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Akiba Lab
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A lab that considers science and the body from the viewpoint of aesthetics.

AboutAbout the lab
Considering collaboration between aesthetics and science.
Professor Fuminori Akiba of the Information Philosophy Division studies collaboration between aesthetics and science, the inducement of communication through artifacts, and theories of the body.
Nagoya University's researcher directory lists the aesthetics of pop culture, the preservation and restoration of contemporary art, the appropriate use of scientific images, and the Singularity and the survival of humanity as current research topics.
Professor Akiba is introduced as a faculty member of the School of Informatics, Department of Human and Social Informatics at the undergraduate level, and of the Graduate School of Informatics, Department of Social Informatics at the graduate level.
Key terms
- Aesthetics
- The discipline that considers art, beauty, and the experience of perceiving them using philosophical methods.
- Theories of the body
- A field that considers the human body and the nature of experience through the body from a philosophical standpoint.
- Singularity
- The turning point at which artificial intelligence is said to surpass human intelligence.
ResearchResearch themes
Professor Fuminori Akiba's research fields are collaboration between aesthetics and science, the inducement of communication through artifacts, and theories of the body. The researcher directory lists the aesthetics of pop culture and the preservation and restoration of contemporary art, among others, as current research topics.
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “HKU University of Hong Kong Museum and Art Gallery Exhibition hall TT Tsui Building June 2017 IX1 09 visitors” Akw OHhaks / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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