoscape have enabled the production of pictures that elicit in the perceiver a strong feeling of “being there”, namely of being incorporated into new and autonomous environments. Subjects relating to such environments are no longer visual observers in front of images isolated from the real world by a framing device; they are experiencers living in quasi-worlds that offer multisensory stimuli and allow interactive sensorimotor affordances. In relation to such quasi-worlds, a key role is played by the avatar, a digital proxy through which subjects interact with synthetic objects or other avatars. The notion and the uses of the avatar are becoming crucial in a variety of disciplines, ranging from philosophy to visual culture studies, anthropology, sociology, cognitive psychology, and neurosciences. Also, they are raising relevant issues in the fields of ethics and politics.
Program
First semester
- Tuesdays, 18:00>19.30
Second semester
- Thursdays, 18:00>19.30
27.11.2018
- Francesco Parisi, Università di Messina
18.12.2018
- Simone Arcagni, Università di Palermo
13/14.12.2018
Adventures of Identity: from the Double to the Avatar
International conference @ Institut d'Études Avancées - Paris
14.02.2019
- Simone Tosoni, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
23.03.2019
- Luca Farulli, Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
11.04.2019
- Katrin Heimann, Aarhus University
09.05.2019
Elisabetta Modena, Accademia di Belle Arti Santa Giulia
28.05.2019
- Lily Hibberd, University of New South Wales
06.06.2019
- Martine Beugnet Université Paris Diderot
13.06.2019
- Alain Berthoz, Collège de France
Directed by
- Andrea Pinotti
Organizing committee
- Federica Cavaletti,
- Pietro Conte,
- Anna Caterina Dalmasso,
- Giancarlo Grossi,
- Giacomo Mercuriali
Contacts
seminario.immagine@gmail.com
www.facebook.com/SeminarioFilosofiaImmagine
Subjects
Places
- Seminar room, third floor – Attic of the Department of Philosophy – cortile della Ghiacciaia - via Festa del Perdono 7
Milan, Italian Republic (20122)
Date(s)
- Tuesday, November 27, 2018
- Thursday, December 13, 2018
- Friday, December 14, 2018
- Tuesday, December 18, 2018
- Thursday, February 14, 2019
- Saturday, March 23, 2019
- Thursday, April 11, 2019
- Thursday, May 09, 2019
- Tuesday, May 28, 2019
- Thursday, June 06, 2019
- Thursday, June 13, 2019
Keywords
- avatar, identity, immersion, virtual reality, threshold, image
Contact(s)
- Seminar of Philosophy of Image
courriel : seminario [dot] immagine [at] gmail [dot] com
Reference Urls
Information source
- Seminar of Philosophy of Image
courriel : seminario [dot] immagine [at] gmail [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Thresholds III – “Avatar” », Seminar, Calenda, Published on Tuesday, November 27, 2018, https://doi.org/10.58079/11ju