Episode 002 · 21 September 2018 · 1:34:59
Raquell Holmes PhD: Science as a Human Activity
Imagine a scientist. What do you see? Probably a male. Gruff. Socially recluse? Reading, writing. Maybe lecturing at people. God forbid they ever laugh, right? Why though? Raquell Holmes, PhD, cell biologist, founder of improvscience, offers a radical alternative: the practice of a collaborative science through performance and play. A world where science contributes to social wellbeing. What is science? We chat about that stuff too, a bit (don’t worry). Prepare your mind and soul, folks, this one’s a joyride.
Topics of Interest
- Best hopes for the conversation? [2:42]
- #CAKE? [4:45]
- Social Therapy [10:25]
- Science? [12:40]
- Scientism. [13:36]
- Why did you choose science as a career? [19:55]
- Raquell’s career reflections [22:22]
- High performance computation and computer sciences! And biology? [25:33]
- Bioinformatics [28:49]
- Epigenetics? [32:34]
- Epistemological violence [39:26]
- Fred Newman (co-founder of Social Therapeutics) [41:53]
- Whence did science, play, improvisation, and performance meet? [47:51]
- improvscience – a story [53:57]
- Scientists playing together? [1:01:30]
- Impact of improv and performance on scientists! [1:05:40]
- Vision for the ideal form of science [1:07:32]
- Science and emotion? [1:12:56]
- Who are you becoming? [01:26:33]
- Art’s conflicted love of science? [1:29:11]