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SUMMARY:AI Lund lunch seminar: Imagining Companionship – AI\, Robots\, an
 d the Future of Intimacy in Japan
DESCRIPTION:Contact: jonas.wisbrant@control.lth.se\n\nTopic: Imagining Comp
 anionship: AI\, Robots\, and the Future of Intimacy in JapanWhen:&nbsp\;9 
 September\, 2026 12.00 to 13.00 CETWhere:&nbsp\;OnlineSpeaker: Prof. Hirof
 umi Katsuno\, Doshisha University\, Kyoto\, JapanHosts and moderators:Vale
 ntina Fantasia\, Cognitive Science\, Lund UniversityStefan Larsson\, Techn
 ology and Social Change\, Lund UniversityAbstractBased on a collaborative 
 project with Daniel White entitled Model Emotion\, this talk explores the 
 issue of living with companion robots in Japan. Drawing on ethnographic in
 terviews and participant observation with robot owners\, I examine how int
 imacy with companion robots is relationally produced and stabilized throug
 h everyday practices\, affective engagement\, and imaginative labour.&nbsp
 \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;\n\nMore information about the event: https://www.lunduniv
 ersity.lu.se/calendar/ai-lund-lunch-seminar-imagining-companionship-ai-rob
 ots-and-future-intimacy-japan
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LOCATION:Online - link by registration
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