From the Sensory to the Rational: Between Embodied Experience and Disembodied Knowledge/Theory

The paper addresses key issues emerging from the continuing trans-disciplinary collaborative arts and science research of The Breathing City project in conjunction with Professor Dr. Janet Barlow (Urban Meteorologist, University of Reading) and Patrick Letschka (Faculty of Arts, University of Brighton). The project is rooted in engagement with and communication of complex phenomena and data representation in the broad context of urban climate research. The paper by Zschenderlein and Rose investigates relationships of disembodied theories and their reliance on metaphorical expression rooted within embodied knowledge in order to construct meaning; and the representation of data, time and experience in relationship to ourselves. Zschenderlein and Rose received the IIAS 2010 Award of Merit in retrospective for their peer reviewed and refereed paper, published as part of the proceedings for the 21st International Conference for Systems Research, Informatics and Cybernetics, Canada (IIAS Intersymp 2009) and symposium presentation at the 6th International Special Focus Symposium in Art and Science as part of the IIAS Intersymp 2009 held in Baden-Baden, Germany. The IIAS Award Council commended the publication as “excellent research work” and presentation as “outstanding”