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KAREN BARAD TALK
CCAM + Yale Quantum Institute + Terry Lectureship Present: Karen Barad
at Yale CCAM Leeds Studio
November 2, 2022
5:00PM TO 6:00PM



Karen Barad

a visiting professor from University of Santa Cruz, a philosopher and physicist, published their book “Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning” in 2007. The talk expand on the ideas laid out in the book, which cover their interpretation of Neil Bohr’s double slit experiment.





Karen Barad Demonstrates the Double Slit Experiment suitcaseIn preparation for the talk, CCAM Director and Lecturer in the School of Architecture Dana Karwas, will showcase a physical model of the double slit experiment in order to help audience members understand Barad’s lecture.



Setting up the suitcase and calibration of the laser for the Karen’s talk



The Suitcase was designed and fabricated by Yale architecture students Sewon Roy Kim Arch ’23 and Wai Hin Wong Arch' 24 in collaboration with CCAM Director Dana Karwas and YQI Manager Florian Carle.