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• 27 nov 2018	13 déc 2018	14 déc 2018
  18 déc 2018	14 fév 2019	...

  Milan

  Seminar - Representation

  Thresholds III – “Avatar”

  Seminar of philosophy of image

  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.

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• 15 fév 2016

  Milan

  Call for papers - Ethnology, anthropology

  The Predatory Museum

  39th annual International Committee for Museology (ICOFOM) symposium

  Have visitors ever wondered how museums acquire the wonderful things they present to the enquiring public? It is certain that some do, but how many would see the museum as a predator?  Would they ever recognize the museum activity of acquiring the valued collections that are put on display as the result of a predatory undertaking? It is true that museums are discerning but eager recipients of gifts offered by individuals who cross their threshold and who are willing to donate or bequeath their treasured possessions to their local museum. These ongoing acts of charity aside, museums have other avenues of collection-building which they explore and have done so since their inception.

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• 29 nov 2013

  Milan

  Scholarship, prize and job offer - Thought

  Public Competition for Admission to the PhD Courses with scholarships – State University of Milan

  PhD course in Philosophy and Human Sciences

  The PhD course in Philosophy and Human Sciences aims to offer a brand new track for higher education, which integrates the competences required for theoretical and experimental research in disciplines, such as anthropology, geography, linguistics, psychology and cognitive science, social science, art theory and criticism with the knowledge made available by philosophical research in both their theoretical and historical manifestations. This PhD course offers multidisciplinary training and aims to provide extensive knowledge in specific sectors of essential and applied research, promoting development in innovative and cutting edge fields, which promote the ability to master theories, methods and techniques of various fields.

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• 28 oct 2010

  Milan

  Study days - Thought

  Ce nombre infini des passions

  Montaigne and the diversity of affections

  «Un suffisant lecteur» qui voudrait se limiter à feuilleter les premiers chapitres des Essais de Montaigne ne manquera pas d’apercevoir l’ampleur du vocabulaire de l’affect : vengeance, colère, compassion, tristesse, amour, plaisir, joie, honte, crainte, désir, espérance, gloire, haine, désespoir. Cette richesse sémantique annonce la richesse conceptuelle du champ passionnel des Essais. Notre journée d’études s’attachera à interroger cette richesse et à déterminer la place de l’affectivité dans la réflexion montaigniste, pour cerner à quel point elle ouvre, à la fin de la Renaissance, une perspective anthropologique qui sera celle de la pensée moderne, pour laquelle les passions deviendront de composantes essentielles pour toute étude de la nature humaine.

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