Lora Koycheva on "Green Like a Robot: Speculative Anthropologies of the Role of Robotics in Next Beyond-Human Paradigms"
Lunchtime Colloquium
25.11.2021 12:30 – 13:45
Location: Kaulbachstr. 37, Room 023
Lora Koycheva (Independent Scholar) will present on "Green Like a Robot: Speculative Anthropologies of the Role of Robotics in Next Beyond-Human Paradigms."
Short talk and bio info:
Currently a visiting researcher at the RCC while setting up a new project, Dr. Lora Koycheva is an applied anthropologist, whose practice and research borrow and blend a variety of approaches, theories, conversations, methods, and insights from a range of disciplines – from anthropology, philosophy, and innovation, to engineering, finance, and robotics – in search of tracing and enacting the next iterations of embodied more-than-human ontologies. In her talk, she will tell her of her unconventional career path; why she is setting up the Green Like a Robot project; how she is (currently) planning on doing it; and why it matters for scholarship and society.
Lora holds a PhD in sociocultural anthropology from Northwestern University in the US, and was most recently a senior research fellow at the Technical University of Munich. Apart from independently researching and writing, she is also actively setting up her own venture, as well as co-convening the EASA Applied Anthropology Network.
The Lunchtime Colloquium is free and open to the public. Please note that the Lunchtime Colloquium talks are subject to the ''2G'' rules in Bavaria. Anyone who attends will need show one of the following:
a.) a vaccine ID indicating status as fully vaccinated
b.) a positive PCR test no older than 6 months
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Please note: The talk will be recorded for the public representation of the Rachel Carson Center and made available on the RCC's YouTube channel. By attending the event, participants consent to being filmed or photographed.