EPISODE · Jun 11, 2025 · 1H 36M
Woven Worlds: Thinking Through Cosmologies
from Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) Research Focus The Fine-Tuned Universe - A New Cosmology?
Vilsoni Hereniko is Professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research, teaching, and creative work explore issues related to climate change, indigenous storytelling, art and cultural identity, and the politics of representation in all kinds of media. He is an award-winning filmmaker and playwright as well as a screenwriter and director. | Michela Massimi is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics. For her interdisciplinary work and communication of philosophy of science she received the Royal Society’s Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal. Both are currently Visiting Fellows at CAS.
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Vilsoni Hereniko is Professor at the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. His research, teaching, and creative work explore issues related to climate change, indigenous storytelling, art and cultural identity, and the politics of representation in all kinds of media. He is an award-winning filmmaker and playwright as well as a screenwriter and director. | Michela Massimi is Professor of Philosophy of Science at the University of Edinburgh, affiliated with the Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics. For her interdisciplinary work and communication of philosophy of science she received the Royal Society’s Wilkins-Bernal-Medawar Medal. Both are currently Visiting Fellows at CAS.
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