John Sutton

dailynous.comA Philosopher Among the MacArthur Fellows - Daily NousFelipe De Brigard, professor of philosophy, psychology, and neuroscience at Duke University, principal investigator at the Imagination and Modal Cognition Lab, and core faculty of […]

wonderful news that my friend and colleague @felipedebrigard.bsky.social is a new Macarthur 'genius' fellow. We've talked philosophy and neuroscience of memory for years; his brave new work is on memory & forgiveness among victims of political violence back in Colombia dailynous.com/2026/09/29/a...

icom-memory.orgKeynote Speakers -ICOM - International Conference on Memory 2027CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERs Prof Lawrence Barsalou University of Glasgow Prof Dorthe Bernsten Aarhus University Prof Felipe de Brigard Duke University Prof Paul Frankland University of Toronto Prof S...

I am thrilled that we've long had Felipe signed up as a keynote for ICOM-7, the 7th International Conference on Memory, here in Glasgow next July (link in comments - come along!). Huge congrats mister, can't wait to see where this takes you icom-memory.org/keynote-spea...

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macfound.orgFelipe De Brigard - 2026 MacArthur Fellow

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docs.google.comHow do spaces become places for siting artworks?Robyn Backen, artist and academic at Sydney College of Arts, University of Sydney, considers the relationship between art, space and place. Her practice includes ephemeral and permanent built works th...

How do spaces become places for siting artworks? Artist & academic Robyn Backen explores how artworks respond to architecture, atmosphere, social activity & histories — & how a site becomes part of a work’s meaning. 📅 Tue 13 Oct, 15:00 UK 📍 Stirling + online Register: forms.gle/F13arkiQbPY3...

forms.gleGhost Rivers and Daylighting in Urban LandscapesIn this online seminar, Philip Hayward will introduce the River Cities Network and the developing field of river studies before discussing his research on ‘ghost rivers’ — waterways that have been cov...

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What happens when urban rivers disappear underground? Philip Hayward explores ghost rivers, river daylighting and the cultural life of buried waterways, including London’s Fleet River. Fri 2 Oct | 09:00–11:30 (UK) | Online Advance reading required Register: forms.gle/QizUrN2ACjuu...

forms.gleThe Spatial Politics of Aboriginal Black Power in Redfern, 1967-1972In this online seminar, Seth Dias explores the spatial politics of Aboriginal Redfern in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The late 1960s saw the inner-Sydney suburb of Redfern emerge as a nucleus of Ab...

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How did Redfern become a centre of Aboriginal Black Power? Seth Dias examines the spatial politics of activism, community and land rights in Redfern, 1967–1972. Wed 30 Sep | 11:00 (UK) | Online Register: forms.gle/kVeKWwMH9jvT...

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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow

icom-memory.orgICOM - International Conference on Memory 2027SYMPOSIA SUBMISSION The symposia submission for ICOM7 is now online! How to Submit Submissions are made online via the official ICOM7 Symposia Submission platform: https://icom2027.abstractserver.com/...

1 Sept

Symposium submission is now open! The deadline is 2nd November, so please get your applications in on time. We welcome not just traditional formats but also encourage panel discussions or other creative formats! icom-memory.org/symposia-sub... #philsky #psychscisky #neuroskyence #cognition 🧪

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placememory.netInterdisciplinary approaches to space and placeA hybrid workshop on the neglected distinction between space and place — and what’s lost when disciplines like memory studies, cognitive science and environmental psychology gloss over it. This wor…

10 Sept

In-person places for Interdisciplinary approaches to space and place — workshop with keynote from Jeff Malpas — are fully booked. Online registration remains open, so you can still register to join the workshop online. Wednesday 16 September, 10.15am–6pm Register: placememory.net/interdiscipl...

31 Aug

Thanks Australian friends for putting me, on the other side of the world, on to this, a sweetly agonizing impossible task, throw yours in here for the hassle of an ABC account, or let us all know what you love, I'm weird with six non-fictions www.abc.net.au/.../radionat...

