Jeff Malpas (University of Tasmania), online
Panel on Arnold Berleant’s work
Mădălina Diaconu (University of Wien)
Ted Toadvine (Pennsylvania State University)
Tuesday, June 10
10:00-11:00 (Helsinki, EEST, UTC +3)
Jeff Malpas (University of Tasmania), online
Chair: Arto Haapala
16:30-18:00 (Helsinki, EEST, UTC +3)
Panel on Arnold Berleant’s work
Panelists: Fotini Vassiliou, Max Ryynänen, Harri Mäcklin, and Arnold Berleant
Chair: Arto Haapala
Wednesday, June 11
09:30-10:30
(Helsinki, EEST, UTC +3)
Mădălina Diaconu
(University of Wien)
Living in Tune with the Seasons?
Attunement, adjustment, and engagement in the experience of seasonality
Chair: Harri Mäcklin
The succession of seasons has for centuries provided a rich source of artistic and literary inspiration, and its spatiotemporal patterns epitomize the complexity of environmental interconnectedness. Nevertheless, the Stoic principle of living in accordance with nature (including its seasonal cycles) has nowadays ironically survived only in form of seasonal holidays, seasonal tunes, and further similar clichés. After highlighting philosophical aspects of seasonality, from rhythmicity to analogies with the stages of life, the talk discusses three dimensions of living “in tune with the seasons”: involuntary emotional contagion, practical and rational adaptation, and finally ecological commitment in an age of disquieting seasonal disruption.
Thursday, June 12
09:30-10:30 (Helsinki, EEST, UTC +3)
Ted Toadvine (Pennsylvania State University)
Chair: Fotini Vassiliou