From the gaze of the eye to the slightest gesture of a fingertip, body movements convey who we are. Today, a new generation of machine learning based systems makes it possible, the science claims, to detect human body language directly from images, which includes languages of identity, gender, age, and emotion. This emerging tech of the computational perspective of the body—a most basic human/machine interfacing—engenders important polymathic queries: How does pose detection technology enhance the human experience? Is there anything lost when we technologize movement? Can features such as racial vernaculars, cultural contexts, or human agency be translated through this technology? Does the body always speak the truth? For this opening session for the spring 2020 Polymathic Pizza series, join dance and movement scholars Margo Apostolos and d. Sabela Grimes in conversation as they explore the new science and timeless philosophy of human motion.
Jan
22
2020
When: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Where: Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, DML 241
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
Where: Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, DML 241
Event Type: Polymathic Pizza
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