30 Aug

I devoured this gorgeous book 'Vinciness, or The Unbearable Sadness of Batting' by Jon Hotten: cricket is trigger but topic is being in time, artworks or shots holding a single moment but vast condensed time, too. £10 here for Jon on painting, skill, regret: 4vuhcf-5g.myshopify.com/products/vin...

30 Aug

@theoldbatsman.bsky.social thank you!

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22 Aug

What's lost when we treat place as just space? Philosopher Jeff Malpas opens a hybrid workshop on space, place & memory — interdisciplinary talks on perfume, Polaroids & more. Wed 16 Sept, Stirling + online. Register: placememory.net/interdiscipl...

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28 July

Just saw this banging preprint by a cool posse headed by @aidanhorner.bsky.social (I saw it because I follow @suttonprofessor.bsky.social who is right in there): "Cognitive maps are flexible, dynamic, (re)constructed representations" osf.io/preprints/ps...

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whitechapelgallery.orgRemembering St. Clement's Hospital - Whitechapel GalleryA walk celebrating, commiserating and commemorating the 20th anniversary of the closure of St. Clement's psychiatric hospital.

30 June

How do we remember places of mental health care? Join us for a thought-provoking event exploring the histories, memories and legacies of St. Clement’s Hospital. 📅 Saturday 5 September Book your free place via the Whitechapel Gallery: www.whitechapelgallery.org/events/remem...

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18 June

KEYNOTES 2026 CONFERENCE Michael Lynch • Nathan Rew • Stephanie Collins John Sutton • Inês Hipólito aap.org.au/Keynotes-2026 ineshipolito.com profiles.waikato.ac.nz/nathan.rew www.stephaniecollins.xyz johnsutton.net michael-lynch.philosophy.uconn.edu #PhilSky #AAPNZ26 @suttonprofessor.bsky.social

12 June

We're a few hours in to the first, 30-hour leg of the long trip to Aotearoa NZ for my Prez's address to open this year's AAP conference where I'll see many old and new friends, catch y'all on the other side! aap.org.au/page-1859854...

12 June

A bit less hair than at the time of that mugshot ... how coldest it gonna be in gorgeous Hamilton?

11 June

it's 1981 I reckon

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6 June

Academics in the wild. Our first Centre retreat took us to Glencoe and beyond: a chance to spend time together, reflect on the Centre’s research, and think about the work ahead. Next stop: Cove Park in 2027.

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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow

3 June

Our team is at Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands, exploring historical landscapes and having fun as only such a diverse group could.

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International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow

15 May

Today's keynote speaker to highlight is Prof Dorthe Bernsten! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

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icom-memory.orgICOM - International Conference on Memory 2027The International Conference on Memory 2027, will be held in Glasgow, Scotland between 26 - 30 July 2027.

22 May

We've now highlighted all our amazing confirmed keynote speakers! Please sign up to our email list as this will be the main way we will communicate. Stay tuned for news about submissions, registration, and lots more! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition #ICOM2027 #philosophysky 🧪

19 May

Great first session at today's workshop on statues, politics, planning, memory.

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19 May

sites.google.com19 May WorkshopIn the past decade, commemorations (including statues and monuments) that have substantial ties to colonialism, slavery, and other forms of injustice have been targeted by activists. In response, the ...

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16 May

How do we carry loss — and can art help us find our way back? Join us for Art in Grief, a 30-minute film by Geerteke van Lierop on bereavement, tsunami survivors in Japan, and giving grief form. 📅 Thu 21 May, 14:00–15:30 📍 Pathfoot, Stirling In person Free — register: forms.gle/jtMBF7znnt3E...

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16 May

What if preserving heritage means cutting it open? Philosopher Erik Rietveld presents RAAAF’s "hardcore heritage” approach — physically slicing through monuments to expose hidden layers of history Wed 20 May 2026 14:00–15:30 University of Stirling In person Register forms.gle/KUC3tkztMbcp...

