animate arts
resources
audio visuals, taste testers, readings & recommendations
audio visual
Sophia was interviewed by David Chislett at this online summit about why she thinks playful practice can help us in a complex world. Watch now.
Sophia was interviewed by Lody Meijer for her podcast Imagine Moving. Imagine Moving showcases gentle conversations, stories and guided explorations with dance and movement researchers from all over the world. This podcast includes a led exercise by Sophia you can follow. Listen now.
Sophia was interviewed by Sue Gilby for her podcast The Adelaide Chronicles. We dived into Sophia's past working in collaborative design right up to her current passion for embodied practice. Listen now.
taste tester
In this led InterPlay exercise you will be invited to move on behalf of an idea or issue from your life or work. You may want to choose the issue you want to move on behalf of before you start, but you don't have to. Choose something that you are curious to get a different perspective on. It might be something that is puzzling you, something that is concerning you, a problem you are trying to solve or a relationship or situation you would like to understand better. Follow this exercise here.
readings
Sophia maintains a blog where she occasionally writes about complexity, embodiment and related themes. Read more.
Sophia wrote a chapter in the book titled “Phenomenologies of Grace: The Body, Embodiment, and Transformative Futures” avaliable from Palgrave Macmillon. Sophia’s chapter is titled “Systems Sensing: A case for embodied, arts-based responses to complex problems”. Read more.
external complexity resources
recommend online courses for learning more about complex systems
This website is fantastic resource for people wanting to learn more about complex systems science (especially their Introduction to Complexity course). This site is run by the Sta Fe Institute in the United States and offers very accessible and high quality online courses. The Sta Fe Institute is one of the premier research organisations in the field of complexity. Learn more.
A great course taught by Scott Page of the Center for the Study of Complex Systems. Scott takes us through the kinds of models that are used to help us understand complex dynamics and makes the case that people who think with models consistently outperform those who don’t. Learn more.
This course outlines some of the theory of complex systems science and goes on to speak about real-world applications and how this knowledge can inform our decision making. This course does not always represent Sophia's own views on the topic, but she found it very good. Learn more.