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Schlagwort: Bodily Configurations

From Form to Formlessness: The Strategy of the Octopus

Patricia Ribault
Other Worlds
Lecture
2020

Abstract It is well known that the octopus is a master of deception: they can adopt the form of a stone, for example, to hide from irksome sights. But they are not simply content with being invisible and watching their surroundings through a watchful eye. They are also masters of metamorphosis, heroes of metis, capable […]

Altered Ways of Being

Michael Burton & Michiko Nitta
Other Worlds
Lecture
2020

Abstract See with the skin, smell with suckers, change colour for social interactions and sense the world with a brain distributed across the body. These octopus abilities shape a mind that is possibly one of the most different non-human forms of intelligence to our own. The octopus inspires us to explore altered ways of being […]

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