Saturday 7 March 2026 | 22.30 - 23.05 hrs | Karolingenzaal (70 p.) | De Lindenberg, Nijmegen
The Stroker
Imagine someone unexpectedly pats you on the shoulder at work. How would you perceive this? As inappropriate, or as caring and attentive? In the short film The Stroker, a boss hires a wellness consultant to touch the employees. This film raises questions about how we view touch.
Touch
Touch is never simple or straightforward. Ethical ambiguities surround sexual intimacy, there is a tension between experiences of pleasure and cultural norms, and epidemics show us the politics of proximity and distance. Rachel Aumiller takes a philosophical look at the many sides of touch and what touch means in our society. Come and listen to RaeAumiller.
Ethicist Marcel Becker will moderate the discussion.
The language of discussion is English. The documentary is in English and has no subtitles.
About the speaker
Rae Aumiller is a philosopher at Radboud University. They conducts research into the ethical and political dimensions of emotion, sensations, and desire. They previously wrote the book A Touch of Doubt: On Haptic Skepticism.
This program is part of Denkwerk Festival of Radboud Reflects at Radboud University, on Saturday, 7 March 2026 at De Lindenberg in Nijmegen. Through (silent) interviews, lectures, music, films, and more, philosophers, theologians, and scholars of religion from Radboud University will encourage you to think more deeply about the major questions of our time.
