PHILOSOPHICAL COLLABORATIONS

2007 Theme: Embodiment

Department of Philosophy

University of Oregon

May 11-12, 2007

Friday, May 11 (McKenzie 125)

7:30-9:00 p.m.

“Why the Body Matters”

Mark Johnson (University of Oregon)

“Made of Plastic and Elastic: Why There Is No Universal Embodiment”

Robin Zebrowski (graduate student, University of Oregon)

Comment: Kara Barnette (graduate student, University of Oregon)

Saturday, May 12 (McKenzie 125)

10:00-11:30

“Dead Bodies, Live Commodities: The Alchemy of Gunther von Hagens’ Body/Worlds Exhibit”

Gail Weiss (George Washington University)

“The Embodied Ethics of Feminist Fieldwork”

Diana Santillan (graduate student, George Washington University)

Comment: Beckey Sukovaty (graduate student, University of Oregon)

11:30-1:00 Lunch Break

1:00-2:30

“Doing Time: The Empirical Study of Temporal Construals”

Rafael Nunez (University of California, San Diego)

“Doing Time: Gesture, Conceptualization, and Interaction”

Kensy Cooperrider (graduate student, University of California, San Diego)

Comment: Elena Cuffari (graduate student, University of Oregon)

2:30-3:00 Break

3:00-4:30

“Somaesthetic Introspection”

Richard Shusterman (Florida Atlantic University)

“The Ordinary Body”

Barbara Formis (graduate student: Sorbonne University, Paris 1 and Collège International de Philosophie)

Comment: Beata Stawarska (University of Oregon)

6:00 Dinner and Party for all participants (at the home of Mark Johnson)