International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow

14 May

@felipedebrigard.bsky.social is both philosopher and neuroscientist, and AFAIK the 1st philosopher keynote at ICOM. As well as his work on memory traces, episodic counterfactuals, cognitive ontology, I'm hoping we'll get great new studies on memory and forgiveness for past wrongdoings in eg Colombia

International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow@icom-memory.bsky.social

Today's keynote speaker to higlight is Prof Felipe De Brigard! icom-memory.org @felipedebrigard.bsky.social #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

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12 May

For the next few days we'll be focussing on our amazing keynote speakers! First up, we have Prof Sue Gathercole. This is particularly fitting as Sue was one of the co-founders of ICOM. icom-memory.org

11 May

Come to Glasgow for ICOM-7, the 7th International Conference on Memory, July 2027! Details below. It'll be my 5th ICOM and my 2nd on organizing committee, and we're fixing a brilliant event, keen to expand the range beyond our core psych/ neuro/ cognitive topics so do sign up and please circulate!

International Conference On Memory 26-30 July 2027 in Glasgow@icom-memory.bsky.social

We are very excited to officially announced that ICOM - The International Conference on Memory - is back in 2027 from 26th-30th July! icom-memory.org #neuroskyence #psychscisky #cognition 🧪

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11 May

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heraldscotland.comEco-grief is something that matters to victims, but...Eco-grief is something that matters to victims but it could offer an excuse for the permanently angry to annoy themselves with, argues herald…

4 May

A column in @heraldscotland.bsky.social is sceptical of Pablo Fernandez Velasco’s work on ecological grief. It is not about over-dramatising climate change. It is taking seriously what people lose when places sustaining lives and memories are damaged. www.heraldscotland.com/opinion/2607...

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heraldscotland.comScottish study shows link between ecological grief and climate justiceThe grief experienced in response to environmental destruction is closely tied to questions of justice, rights, and what it means to lose a place…

30 Apr

What do we lose when climate change transforms the places that make life meaningful? New research from Centre researcher Pablo Fernández Velasco and Virginia De Biasio links ecological grief to climate justice. Read more in The Herald: www.heraldscotland.com/news/2606447...

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youtu.beLoch TayYouTube video by Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory

27 Apr

Our fieldwork takes us to remarkable places. Centre researchers visited Loch Tay today, exploring how heritage, landscape and conservation meet. How do places hold, protect and pass on their histories? youtu.be/z0paC7rtCQQ

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youtu.beJohn Sutton — Principal Investigator and Director | CSPMYouTube video by Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory

24 Apr

What is the relationship between memory and place? Centre Director @suttonprofessor.bsky.social reflects on our work: how memory is shaped by place, why interdisciplinary collaboration matters, and how research grounded in local environments can speak to wider global questions. youtu.be/N3ce_7IP-aI

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placememory.netDistemporalitiesSymposium 24 April 2026Pathfoot Lecture Theatre, Pathfoot BuildingUniversity of Stirling REGISTER TO ATTEND Download full programme including abstracts (PDF) Overview Distemporalities is a one-day …

22 Apr

In two days: Distemporalities. A one-day interdisciplinary symposium on disrupted temporal lifeworlds, from colonialism & displacement to environmental destruction & fractured relations to past & future. Fri 24 Apr 2026 Pathfoot Lecture Theatre, Stirling In person placememory.net/distemporalities

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22 Apr

What can art reveal about place, memory and contested history? Centre PhD researcher Kialy Tihngang is featured on Fane’, discussing work across film, sculpture, textiles & performance, and exploring Blackness, queerness, Britishness, & Cameroonian culture & politics. www.fane.co.uk/kialy-tihngang

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23 Apr

Centre guest speaker Dr Aramiha Harwood reflects on growing up Māori in Australia alongside a world of tabletop gaming. He explores the intersections of gaming, identity, and cultural inheritance, and considers how Indigenous game design can open space for Māori knowledge and connection.

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wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.comPlace, Climate Change and the Experience of LossWhen places deteriorate due to climate change, people's connections to them (attachment) are also affected. The loss of the life possibilities sustained by places as a result of climate change is at ....

17 Apr

Paper alert: wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... Our researcher, Pablo Fernandez Velasco, together with Virginia De Biasio, connects the experience of ecological grief to place attachment and incommensurable losses.

