Interview with Samantha Frost on ‘The Attentive Body’: Epigenetic Processes and Self-formative Subjectivity

The interview is a follow-up from Samantha Frost’s article, ‘The Attentive Body’, in Body & Society 26(4). Tomoko Tamari invites Frost to explore her interest ‘biocultural creatures’, with its focus on ‘bodies’ responsive self-transformation’ epigenetic processes, and unfolds Peirce’s account of the index for understanding meaning-making biological processes. also introduces Katherine Hayles’s notion ‘cognitive nonconscious’ raise question possible theoretical mechanical similarities/discrepancies between processes organisms process computational systems. Drawing Jacob von Uexkull’s ‘umwelt’ introducing Yoshimi Kawade’s remarks living being’s subjective orientation environments, further about ‘intention’ ‘subjectivity’ enables unpack ‘the attentive self’ discuss relation ‘intentionality’ ‘referentiality’ Finally, mentions current projects connection ‘attention-as-responsive-self-transformation’ ‘mode-of-living-as-form-of-life’.