The brain embedded in a rich landscape of affordances. Talk at symposium ‘Worlding the Brain’, University of Amsterdam (UvA), March 17, 2016.
Materializing a philosophical worldview. Inauguration speech as member of The Society of Arts, The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Trippenhuis, Amsterdam, April 1, 2016.
Beyond the borders of philosophy and architecture? (in Dutch), Philosophy Cafe, Cafe Trianon – Berg en Dalseweg 33, Nijmegen, April 5, 2016.
Guest lecture on ‘Wittgenstein’s relevance: Perspectives for cognitive science’, University of Amsterdam, Department of Philosophy, April 8, 2016.
Situating the Embodied Mind in an Unorthodox Landscape of Affordances. Invited lecture at workshop ‘Orders and disorders of spatial experience’, Dept. of Philosophy, University of Memphis, April 16, 2016.
Guest lecture on interdisciplinary work in embodied cognitive science. MSc Brain & Cognitive Science, May 3, 2016.
Member assessment committee, PhD dissertation ‘A horizontal attitude: Gibsonian psychology and an ontology of doing’, Ludger van Dijk, University of Antwerp, May 9, 2016.
The Skilled Intentionality Framework for ‘higher’ embodied cognition: How our ecological niche scaffolds skilled intentionality in architecture. Invited talk at workshop ‘Moving cognition beyond its basic ecology’, University of Antwerp, May 10, 2016.
Invited talk on ‘The End of Sitting’ at the Netherlands Association of Human Movement Sciences (VvBN), Public and Occupational Health, VUmc, Amsterdam, May 18, 2016.
Affordances for language use in enactive cognition (together with Julian Kiverstein), talk at the 1st International Conference on Language and Enaction, Clermont-Ferrant, France, June 1-3, 2016.
The Hospital of 2025. Invited RAAAF-session at conference ‘Building the Future of Health: Game Changing Concepts for Healthy Aging‘, with Ronald Rietveld & David Habets, Groningen University, UMCG, June 3, 2016.
The University of 2025. Invited talk at Jonge Academie, KNAW, Symposium on Reinventing Universities. Landgoed Zonheuvel, Doorn. June 3, 2016.
The annual ‘New Leonardo Lecture’, invited lecture ‘Situating the Embodied Mind’ at Honours programme, Dept. of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, June 17, 2016.
Washington University, studio visit at RAAAF, June 29, 2016.
End of year lecture. ArtEZ, Zwolle – “Exploring the World of Affordances”- June 30, 2016.
Invited talk at workshop Aesthetics and the 4E Mind, University of Exeter, July 4-5, 2016.
City Scapes Gallery, lecture on Hardcore Heritage, Marineterrein Amsterdam, July 7, 2016..
Ecological information for “higher cognition” (together with Jelle Bruineberg). Talk at European Workshop on Ecological Psychology (EWEP 14) Groningen. July 8, 2016.
Satelite workshop ‘Skilled Action as a Complex System: Affordances and Social Coordination’, Conference on Complex Systems, University of Amsterdam, September 21 2016.
Rathenau/CWTS, invited lecture on interdisciplinary research. Utrecht. October 13, 2016.
Invited talk at Enactive Seminars Online (ENSO seminar), December 1 (t.b.c.)
Research by Erik Rietveld 