Category: elfenbenhårdt
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The Role of Culture in a Sustainable Society, seminar in Helsinki, September 2015
“Culture and art provide our society with creativity, critical thinking, empathy, confidence, risk tolerance and mutual respect. We believe that working with culture and art and through the cultural meeting, we create an essential part of the foundation for the Nordic region and societies to become sustainable” – Per Voetmann, director, Nordic Culture Point Programme…
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Building sound academia. What actually happened in Helsinki?
Are human beings more than merely brains attached to a chunk of flesh&bones, and does it make sense to imagine a modality of human interaction, we could call corporeal reflection? Workshops in nonverbal interaction for scholars at a wordy conference in Helsinki.
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Non-verbal communication and the “voice” of drums
“The garamut have two functions in this society. First, they are used to communicate between people through a code of beats, which enables the Reite to say things such as “the whiteman will come to eat banana in [a particular] hamlet tomorrow afternoon, as long as there is no rain” – this last sentence demands…
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To perform or not to perform? Well to perform, then!
Barefoot Sound Kitchen, a workshop format for non-musicians to join in on a collective sound improvisation with people they might not ever have met before.
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Consume! Consume!? Create!!
There was a lady saying: “This looks so simple, but having to actually use your voice in these microphones it made my heart beat double as fast!”. I guess we all have had this dream: You are standing on a stage, and you are supposed to perform something, maybe a ballet, maybe a solo piano…
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My 9 favorite tweets, Day Three at the conference
#culturalsustainability The clearest vision of The role of art in sustainability pic.twitter.com/BwYQv9OLbD — Per Voetmann (@pervoetmann) May 8, 2015 NathalieBlanc makes plea for political dimension of #culturalsustainability, essential given election results: how sustainable is Europe? — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 8, 2015 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596639394884354048 https://twitter.com/MirandaCampMTL/status/596312302112133120 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596636263102427136 https://twitter.com/MirandaCampMTL/status/596625846716235776 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596570991842713600 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596564231094456320 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596564726013939712
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My 10 favorite tweets from Day Two at the Culture(s) in sustainable futures Conference
https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/596363902809681921 Completely packed parallel session reveals #measurement & methodology are in high demand for #culturalsustainability pic.twitter.com/pXgKUGpwcL — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 7, 2015 Agyeman cites Wilkinson & Pickett (2009): "inequality… heightens competitive consumption" #culturalsustainability#justsustainabilities — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 7, 2015 #justsustainabilities: It costs +money to send people to prison than to Princeton, yet prisons…
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12 favorite tweets from day One at the conference about Cultural Sustainability in Helsinki
Day one at the Culture(s) in sustainable futures conference. These are my favorite tweets from the day: Bees, fiords & sound collectives will give us food for thought & chances to get immersed in #culturalsustainability pic.twitter.com/PLB22Wws3S — Beatriz Garcia (@beatriz_garcia) May 6, 2015 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595854843178278912 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595854266952187904 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595852398830219265 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595875800513191937 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595847926397706240 https://twitter.com/fnogr/status/595873187616968704 Philippe Vandenbroek on Wicked Problems, beautiful…
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Going to the conference in Helsinki? If not, join the live streaming
Not participating in the conference? Here’s a chance to experience part of the program as a live stream. Cultures in Sustainable Futures, webcast schedule: Wednesday, 6th May 9.30 – 11.00 Opening plenary 11.30 – 13.00 Plenary I: Culture as the fourth pillar of sustainability and beyond – a dream or achievable goal? Thursday, 7th May 9.00…