Modelling Collective Decision-Making
Building from Professor Leonard’s study of how animals and sometimes people move in order to model collective decision-making, she will be in conversation with composer Alvin Curran and poet Erica Hunt about the ways in which group decisions are taken in a creative and collaborative setting. Drawing parallels between the different ways in which birds move together, dancers coordinate themselves on stage, and musicians play with and along each other. The speakers will explore how collective decision-making takes place in science, art, and the natural world. This will include thinking about patterns, rhythms, and social and behavioral structures that are able to ground collective decision-making in space and time.
The event will be held in English.
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