Presentation
Susan Kozel works at the point of convergence between dance, philosophy, and responsive digital technologies. She is a Professor at the School of Arts and Communication of Malmö University in Sweden. Her research takes the form of both philosophical writing and artistic research. Her current research focuses on phenomenology, affect, somatics, and the use of mixed reality (AR/MR) technologies for the development of Somatic Archiving (https://www.somaticarchiving.org).
She is a member of the Swedish Research Council’s Committee for Artistic Research (Kommittén för konstnärlig forskning) and co-directs Malmö University’s Arts-based Research group. She is on the advisory board of the Asimuth Journal of Contemporary Philosophy, the Asian International Journal of Dance, and Brill’s Book Series on Aesthetic Practices. She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Florence (2023 and 2024) and is on the Scientific Committee of the Italian Inter-university Center for Phenomenological Research.
Her artistic research takes the form of collaborations with artists such as Margrét Sara Guðjónsdóttir, Gibson / Martelli, Jeannette Ginslov. She worked with the Cullberg contemporary dance company in Stockholm to develop bodily transmission techniques for the performance of dancers’ bodily memories.
She is currently working on two books, Augmenting Archives and Mediating Memories (co-authored with Maria Engberg for Routledge), and a monograph on phenomenology and affect called Shimmer. With a strong critical stance on the impact of technologies on bodies of all kinds, she develops philosophical and creative practices for enhanced bodily agency and flourishing technological engagements.
