philosophy – Cultura21

Multispecies Intra-Actions: A Round Table with Karen Barad

On the 17th November from 10:45AM to 12:30 PM (PST) at the SOMArts centre in San Francisco the public is invited to participate in a roundtable discussion with Karen Barad, currently Professor of Feminist Studies, Philosophy, and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a diverse panel of researchers ranging from… Continue reading Multispecies Intra-Actions: A Round Table with Karen Barad

Time of the Clock, Time of Encounter

The aim of the project is to change the way people think about temporality. The group believes that arts and humanities have particular forms of knowledge around temporality that are of potential use to communities. This project investigates the difference between the time of the clock and the lived time of experience. We live in… Continue reading Time of the Clock, Time of Encounter

Call for papers for Nordic Summer University summer session 2012 – kreds 2

Learning from the future – towards cultures of sustainability This year’s summer session of the Nordic Summer University will take place on July 28th – August 2nd, in Denmark, at Brandtbjerg Højskole near Vejle. The NSU is organized in “study/reflection circles”, working with a theme for 3 years. This is the last session of circle/kreds… Continue reading Call for papers for Nordic Summer University summer session 2012 – kreds 2

Be a gathering! The Natural Circus trainings, Spring 2012

‘I am movement and stillness at the same time’ The Natural Circus trainings are a body and movement practice (and maybe a bit more), embedded in an understanding that ‘nothing lasts, nothing is finished, nothing is perfect’. Situated in a powerful natural environment, they are playful gatherings beyond the human(-centered) perspective that may help realize… Continue reading Be a gathering! The Natural Circus trainings, Spring 2012

Animism – Conference at the „Haus der Kulturen der Welt“

Berlin 16th and 17th of March 2012 starting at 14:00 Towards the end of the 19th century, Animism was perceived as a collection of misguided notions with which the “primitive consciousness” populated the cosmos with souls and spirits. Those who were modern left Animism behind them and divided the world into body and soul, into… Continue reading Animism – Conference at the „Haus der Kulturen der Welt“

Taking Goethe seriously – stretching our thinking

Allan Kaplan Friday 18 February 11 – 4.30 pm (Oxford Brookes Univ. Buckley Bdg, Room BG01) As part of the series: AGENTS OF CHANGE: Ecological Citizenship and The Art of Changing One’s Mind(set). Interdisciplinary Symposia – Seminars – Dialogue Processes, Oxford (UK), 2011