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Creative Language Technologies

33 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 rating

Creative Language Technologies explores the multifaceted aspects of this emerging field, at the intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM) with the broader sector of Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture (HSSAC). The podcast aims to explore creative themes with social impact, revitalize technological imagination, and transform current practices of language technologies. New episodes, uploaded once or twice a month (usually on a Thursday), tackle diverse topics through stimulating interviews with experts in these fields.

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Ecological Psychology and Artificial Intelligence

April 30, 2023 03:00 - 53 minutes - 32.1 MB

This is episode #31 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 27th of April, 2023. My invited guest this month is Tony Chemero,  a Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Psychology at the University of Cincinnati (UC), and a primary member of both the Center for Cognition, Action, and Perception and the Strange Tools Research Lab. In his research, both philosophical and empirical, he addresses questions related to nonlinear dynamical modeling, ecological psychology, complex systems...

Objective Measures, Subjective Experience, and Metacognition

March 24, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 40.7 MB

This is episode #30 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 23rd of March, 2023.  A couple of month ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Stephen Fleming, Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Royal Society at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University College London, where he leads the Metacognition Group. He is also a Group Leader at the Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Principal Investigator at the Wellcome Centre for Human Neuroimaging. The group’s...

Representing Reality: Implications for Artificial Intelligence

February 17, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MB

This is episode #29 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 16th of February, 2023. A couple of month ago, I had the pleasure to interview Dr. Bernardo Kastrup, a scientist with a Ph.D. in philosophy (ontology, philosophy of mind) and another Ph.D. in computer engineering (reconfigurable computing, artificial intelligence).  Bernardo is particularly known for his work at the forefront of the modern renaissance of metaphysical idealism, the notion that reality is essentially mental. Covered i...

On Experience, Socio-Cultural Practices, and Technology

January 04, 2023 23:00 - 55 minutes - 33.4 MB

This is episode #28 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 26th of December, 2022. My invited speaker is Dr. Erik Myin, professor of philosophy at the University of Antwerp. He has published extensively on philosophy of mind and cognition, sometimes alone, sometimes with scientists or other philosophers. With Dan Hutto he wrote "Radicalizing Enactivism" and "Evolving Enactivism", both published with MIT Press. In these books, they defend the point that cognition is embodied interaction rath...

Embodied Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence

November 24, 2022 00:00 - 56 minutes - 33.6 MB

This is episode #27 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 17th of November, 2022.  My invited speaker today is Dr. Mark James, a philosopher and theoretical cognitive scientist who adopts an embodied approach to questions about the development of habits in both individuals and collectives. Specifically, he is interested in how the designed world shapes such habits, and how we can leverage this understanding to address questions of well-being. More recently, Mark has begun researching how ps...

Charity fundraising: Storytelling, Engagement, and Immersive Technologies

October 09, 2022 23:00 - 45 minutes - 29 MB

This is episode #26 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 29th of September, 2022.  Today I sat down with Dr. Andrea Macrae, a researcher in the fields of cognitive narratology and stylistics at Oxford Brookes University, in Oxford, England.  She works on literature and on non-literary discourse - most recently the discourse of charity fundraising. In her research she studies the relationships between text, readers' interpretations, and broader socio-cultural narratives and ways of thinking...

On Intersubjectivity, Lived Experience, and AI

September 23, 2022 03:00 - 58 minutes - 35.3 MB

This is episode #25 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 22nd of September, 2022.  My invited speaker today is Dr. Aleš Oblak, who identifies himself as a cognitive scientist more than any other field relating to the sciences of the mind. He likes to describe himself as someone who holds somewhat incompatible views about the nature of the human mind: on the one hand, he believes human beings are irreducibly complex and require a qualitative approach; on the other hand, he argues that our b...

Diagnostic Agents and Sensory Knowledge: Views from Ethnography and Immersive Technologies

August 25, 2022 23:00 - 59 minutes - 37.4 MB

This is episode #24 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 25th of August, 2022.  My invited speaker today is Dr. Anna Harris, an anthropologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Society Studies at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. Previously, she worked as a doctor in Australia and the UK. For the past 10 years she has been doing ethnographic studies of medicine. Her approach to the social study of medicine is grounded in ethnographic studies of contemporary medical prac...

