DIJ social scientist Celia Spoden will participate in the event ‘Robot (inter)faces: Understanding and mapping robot/avatar faces’, hosted by the University of Tokyo’s Institute for Future Initiatives as invited commentator and panelist. Adopting media philosophy, ethnographical approaches and STS to robots, the event will explore the features and situated performances of robot and avatar’s faces. It takes place on April 11 at the University’s Ito International Research Center, is co-hosted by the JST Moonshot R&D Program “Cybernetic being” Project and supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation. Details and registration information here