Dr Ike Kamphof (D.J.)

Real Virtualities, MA Media Studies: Digital Cultures, course 2. Course co-ordinator and tutor. The module focuses on the blurring boundaries between the real and the virtual from the perspective of philosophy. The main philosophical methodology introduced is (post)phenomenology. 

Cultural Pluralism, BA A&C. The course deals with cultural pluralism in a globalizing world from an interdisciplinary perspective, mainly involving philosophy, history and literature. Course co-ordination; tutoring.

Philosophers of the 20th Century, HUM 2014, 2nd year BA, University College. Course co-ordinator and tutor. Tracing the legacy of Marx, Freud en Nietzsche and zooming in on 3 main topics-language, the subject, cultural criticism-the course deals with philosophers like Wittgenstein, Lyotard, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Lacan, Arendt, Marcuse, Foucault.

Ike Kamphof is supervisor for BA and MA projects and literature studies on a wide range of topics. Possibilities include:

• topics related to telepresence, virtual travel, telecare, surveillance;
• topics in the philosophy of new media and technology; 
• topics in the field human-animal relationships;
• topics on healthcare technology and the place of vulnerable elderly people and people with dementia in our society.