Mobility|Society Podcast
By Mobility|Society Podcast
Mobility|Society PodcastJun 15, 2022
The Human Body in Motion - Emily Molnar and Matthijs van Dijk
For this final episode we go back to the basics of human motion: our physical bodies. And who better to speak with on this, then Emily Molnar. She is artistic director of world leading contemporary dance company Nederlandse Dans Theater, or NDT. Joining us for this conversation is Professor Matthijs van Dijk who researchers and teaches Mobility Design at TU Delft. We touch upon how dance can translate complex abstract ideas into tangible movement, and the sixth sense of the human body.
References in this episode:
- NDT Livestreams → https://www.ndt.nl/
- Propreoception → https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprioception
- Mobility|Society Live → https://mobilitysociety.dryfta.com/index.php
Embassy of Mobility with Rob Adams
How do you challenge the dominant logic around mobility? In search of answers, we journey to Eindhoven to chat with Rob Adams. This quintessentially Dutch whirlwind of ideas about mobility is director of innovation agency Six Fingers and curator of Dutch Design Week’s Embassy of Mobility. We talk about his mobility experiments, designing for discomfort, reversing the mobility pyramid and Return on Learning™through design interventions.
References in this episode:
- Embassy of Mobility à https://www.worlddesignembassies.com/embassies/mobility/
- Out of Home Workspaces à https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7noJ4OpDnI&t=1s
- Blik voor Groen à https://www.worlddesignembassies.com/project/blik-voor-groen-studio-11/
Energy Culture and Mobility with Imre Szeman
In perhaps one of the most surprising episode yet, we use mobility as a lens to explore the topic of energy, and how it’s relationship with culture is stronger than you might think. We had the pleasure of speaking with Professor Imre Szeman about the cultural function of energy, its effects on social mobility and the commitments to energy on which our societies are built.
References in this episode
- Imre Szeman & Jeff Diamanti – Energy Culture: Art and Theory on Oil and Beyond à https://wvupressonline.com/node/805
- Indigenous Clean Energy à https://indigenouscleanenergy.com/
Intro & outro music by Setuniman via Freesound.org
Gender Equality and Mobility with Jo Ward
Mobility is not neutral, but is shaped by the people working on it every day. By their ideas, beliefs and biases. In Episode 2, we talk with Jo Ward, Transport Strategy and Policy Manager at Kirklees Council (UK), and co-author of the book ‘We All Ride Bikes Now’. We discuss the impact of mobility on gender equality and of gender biases on mobility planning.
Intro & outro music by Setuniman via Freesound.org
References in this episode:
- Invisible Women – Caroline Criado Perez https://carolinecriadoperez.com/book/invisible-women/
- We All Ride Bikes Now – Joanna Ward & Phillip Crompton https://tps.org.uk/news/we-all-ride-bikes-now-by-joanna-ward-and-philip
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Looking through Mobility Lenses with Lowie Vermeersch
Introducing the Mobility|Society podcast: the series kicks off with Lowie Vermeersch, founder and creative director of mobility research and design studio, Granstudio. In this first episode, Lowie discusses his perspective on the future of mobility, stargazing, our perception of time and how an elevator breaking system shaped our cities. Pop on your headphones and find out more about some of the ideas that inspire Mobility|Society.
Episode music: Intro & outro by Setuniman via Freesound.org