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15 Apr

Sometimes we need some fresh air to get writing done. PMM on a writing Residency in Chazelet (French Alps) for Son of a Punk.

11 Apr

research at its best yesterday: XScape @xscape-project.bsky.social Material Minds workshop Varieties of Externalism, showcasing fab new work from Andy Clark & team across philosophy, archaeology, & computational cognitive science, + visitors Lucy Osler & Rob Clowes on AI, me wrapping up intense day

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8 Apr

Registration is now open for Trans Cosmologies 2. 30 April–1 May 2026 University of Stirling A two-day in-person multimedia event exploring trans cosmologies, memory, ethics and artistic practice. Register forms.gle/tQHj6QNuzFYP...

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bit.lyThinking with Play: A Tabletop Kōrero — conversationWhat can games teach us about relationships, conflict, and cultural knowledge? This in-person workshop invites participants to experience TRIBAL, a one-on-one tabletop game shaped by Māori ideas of p...

7 Apr

Games do not only model conflict. They can also carry stories, identity, and cultural knowledge. Thinking with Play is an in-person workshop with Dr Aramiha Harwood at Creative Stirling, featuring live play and kōrero around TRIBAL. Thu 23 Apr, 11:00–12:30 Register: bit.ly/4tzwUJ3

link.springer.comBeing Where? Putting Memory, Technology, and Wayfinding Together Again - Review of Philosophy and PsychologyReview of Philosophy and Psychology - Although wayfinding is a central domain for 4E research, much work on spatial cognition and navigation still operates within an internalist framework. This is...

31 Mar

‘Being Where? Putting memory, technology, and wayfinding together again’: new open-access paper, led by Mac Mingon with @ajgillett.bsky.social We set ‘techno-gloom’ about GPS degrading basic human navigation skills against historical shifts in ‘wayfinding ecologies’ link.springer.com/article/10.1...

31 Mar

Spatial memory has always been fragmentary and imperfect, more of a collage than a detailed map, and deeply dependent on enculturation in specific environments. New digital tools do reconfigure cognitive systems, but not always for the worse. Our title echoes Andy Clark's great 'Being There' (1997).

31 Mar

Experts, artists, and others build novel skills in different, hybrid systems. Deliberate ecological design can shape conditions in which technologies operate, rather than accepting whatever configurations emerge from market forces or design defaults. @leverhulme.ac.uk and @memoryplace.bsky.social

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30 Mar

Can games become a way of remembering? Dr Aramiha Harwood (Ngāpuhi) explores how tabletop game design grounded in Māori values can transmit knowledge, identity and storytelling. 📅 Wed 22 Apr · 16:00–17:30 📍 University of Stirling + online Register here forms.gle/vKYdq9kGEmLJ...

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24 Mar

Have you ever listened to a river? Centre associate Lizzie Robertson is the subject of a short film by Chris Leslie. Using a hydrophone, she explores sound, memory and urban ecology in a landscape shaped by industrial pasts and environmental change. www.chrisleslie.com/portfoli.../...

19 Mar

In person only @ University of Stirling next Wednesday

Centre for the Sciences of Place and Memory@memoryplace.bsky.social

Maria Fusco’s experimental opera-film History of the Present explores how built environments shape voice, movement and lived experience in Belfast. Screening and discussion Wed 25 March · 11:00–12:20 Pathfoot Lecture Theatre (PLT), @stir.ac.uk In-person event · no registration required

eventbrite.co.ukArtist Talk with Toby Paterson RSAJoin the Art Collection and the Centre for the Sciences of Memory and Place for an artist talk with renowned artist Toby Paterson RSA.

17 Mar

Looking forward to this unique opportunity to tale a walk around Pathfoot looking at site specific works - also online - please come.

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Artist talk: Toby Paterson RSA A rare chance to hear Paterson on art, architecture and urban history — followed by a guided walk through Pathfoot to view his works in situ University of Stirling Hybrid event 27 Mar 13:00 (UK) Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/artist-tal...

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