Toward a Science of Experience: Excursions in Phenomenology and Immersive Technologies

August 11, 2022 22:00 - 47 minutes - 30.2 MB

This is episode #23 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 11th of August, 2022. Today, I talked with Dr. Camila Valenzuela-Moguillansky. She graduated with a PhD in cognitive sciences from the Université Pièrre et Marie Curie (Paris), a Master in cognitive sciences from the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (Paris) and a degree in biology from the University of Chile. In parallel to her academic training, Camila has a background in bodywork: she has been a dancer and yoga practi...

Digital Sensory-enabling Technologies: A Marketing Perspective

July 28, 2022 22:00 - 55 minutes - 34.3 MB

This is episode #22 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 28th of July, 2022.  My guest today is Dr. Carlos Velasco, associate professor in the Department of Marketing, BI Norwegian Business School (Norway), and the co-founded of the Centre for Multisensory Marketing. Carlos received his D.Phil. in Experimental Psychology from Oxford University, after which he worked in a number of postdoctoral and consulting projects in Europe, Asia, and North and South America. His work is situated at the...

Subjective Experience, Consciousness, and Artificial Intelligence

July 08, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB

This is episode #21 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 7th of July, 2022.  My guest today is Dr. Matthias Michel, a philosopher working at the Center for Mind, Brain, and Consciousness at the New York University. Although most of his research focuses on the scientific study of consciousness, he is also interested in non-human / animal consciousness. Matthias has also worked in the domain of 'philosophy of measurement' as it applies to the measurement of mental properties, especially in p...

Wearable Fitness-Trackers and Data Sensing: Learning from Endurance Athletes

June 23, 2022 21:00 - 50 minutes - 34.4 MB

This is episode #20 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 23rd of June, 2022.  Today I sat down, virtually, of course, with Dr. Michael Mopas, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. He is cross-appointed to the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Department of Law and Legal Studies, and serves as a member of the Duncombe Studio for Social and Cultural Research. Most of Michael’s work is in the area of ...

The Felt Experience of Reading: From Realist Fiction to Immersive Technologies (Part II)

June 09, 2022 22:00 - 33 minutes - 20.4 MB

This is episode #19 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 9th of June, 2022.  I interviewed Dr. Elaine Auyoung, Donald V. Hawkins Professor and Associate Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences. She is the author of “When Fiction Feels Real: Representation and the Reading Mind”, recently released in paperback from Oxford University Press. In addition to the project on “Unselfing” described on her faculty webpage, Elaine...

The Felt Experience of Reading: From Realist Fiction to Immersive Technologies (Part I)

May 27, 2022 00:00 - 36 minutes - 22.4 MB

This is episode #18 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 26th of May, 2022. Today, I interviewed Dr. Elaine Auyoung, Donald V. Hawkins Professor and Associate Professor of English at the University of Minnesota, and Affiliate Faculty of the Center for Cognitive Sciences. She is the author of “When Fiction Feels Real: Representation and the Reading Mind”, recently released in paperback from Oxford University Press. In addition to the project on “Unselfing” described on her faculty webpage, ...

Storytelling and Relational Identity: Lived Experiences in Medical Education (Part II)

May 12, 2022 22:00 - 35 minutes - 21.7 MB

This is episode #17th of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 12th of May, 2022.  I sat down with Dr. Sally Warmington, a retired medical doctor and narrative researcher from Melbourne, Australia with a deep interest in the encounter between health professionals and those seeking care. Her experiences as a doctor, student, teacher and patient inform her research at the intersection of anthropology, cultural theory and linguistics. Her book "Storytelling encounters as medical education: crafti...

Storytelling and Relational Identity: Lived Experiences in Medical Education (Part I)

April 28, 2022 23:00 - 41 minutes - 26.2 MB

This is episode #16 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 28th of April, 2022.  Today, I sat down with Dr. Sally Warmington, a retired medical doctor and narrative researcher from Melbourne, Australia with a deep interest in the encounter between health professionals and those seeking care. Her experiences as a doctor, student, teacher and patient inform her research at the intersection of anthropology, cultural theory and linguistics. Her book "Storytelling encounters as medical education:...

