FILM SCREENING + DISCUSSION: Werner Herzog's "Theater of Thought"
Film Screening & Discussion
"Theater of Thought"
An exploration of the brain and the future of neurotechnology.
A film by Werner Herzog
Join Frontiers in Neuroscience and the Center for Mind, Brain, and Culture for an afternoon exploring the mysteries of the human brain and the future of neurotechnology through the lens of legendary filmmaker, Werner Herzog. The viewing will be followed by a discussion with Stephen Damianos, Executive Director of the Neurorights Foundation and a producer of the film.
Pizza, snacks, and drinks will be served.
University Event Topic: Special Event. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. Building/Room: Whitehead Bldg. Speaker/Presenter: After screening discussion with Stephen Damianos, Executive Director of the Neurorights Foundation and a producer of the film. Cost: Free.
Friday, April 3, 2026, 12:00 PM – 2:30 PM.
WHSCAB Auditorium
** NOTE NEW LOCATION **
(changed 3/23/26).
CMBC LECTURE | Raphaël Julliard "The Creative Engine and the Sense of Rightness"
“The Creative Engine and the Sense of Rightness”My research operates at the intersection of anthropology, the psychology of creativity, and micro-phenomenology. It is driven by a central question: in the uncertainty of the creative act, how do creators know when it works?
While traditional approaches often rely on retrospective reconstruction, my work focuses on the "creative engine": the real-time feedback loop between Action (what the maker does) and Affect (how the emerging form acts back upon the maker). I posit that creativity is not a cognitive planning process, but a navigational skill steered by a pre-reflective affective criterion—a felt sense of fitness we conceptualize as "Rightness"—guiding the artist between the risks. To study this, I have moved from historical analysis to experimental ethnography, developing a novel methodology—The Researcher-As-Obstacle (RAO)—designed to investigate the creative mind in action. My goal is to establish a rigorous anthropology of this navigational competence,…
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: CMBC Lectures. Building/Room: Atwood Chemistry Center. Speaker/Presenter: Raphaël Julliard
Anthropology of the Creative Process | Laboratoire d’Anthropologie Sociale, Ehess, Paris, France. Event Open To: Emory Community. Cost: Free.
Friday, April 3, 2026, 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM.
PAIS 230.
KEIO + EMORY SEMINAR SERIES | "Performing for Failure: Embodying Grief on Stage Through Ethnodrama"
"Performing for Failure: Embodying Grief on Stage Through Ethnodrama" Yoon Won Chang
This talk is an excerpt from an ethnography that documents the making of a theater performance about grief after suicide in contemporary South Korea. I analyze how the actors and the director interpret and embody the real-life stories collected through interviews with suicide loss survivors. The creative team experiences the inevitable failures in interpreting the grief, yet attempts to embody the already fractured self-narratives of pain and healing provided by the survivors. I ask how grief becomes a collective experience and how the language and the body are negotiated in this process.
"I am a PhD candidate in Anthropology at Emory University. For the past seven years, I have closely accompanied suicide loss survivors in Korea by organizing grief groups and other cultural events. In my Doctoral dissertation, I explore how suicide loss survivors' experience of grief is sculpted, negotiated, and refracted within the stat…
University Event Topic: Seminars & Workshops. A Year of Compassion. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: Keio + Emory Seminar Series. Building/Room: Psychology Building. Speaker/Presenter: Yoon Won Chang
PhD Candidate
Department of Anthropology
Emory University. Cost: Free. Registration / R.S.V.P. link: https://emory.zoom.us/meeting/register/YQQTZ0yXRHWb6H2mVIQmmg.
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM.
PAIS 464
6:00PM EST
7:00AM JST + KST.
CMBC WORKSHOP | "The Cognitive Science of Compassion" (details forthcoming)
Details forthcoming.
University Event Topic: Lectures & Meetings. A Year of Compassion. School: Emory College. Department / Organization: Center for Mind Brain and Culture. Series: CMBC Workshop. Building/Room: Psychology Building. Event Open To: Private Event. Cost: Free.
Saturday, May 16, 2026 – Sunday, May 17, 2026.
By Invitation Only.