Her research program focuses on phenomenological and poststructuralist engagements with the body, embodiment and body practices.
Fig. 1 The design space defines embodied interfaces that engage spatial cognition in terms of the way that they engage the body (Embodiment), the aspect of spatial cognition they engage, and the spatial task that they ask a user to perform (Intervention).
As individual immortal (and rational) souls are embodied in mortal bodies, the embodiment requires the further creation of the "mortal" parts of the soul the spirited and appetitive parts, familiar from the Republic and the Phaedrus.
Through analysing the architectural plans, we can discern the students' expectations and assumptions about aging bodies and embodiment through their use of and reference to spaces, places and things.
Before her presentation she sat with the students of the Oral History MA to discuss practices of interviewing in oral history and sociology, specifically in regards to her research on bodies and embodiment.
Francesco de Angelis works on Roman, Etruscan, and Greek art and architecture, with a particular focus on the interaction between viewers, spaces, and social practices; cultural memory; bodies and embodiment in ancient art; and the visual tradition of mythology as expression of intercultural relationships, both synchronically and diachronically.
Her current research expands beyond scriptural depictions of masculinity to include the significance of bodies and embodiment in the New Testament.
The sociology of the body and embodiment takes a broad perspective on the idea of "the body" and includes "a wide range of embodied dynamics including human and non-human bodies, morphology, human reproduction, anatomy, body fluids, biotechnology, genetics.
An engaged American Sociological Association ASAA) member, he has served as convener (and first non-elected Chair) of a section called Sociology of the Body and Embodiment, is Past Chair of the Sexualities Section, and editorial board member for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
Inspired by embodiment accounts, we show that packaging that simulates a slim body shape acts as a symbolic cue for product healthiness (e.g., low in calories), as opposed to packaging that simulates a wide body shape.
