Kinesthetic Empathy: Concepts and Contexts

Hosted by The Watching Dance Project

It is our pleasure to invite you to the international conference, 'Kinesthetic Empathy: Concepts and Contexts'.

This peer-reviewed conference will be held on 22 and 23 April 2010 and will bring together researchers and practitioners in fields including neuroscience, dance, film, music, and contemporary embodied practices, to explore the nature and role of kinesthetic empathy.

The aim of the conference is to open up dialogues between different practices and theoretical approaches. It will celebrate the growing interest in kinesthesia, empathy and kinesthetic empathy as pivotal concepts across different disciplines and media, reflecting current concern with ‘affect’ as an object of enquiry, interrogation of notions of presence, embodiment and the senses, re-examination of phenomenology, and widespread interest in neuroscientific investigation (notably in the 'mirror neuron' system).

We hope you can join us to discuss cross-disciplinary perspectives on new developments in this exciting field.

Warmest wishes

The organising committee of the Watching Dance Project