#44 Heartland Podcast: Gina Rippon & Mikkel Wallentin

At Heartland 2019, professor of cognitive neuroimaging Gina Rippon and brain researcher Mikkel Wallentin met in front of a live audience to discuss the gendered brain. The two participants discuss how the brain is gendered. If it is not biology that decides – then what does? That is the question that Rippon and Wallentin attempt to answer; is it culture? language? Society? or does biology in fact play a part? Because there are differences - the two agree – but where does the differences come from?Gina Rippon is one of Britain’s leading neuroscientists. She specializes in gender and the differences between gender.Mikkel Wallentin is an associate professor and has studied both drama and cognitive semiotics. He has done a lot of research into how we use language and how it affects the brain.The talk is moderated by former cultural researcher and journalist Torben Sangild.Future Talks are supported by Lundbeckfonden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Om Podcasten

The Heartland podcast primarily features live conversations from the festival’s talks program and is an initiative created to focus on the future that we already live in. Heartland’s ambition is to engage its guests in the world by creating a contemporary cultural platform where people can gain new perspectives on the transformation and development of our world.Heartland’s talks program has established itself as one of the most esteemed stages for live conversations in Northern Europe and has hosted some of the world’s greatest minds and artists since its start in 2016. Among others, Sir Salman Rushdie, Angela Davis, Marina Abramović, Brian Eno, Margaret Atwood, Slavoj Žižek, Werner Herzog, PJ Harvey, Michael Stipe, Tracey Emin, Jonathan Franzen, Vivienne Westwood, Judith Butler, Douglas Coupland, David Shrigley, Kim Gordon, Joshua Oppenheimer, Bjarke Ingels, and Olafur Eliasson have been a part of the talks program. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.