Interacting Minds

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Interacting Minds is an interdisciplinary research podcast hosted by Kirsi Tilk, Arnault-Quentin Vermillet and Savhannah Schulz. In each episode, they are joined by fellow interdisciplinary researchers to explore and discuss the work they have been doing and share a glimpse of the journey that brought them there.Sound engineer : Kirsi TilkMusic : Simon Karg

  1. 04/21/2025

    Infrastructural Cascades (Pierre du Plessis & Zachary Caple)

    The 4th season of the Interacting Minds Podcast introduces 3 research projects chosen for the 2024 IMC Postdoc Training Programme. The participants introduce what they worked on, the outcome of the projects, and possible benefits for the future.  In this episode we take a look at how capitalist development, hereunder infrastructure, changes our environment and poses a threat to the local ecological balance. The three main locations for this research are Botswana, Canada and Spain. Pierre du Plessis is an environmental anthropologist and multispecies ethnographer whose research has focused on practices of tracking and gathering as methods and analytics for understanding landscape change. His current research tracks how industrial beef production transforms landscapes in southern Africa and Europe.  Zachary Caple is an environmental anthropologist at Aarhus University, Denmark and a 2023/24 ACLS Fellow. His forthcoming book The Human Asteroid Strikes Florida: The Mining Landscapes and Anthrobiogeochemistry of Phosphorus investigates the human-altered phosphorus cycle as an agent of multispecies landscape change in Florida. Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcastv

    42 min

  2. 04/14/2025

    Migrant health and healthcare (Abir Mohamad Ismail & Qiuyu Choo Jiang)

    The 4th season of the Interacting Minds Podcast introduces 3 research projects chosen for the 2024 IMC Postdoc Training Programme. The participants present what they worked on, the outcome of the projects, and possible benefits for the future.  In this episode we take a closer look at migrant health and healthcare both in China and Denmark. Amongst other questions, we explore if the public health care systems support and help migrants and if there is any room for development.  Guests today are Bio- Qiuyu (Choo) Jiang and Abir Mohamad Ismail Bio- Qiuyu (Choo) Jiang earned her Ph.D. in Anthropology from McGill University.Her research explores themes of transnational migration, state-society relations, qualitative health, digitalization and sustainable data management. Abir Mohamad Ismail is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the VELUX-funded project Fællesskaber på Tværs at Aarhus University's Department of the Study of Religion.  holds a PhD in Anthropology and a master’s degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from the same institution. Her research explores care, aging, family and intergenerational relations, gender dynamics, and the experiences of Muslims in Western societies. She also examines religious individualization, secularization, and the intersections of religion, politics, and society. Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcastv

    42 min

  3. 04/07/2025

    The problem of house crows in Tanzania (Samwel Moses Ntapanta)

    The 4th season of the Interacting Minds Podcast introduces 3 research projects chosen for the 2024 IMC Postdoc Training Programme. The participants present what they worked on, the outcome of the projects, and possible benefits for the future.  The first episode in this season discusses the problems that arise from the overpopulation of house crows in coastal Tanzania, how people dealt with it in the past and what can be done about it in the future.  Our guest today is Samwel Moses Ntapanta. He is an ethnographer specializing in contemporary urbanism along the western Indian Ocean coast, particularly focusing on East Africa.  Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

    52 min

  4. 06/13/2024

    Heart Openings (Renee Lynn Ford)

    In the episode of this season we will discuss how religion, devotion and love can be intertwined. Postdoctoral Fellow Renée L. Ford shares her expertise in Tibetan Buddhism and how can love and devotion manifest itself. Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

    44 min

  5. 06/03/2024

    Cave Art, Cognition and Human Evolution (Izzy Wisher and Kristian Tylén from eSYMb)

    In this episode we will dig deep into cave art, early human behavior, meaning making and what can we find looking back to these primordial times.  Here to guide us are Izzy Wisher and Kristian Tylén from the eSYMb project. Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

    57 min

  6. 05/26/2024

    Joint Action (Cordula Vesper)

    In the fourth episode of the season, we will discuss what is joint action, non-verbal communication and also what comes out of a collaboration between science and art. The expert on the show is an associate professor in Cognitive Science and Cognitive Semiotics from Aarhus University, Cordula Vesper. Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

    50 min

  7. 05/19/2024

    CoronaMusic (Niels Christian Hansen)

    In this episode we will discuss what role music played in peoples lives during COVID19 pandemic. The co-creator of MUSICOVID, Niels Christian Hansen, shares his research about peoples listening habits, new trends that emerged and coping methods for musicians. Produced by Kirsi Tilk  Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

    49 min

  8. 05/12/2024

    Gamification in Education (Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit)

    In this episode, Rajiv Vaid Basaiawmoit who is the head of science-technology innovation & entrepreneurship for both the natural and technical science faculty at Aarhus University, talks about his methods of gamification that he uses and what are the benefits of it in education. Produced by Kirsi Tilk Music by Simon Karg Find more information at interactingminds.au.dk/podcast

    54 min
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Interacting Minds is an interdisciplinary research podcast hosted by Kirsi Tilk, Arnault-Quentin Vermillet and Savhannah Schulz. In each episode, they are joined by fellow interdisciplinary researchers to explore and discuss the work they have been doing and share a glimpse of the journey that brought them there.Sound engineer : Kirsi TilkMusic : Simon Karg

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  • Creator
    Interacting Minds
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2025
  • Episodes
    22
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © 2025 Interacting Minds
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