Saturday, May 15, 2021 - 11:00 AM 12:15 PM
Cellular respiration in the alveolar niche: The space of exchange at the interface of air and fluid
Practice/presentation with Sarah Barnaby & Satu Palokangas
In this presentation Sarah & Satu focus in on how each alveoli in our lungs (including its surrounding capillary network) facilitates the exchange of gases between the atmosphere and our blood. Our proposal is that a deeper understanding of the micromechanics of alveoli, including concepts such as diffusion, surface tension and membrane shape-change, is essential to understanding our lungs on an organ scale. Diving down into the cellular and physiological details also telescopes us out to a deeper appreciation of our evolutionary survival strategies as air-breathing, multicellular, warm-blooded holobionts, and embeds us in the larger web of our planetary ecosystem.
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Monday, May 17, 2021 - 10:00 AM 11:15 AM
A Given or a Goal: What is Embodiment? Who gets to say?
Community Discussion with Sarah Barnaby, Amy Matthews & Satu Palokangas
If embodiment is approached as a goal (rather than a given), are we perpetuating the colonization and the commodification of the body that we think we are undoing? This conversation will engage with questions about holding power and privilege in discussions about embodiment, including our assumptions about what embodiment ‘looks like’ and the idea that we can tell if someone is embodied (or not). This will also be an opportunity to share our questions about what it means to teach somatics, to be BMC “professionals” and to view embodiment as an industry.
All times EST.