GAP.11 Satellite Workshop: "Scaffolding & Niche Construction: Conceptualization & Applications"
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From: Rtg Situated Cognition
The Research Training Group ‘Situated Cognition’ has the honour to host a satellite workshop at the GAP.11 conference in Berlin at the Humboldt University this year. This special event is titled “Scaffolding & Niche Construction: Conceptualization & Applications” and takes place on the 16th of September from 08:30 to 18:30.
We are especially excited to welcome our keynote speakers: Lucy Osler (University of Copenhagen), Matthew Ratcliffe (University of York), and Somogy Varga (Aarhus University). The workshop is split into 4 thematic blocks, each bringing you two talks on these respective topics: (1) Conceptual Issues, (2) Biological & Cultural Evolution, (3) Socio-Political & Socio-Technological Developments, & (4) Perspectives on the Individual.
Please see the detailed schedule below or have a look at this webpage with all details and a full abstract of this event: https://situated-cognition.com/gap11/
You are warmly invited to register for this workshop. Please forward any request to Louis Loock <llo...@uos.de> until the 31st of July.
RTG ‘Situated Cognition’
A DFG-Funded Graduate School
Collaboration between Ruhr University Bochum and Osnabrück University
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Albert Newen
Deputy Speaker: Prof. Dr. Achim Stephan
Organization by: Dr. Sabrina Coninx & Dr. Dr. Gregor M. Hörzer
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08:30 – 09:00 Arrival
09:00 – 09:15 Introduction
09:15 – 10:15 Keynote Prof. Somogy Varga (Aarhus University)
“Scaffolding: Types and Applications”
10:15 – 11:00 Internal Dr. Sabrina Coninx (Ruhr University Bochum)
“The Dark Side of Niche Construction”
11:00 – 11:30 Snack Break
11:30 – 12:15 Internal Bartosz Radomski (Ruhr University Bochum)
“Adaptivity as a Philosophical Problem from the Enactive and Free-Energy Perspectives”
12:15 – 13:00 Internal Maja Griem (Ruhr University Bochum)
“Playful Scaffolding in Non-Human Animals: How Social Signals Shape Learning Environments”
13:00 – 14:15 Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:15 Keynote Dr. Lucy Osler (University of Kopenhagen)
“The Quantified Self: Scaffolded Self-Understanding and Narrative Straight Jacket”
15:15 – 16:00 Internal Daniele Valentini (Osnabrück University)
“Platform-Based Extremism: Affectivity Online and New Media Embodied Practices”
16:00 – 16:45 Coffee Break
16:45 – 17:30 Internal Francesco Fanti Rovetta (Osnabrück University)
“Inner Speech Scaffolding the Dialogical Self and When It Goes Bad: The Case of Verbal Rumination”
17:30 – 18:30 Keynote Prof. Matthew Ratcliffe (University of York)
“Emotional Scaffolding: The Case of Grief”