artistic and
practice-based research
SOCIOLOGY
PRACTICE
ART
STS: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY STUDIES
In my work, I connect scientific and artistic research practices, putting specific emphasis on embodied inquiry and somatic understanding of knowledge production spaces. In that, I am especially interested in perception, translations of various modes of knowing in communicative forms, as well as the human relationship with the world they study and the influence of that relationship on enacted realities.
“if we want to think about the messes of reality at all then we’re going to have to teach ourselves to think, to practice, to relate, and to know in new ways” (J. Law)
my substack:
multidisciplinary thoughts on knowledge, expression, and embodiment – inspired by somatic work, artistic practice, and science and technology studies (STS).
Other research projects and publications:
Outrageously Open
Co-inhabiting and expanding knowledge-making spaces through somatic, arts-based methods
What does it mean to give up control in scientific research? And why should we do it? This chapter tells my story of collaboration between sociology, bodies, dance pedagogy, and arts – enacting inquiry spaces outrageously open for knowing our world in a multiple, incomplete, but abundant and vibrant way. These spaces invite disruptions that take away our control but also expand our inquiry immensely. They compel us to enter a world where conceptual clarity yields to the messy complexity of experience. By making room for somatic and aesthetic sensitivity, as well as other actors inhabiting the inquiry space, we let ourselves be led by what wants to be known. This, in turn, opens the way towards a more accurate scientific understanding of our world. Evoking sensual knowledge-making spaces we can share, this contribution is a call on academic bravery beyond the safety of clear-cut concepts – for more embodied reflexivity in STS and beyond.
watch the accompanying film:
It matters [a short film for the Outrageously Open]
THE [ W A L L S ] WE CREATE
on distance in research practice
An interactive, mixed-media research process, using somatic experience, dance, listening, storytelling, and visual arts to ponder on the topic of distance in research practice.
The focal point of this research process has been the somatic feeling of distance and entanglement and exploring those through movement – improvised, captured on film, inspired by and enriched with music by Ólafur Arnalds.
The written story is a secondary translation of the research process, formed by the somatic exploration, movement experimentation, painting, and the process of film-making. I’ve used watercolors as an aid to help me translate and express the inquiry in the form of text.
wild growing sky 