How do metaphors and analogies influence research of autism therapy? Ilaria Fornacciari explored this relationship and more in her talk "Mirroring Mechanical Metaphors: Materials for an Archaeology of “Emotional Competence”, from Asperger to Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy (RAAT)" on 10th International Workshop on Historical Epistemology: Intersections of Psychological Research and Psychotherapeutic Practices. The workshop took place in March at Institut für Medizingeschichte und Wissenschaftsforschung at Universität zu Lübeck.
You can learn more about the talk here.
In November 2024, Ilaria Fornacciari participated in the Second International Symposium on Politics of Technologies in the Digital Age with her talk titled "In Real Time: Affective Technologies and the Epistemology of the Cognitive Subject" (presented online).
In October 2024, Ilaria Fornacciari presented her talk "Techniques and Technologies from Archeological Analysis to Critical Posthumanism” at the Conference on the History of the Philosophy of Technology at Maastricht University, Netherlands.
