Category: Conferences

Unconference: “Re-Rooting Digital Culture”

13th of May at the University of Westminster Over the last decade the awareness of anthropogenic climate change has emerged in parallel with global digital communication networks. By their very nature, the new tools, networks and behaviours of productivity, exchange and cooperation between humans and machines grow and develop at an accelerated rate. The transdisciplinary panel will… Continue reading Unconference: “Re-Rooting Digital Culture”

Symposium: “Hot Science, Global Citizens: The Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Interventions”

Reposted from www.hotscienceglobalcitizens.net May 5th and 6th 2011 in Sydney This symposium presents the research findings of the Australian Research Council international Linkage project along with other leading research to develop new knowledge about what constitutes effective action around climate change, the critical roles that institutions can play, visions for the future of museums and science… Continue reading Symposium: “Hot Science, Global Citizens: The Agency of the Museum Sector in Climate Change Interventions”

Eros and Cosmocracy: Birthing a Holistic Ecology

An event in New York City, Wednesday, April 27, 2011 | 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM Columbia University, Morningside Campus, Heyman Center for the Humanities, East Campus, 2nd Floor Common Room “Environmentalist discourse about the fate of the planet too often proceeds binaristically: science or metaphysics; anthropocentric or anti-human; progress or apocalypse. This symposium seeks… Continue reading Eros and Cosmocracy: Birthing a Holistic Ecology

Open Engagement Conference 2011

May 13th – 15th 2011 in Portland, Oregon The free conference fosters both local, national and international dialogue and partnerships around socially engaged art making. This year’s Open Engagement sets out to discuss various perspectives on art and social practice. Five themes will be in focus of conversations, interviews, open reflection on experiences, and related projects… Continue reading Open Engagement Conference 2011

Arts & Democracy audio transcript on the role of Culture in Revolutionary Times

Reposted from freeDimensional Arts & Democracy Project’s most recent nation-wide conference call was focused on recent events in Egypt and the extraordinary pro-democracy movements sweeping across North Africa and the Middle East.  The call highlighted how artists, art spaces and cultural organizers in the region and in the U.S. are participating or responding, and how… Continue reading Arts & Democracy audio transcript on the role of Culture in Revolutionary Times

Slow Networks – iLAND’s Third Annual Symposium

March 25-26, 2011, hosted by the Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts Slow Networks: Discovering the urban Environment Through Collaborations in Dance and Ecology Slow Networks is an open forum exploring new methods of understanding urban ecosystems through innovative collaborations between practitioners of movement, science, and environmental management. iLAND cultivates a deeper… Continue reading Slow Networks – iLAND’s Third Annual Symposium

Arts and Environment Symposium

March 19-20, 2011, University of Michigan Museum of Art A two-day colloquium to facilitate dialogue about the role of art in environmental education and stewardship. Participants will look at bridges that have been built across the divide of the arts and environment and will imagine others that might be created. More information: click here ;… Continue reading Arts and Environment Symposium