INVITATION
& CALL FOR PRESENTATION
AESTHETICS
AND POLITICS
Appearances
of the Political, Autumn
Symposium
2nd
– 5th
of November 2018,
Marina di Ascea, Italy
Background
In
2015 the study circle Appearances
of the Political was
formed in Nordic Summer University (NSU). This year it concludes its
project within NSU.
The
intention with this seminar is to share and exchange knowledge within
the scope of the circle and also to maintain and build our network
beyond NSU to establish future activities. We invite participants
from the study circle along with those who have shown interest in it
or, for various reasons, are thought could have an interest in it.
Hence, it is not an open and widely distributed call but please share
it with others you believe may have an interest.
We
hope the study circle can form the basis for seminars, workshops and
other activities to build relations for future applications including
also funding for research.
Theme
of the seminar
Both
aesthetics and politics are concepts with a wide range of
significances and the combination of them promises only more
complications. Presentations should address how both concepts are
interpreted and how the combination of them can be approached. Such
approaches can relate to conceptual analyses, concrete examples,
historical and contemporary cases, and to different fields of art and
literature, popular culture and everyday phenomena, communication and
design – to mention only a few.
The
focus of the study circle is on contemporary phenomena hence
historical studies should explicitly address how they add to an
understanding of contemporary phenomena.
In
particular we invite to a broad understanding of aesthetics to
include more recent contributions e.g. in the field of
atmosphere/ambiance and not to exclude either traditional
understandings or experimental.
The
study circle is cross-disciplinary and presentations will reflect
both the diversity of participants and how different approaches can
inform each other across conceptual and methodological differences. A
particular attention should be given to how concepts, theories,
approaches and examples can be made accessible for participants in
other fields enabling the sharing of knowledge as well as forming a
common platform for the study circle’s future work.
Format
of the presentation
Sessions
of 80 min. include a presentation of a paper (40 min), commentator
(15 min) and open discussion (25 min.). We welcome free oral
presentations however a full paper must be submitted timely for
commentator to prepare a suitable response, as accepted participants
are expected to also prepare a commentary on another presentation at
the seminar.
No
technical equipment will be provided.
The
possibility of having presentations published will be offered in
Nordicum-Mediterraneum
or Wassard
Elea Revista.
A paper will have to be accepted by the journals’ editors
independently of acceptance for presentation at the seminar.
Submit
via email. Deadline, 1st
of May, 2018:
-
A
written proposal of 600-1000 words in length with a title,
presentation of the main idea(s), and chief considerations and
arguments.
-
A
short bio (max.
100 words).
-
Indication
of interest in publication and in which journal.
Submit
to: carsten.friberg@gmail.com
Notification
about participation will be given no later than 15th
of May.
Deadline
for full paper is 1st
of August.
About
the Circle
The
study circle provides a space for theoretical experimentation and the
cross-fertilization of methodologies. We invite you for exchange and
debates in an open environment of people with different backgrounds
on the many forms in
which we experience the presences of political reality. We wish to
approach it from social, artistic, aesthetic and cultural analysis
and to articulate the ideological forces underlying today’s
political thinking. We also want to inaugurate a debate on the role
of cultural approaches in political analysis.
We
aspire to
break new paths in connecting the cultural humanities and the
political sciences and invite participants to bravely explore new
ways of studying these issues. We believe that experimentation is
crucial for rethinking the political.
Cost,
accommodation and location
There
is no registration fee.
The
seminar will take place at Albergo Elea where room will be reserved
for 35€ per night (incl. breakfast) based on single occupancy
unless you inform that you prefer to make your own
arrangements.
Marina
di Ascea is located at the coast two hours train ride south of
Napoli.
Arrival:
2 November
Departure:
5 November
The
seminar is organized in collaboration with Wassard
Elea Refugium for writers, artists, composers, and scholars in
Southern Italy
Wassardelea.blogspot.it
The
Nordic Summer University (NSU) is
a Nordic network for research and interdisciplinary studies.
NSU
is a nomadic, academic institution, which organises workshop-seminars
across disciplinary and national borders. Since it was established in
1950, Nordic Summer University has organised forums for cultural and
intellectual debate in the Nordic and Baltic region, involving
students, academics, politicians, and intellectuals from this region
and beyond.
Decisions
about the content and the organisational form of the NSU lay with its
participants. The backbone of the activities in the NSU consists of
its thematic study circles. In the study circles researchers,
students and professionals from different backgrounds collaborate in
scholarly investigations distributed regularly in summer and winter
symposia during a three-year period.
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