Nostalgia and Nostalgic Experience: Connecting the Past, the Present, and the Future

April 15, 2022 03:00 - 48 minutes - 29.8 MB

This is episode #15 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 14th of April, 2022.  My invited speaker today is Dr. Clay Routledge, an existential psychologist and the Arden and Donna Hetland Distinguished Professor of Business at North Dakota State University, the director of the Psychology of Progress Project, a faculty scholar at the Sheila and Robert Challey Institute for Global Innovation and Growth, a senior research fellow at Archbridge Institute, and an editor for Profectus, a periodic ...

Enhancing Multisensory Experiences: Perspectives from the Food & Beverage, and Flavor & Fragrance Industries

March 25, 2022 02:00 - 54 minutes - 32.4 MB

This is episode #14 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 24th of March, 2022.  My guest today is professor Charles Spence, a world-famous experimental psychologist with a specialization in neuroscience-inspired multisensory design. He has worked with many of the world’s largest companies across the globe since establishing the Crossmodal Research Laboratory (CRL) at the Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University in 1997. Prof. Spence has published over 1,000 academic articles...

Indigenous Perspectives in Planetary Health and the Preservation of Traditional Medicines

March 11, 2022 02:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MB

This is episode #13 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 10th of March, 2022. My invited speaker today is Dr. Nicole Redvers, a member of the Deninu K’ue (“Deneh-noo-kweh”) First Nation in Denendeh. She has worked with Indigenous patients, scholars, and communities around the globe her entire career. Dr. Redvers is an assistant professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Department of Indigenous Health at the University of North Dakota where she helped develop and ...

On Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts: What Can AI Do for Us?

February 25, 2022 03:00 - 56 minutes - 36.2 MB

This is episode #12 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 24th of February, 2022. My guest today is Dr. Jay Friedenberg, Professor of Psychology at Manhattan College where he founded and directs the Cognitive Science Program, and where he had served as Department Chairperson for over a decade. Dr. Friedenberg is a vision researcher and has published articles on symmetry detection, center of mass estimation and empirical aesthetics. In addition,  he has written a number of science books. The...

Thinking Styles, Kinds of Knowledge, and the Senses: Learning from Scientists and Fiction-writers

February 11, 2022 04:00 - 56 minutes - 34.7 MB

This is episode #11 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 10th of February, 2022. It was my pleasure to talk today with Dr. Laura Otis who comes from a background in biochemistry, neuroscience, and laboratory research, but she is now an English Professor at Emory University. She is the author of multiple academic (but readable) books on the relationship between literature and science, and she has also published six novels. In her blog on creativity for Psychology Today, she writes about how ...

What Can Darwin (Still) Teach Us about Emotions

January 28, 2022 00:00 - 58 minutes - 35.7 MB

This is episode #10 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 27th of January, 2022. My invited speaker today is Dr. Daniel M. Gross, Professor of English and Affiliated Faculty in the Critical Theory Emphasis at UC Irvine, where he is also Campus Writing & Communication Coordinator.  Daniel has been working on emotions-in-the-world for over two decades. His approach starts with his home discipline of Rhetoric – once understood as the art of moving souls by way of the passions – which he then mi...

The Felt Sense of the Other: Phenomenology and Immersive Technologies

January 14, 2022 03:00 - 53 minutes - 34.3 MB

This is episode #9 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 13th of January, 2022.  Happy New Year, everyone! In today’s show, I am talking to Dr. Allan Køster, a philosopher focussing on applied Phenomenology in investigations of human suffering. He has worked broadly in the field of phenomenological psychopathology, but most recently has done research on the existentiality of grief/bereavement and on COVID-19 patients’ experiences of isolation during admission to intensive care units. The fa...

On the History of Emotions and Artificial Intelligence: Reshaping Practices of Emotion Research

December 24, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutes - 29.3 MB

This is episode #8 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 23rd of December 2021. In today’s show, I am talking to Dr. Rob Boddice, Senior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University, Finland, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Canada. He is the author or editor of 11 books, most recently ‘Humane Professions’ (2021), ‘Emotion, Sense, Experience’, with Mark Smith (2020), ‘...

On the History of Emotions and Artificial Intelligence: Shaping Practices of Emotion Research

December 24, 2021 01:00 - 46 minutes - 29.3 MB

This is episode #8 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 23rd of December 2021. In today’s show, I am talking to Dr. Rob Boddice, Senior Research Fellow at the Academy of Finland Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University, Finland, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Canada. He is the author or editor of 11 books, most recently ‘Humane Professions’ (2021), ‘Emotion, Sense, Experience’, with Mark Smith (2020), ‘...

