Episode 41 of The Living Process, with guest Sigríður (Sigga) Þorgeirsdóttir
THE BODY THINKS FOR ITSELF.
In this episode, I enjoyed talking with Sigga, who is a professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland and one of the founders of the Embodied Critical Thinking and Freedom to Make Sense projects. In our conversation, Sigga and I touch on what it’s like to teach embodied reflection to philosophy students, the importance of critical thinking, and the prevalence of the inner critic in academia in the form of ‘the imposter syndrome’. We also discuss various aspects of Artificial Intelligence and our experiences of using it, comparing it to human thinking and processing.
Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir (Sigga) Sigga studied philosophy in Boston and Berlin and has worked at various universities, specialising in the philosophy of embodiment, feminist, and environmental philosophy. She is one of the founders and the first chair of the United Nations University GEST-Programme at the University of Iceland and leads an Erasmus+ training program on embodied critical thinking and understanding. She has published two books on this topic: Embodied and Elemental Thinking for a New Era (Springer 2024, co-edited with L. Škof and Sashinungla) and Practicing Embodied Thinking in Research and Learning (Routledge 2024, co-edited with D. Schoeller and G. Walkerden). This research has developed into “Freedom to make sense: Embodied, experiential and mindful research“.