Philosophische Körper. Von digitalem Text zu greifbarem Material

Abstract

This paper explores the aesthetic and epistemic potential of data physicalization in the Digital Humanities. The collected works of various philosophers (Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche etc.) were investigated by means of a linguistic model of the human body. Inspired by the Penfield homunculus results were projected into the explicit space of the human body. Drawing on Computational Design and 3D printing, these projections were transformed into physical data sculptures. In contrast to standard forms of data representation (curves, cards, etc.) such sculptures facilitate developing new research questions and presenting results of such projects in the Digital Humanities in analogue contexts, making them accessible to different and potentially broader audiences.

Keywords

• begriffsgeschichte (fach)
• körperbild
• philosophie
• visualisierung
• 3d-druck