Sharing recent research on narratives of autism

Ilaria Fornacciari presented a talk titled "The Automata and the Geek. Narratives of autism between the body politic and the subjectivity of cognitive science" in the International Online Colloquium 'Politics and Narratives of the Body', (theme 7: Corporeality, Sensorialities and Political Affections in Digital Culture), organized by the University of Padova in December 2023. The abstract of the talk is available here.

December 2023

31 Aug

Team Workshops on the Current Debate of Social Robotics

In July & August 2025, EMOROB organised two internal workshops aimed at sharing research progress and promoting interdisciplinary discussion within the team.
22 May

Relationship between metaphors and autism therapy research

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)".
3 Dec 2024

Affective technologies as a contemporary topic of biopolitics

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).
3 Dec 2024

Foucault in debate with Critical post-humanism

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.

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