Thomas Tajo is a teacher of echolocation and bodily spatial awareness, including for the non-profit organization "Vision Inclusive" in Europe, the USA and India. The activist and consultant with blindness lives in Brussels and gives workshops and lectures on sensory orientation for people with and without blindness and visual impairment in the context of education and science.
Thomas Tajo is coming to Heidelberg University of Education on Tuesday, May 3th 2022 at the invitation of the Art Department: To present a new cultural and scientific framework for inclusive thinking and to serve a new model for inclusive practices, his lecture will explore the concept of "BioPlasticity" as a concept that has broad open view about the capacities of biological beings [whether human or non-human]. This concept derived from latest scientific understanding in the fields of evolutionary biology, epigenetics, and neuroscience about the capacities of biological beings.
The public event takes place in the "Mehrzweckhalle" (Keplerstraße 87, D-69120 Heidelberg). Event starts at 6:15 p.m. The lecture will be held in English.
Registration via email to Anne Puschmann is crucial.
The venue is barrier-free; you will find the barrier-free access via Quinkestraße or the inner courtyard.
On-site wearing an FFP2 mask is required! For the latest information on the university's management of coronavirus, please visit www.ph-heidelberg.de/coronavirus (in german only).
Your contact person is Christine Voecks (Institute for Fine Arts and Crafts, Music and Media).
You can find more information (in german only) at www.ph-heidelberg.de/kunst.
Public presence lecture by Thomas Tajo: "Diversity and BioPlasticity"
Thomas Tajo will talk about a new framework for inclusive thinking. Registration is crucial.