The Sense of Smell in Language and Society, and the Hope for a Multi-sensorial Future of Technology

December 09, 2021 16:00 - 58 minutes - 33.7 MB

This is episode #7 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 9th of December 2021. In today’s show, I am talking to Mr. Sayantan Ghosh, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Hiralal Mazumdar Memorial College for Women, affiliated with West Bengal State University. He is currently involved in research in the Department of Sociology at Jadavpur University in Kolkata. Mr. Ghosh explores the Sociology of Smell, the study of smell and society, literature and society, Indian social thinkers, philoso...

Embodied Learning: A Paradigm for Education, and Hopefully, for Immersive Education Technologies

November 25, 2021 20:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MB

This is episode #6 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 25th of November 2021. In today’s show, I am talking to Dr. Mitchell J. Nathan, Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of Learning Sciences in the Educational Psychology Department, Director of the MAGIC Lab, and a Fellow of the Teaching Academy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He studies how people think, teach, and learn, with special focus on the role that language and embodied processes play in understanding mathematics a...

What Can Sensory History Teach Us about the Senses and Immersive Experience

November 11, 2021 13:00 - 56 minutes - 33.7 MB

This is episode #5 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 11th of November 2021. In today’s show, I am talking to Dr. Mark M. Smith, Carolina Distinguished Professor of History and Director of the Institute for Southern Studies at the University of South Carolina. Mark is the author of numerous books on history and the history of the senses - and in this show we are focusing on two of his most recent books: ‘Emotion, Sense, Experience’ (co-authored with Rob Boddice) and ‘A Sensory History Man...

Exploring Storytelling in the Future Modern Metaverse, as an Embodied Multi-modal and Multi-sensory Virtual Space

October 29, 2021 03:00 - 49 minutes - 31.1 MB

This is episode #4 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 28th of October 2021. In today’s show I am talking to Professor Rabindra (Robby) Ratan about the Metaverse and the Web 3.0. In addition to basic definitions and the etymology of the concepts, we explore various important aspects such as how is this virtual space governed, how are its contents moderated, and what kind of experience does and can the Metaverse give its users. As more and more companies are making their presence known in ...

Connecting People: Creating a Culture of High-Risk Exploratory Collaborative Partnerships

October 14, 2021 13:00 - 31 minutes - 20.9 MB

Hello creatives! This is episode #3 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 14th of October 2021. In today’s show I am talking to Professor Tim Cole about radical inter-disciplinarity: bringing in academics and researchers from across the Arts and Humanities - STEM divide as well as people with different expertise from beyond the university. Tim shares with us his stories of success with high-risk, experimental collaborative projects and with ‘creating a radically different culture within the ...

The Growing Connection between Technology and the Arts

September 23, 2021 23:00 - 34 minutes - 22.5 MB

Hello creatives! This is episode #2 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 23rd of September 2021. I am Roxana Girju, your podcast host. In today’s show I am talking to Jax Deluca about bridging the digital divide between Arts and Technology. Jax is the Media Arts Director of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). She brings in twelve years of experience at the intersection of arts and community-building as an artist, non-profit administrator, and educator. In her position, she is in char...

Exploring the Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education

September 10, 2021 04:00 - 28 minutes - 18.5 MB

Hello creatives! This is episode #1 of the podcast and it’s Thursday, the 9th of September, 2021. I am Roxana Girju, your podcast host. In today’s show, I’m talking to Dr. Ashley Bear about a National Academy of Sciences study on the importance of "The Integration of the Humanities and Arts with Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in Higher Education". Dr. Bear served as the study director of this initiative, working with an expert committee of artists, humanists, scientists, engineers, and...

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Introducing Creative Language Technologies  The podcast  explores the multifaceted aspects of this emerging field, at the intersection of Science, Technology, Engineering, Math and Medicine (STEMM) with the broader sector of Humanities, Social Sciences, Arts and Culture (HSSAC). We aim to revitalize technological imagination and promote creative and diverse themes with social impact.  The first episode is coming the second Thursday of September and will help you understand what's going on ...

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