Location
Melbourne, VictoriaStart date
2019-06-27End date
2019-06-29Language
engNotes
The conference was attended by over 300 registrants, Brough together researcher from across the faculties at Deakin and was sponsored by the School of Health, the Science and Society Network (ADI), SCCA and the Senselab,(Concordia, Montreal). the innovative pairing of keynotes to present and then have a discussion was augmented by the presentation format which extended the conference potential from exchange to research creation. see conference website (which will have the keynotes provide uploaded by march 2020.
https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/bok2019/Research statement
Background
BoK2019 will generated questions that explored the dynamic between an organism and its surroundings, by asking: How does art shift the way knowledge and thinking processes are acquired, extended and distributed? How do cognitive theories offer ways to enact and change individual and collective ways of thinking? The aims of the BoK2016 which were upheld bringing together an interdisciplinary group including cognitive scientists, neuroscientists, philosophers of mind, physiologists, psychologists, philosophers, anthropologists, computer scientists, artists, performers, designers, art educators, arts administrators, art-health practitioners—to explore emerging theories of embodied cognition.
Contribution
BoK2019 emphasized lived-experience of research. This was reflected in the structure of the conference—designed as a series of activated conversations. Keynote presentations were conversations that paired leading researcher-practitioners from diverse fields into one session. This allowed multiple perspectives to interact and promoted discussion across the delegation. Keynote Conversations will include prominent researchers and practitioners in the sciences, arts, design, social sciences and humanities.
Significance
The concept of interdisciplinary exchange permeated the event by providing the conference itself became research opportunities to track, record and report on interactions and speculate on the way disciplinary perspectives adapt and transform. A national and international delegation of over 300 people attended with 55 presentations and nine keynotes. A peer-reviewed publication in IDEA journal is schedule for Dec 2020. The conference fit with a series of planned conferences and a growing research on the intersection of art practice, cognitive science and phenomenology.Publication classification
JC4 Curated Exhibition or Event – OtherExtent
Conference with 9 keynotes presentation , 55 presentation by delegates in paper, performance and peripatetic formats, a research team "Audiotapes traces, reporting back to delegation the knowledge transfer opportunities and a curated exhibition on the conference theme.Editor/Contributor(s)
Dennis R, deLahunta SEvent
Body of Knowledge: Art and Embodied Cognition. Conference (2019 : 2nd : Melbourne, Victoria)Publisher
Deakin UniversityPlace of publication
Geelong, Vic.
