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GIMME SHELTER Global discourses in aesthetics IAA/DAF/NGE October 8,9 and 10 2009 University of Amsterdam Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18 1012 CP Amsterdam International Association for Aesthetics Dutch Aesthetics Federation Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica Topic of the conference Globalisation is far more than an economic process; it affects social and cultural dimensions of life. Not only money and goods, but also people wander around and so do images, sounds and texts. The corollary of these globalisation processes is the tendency to seek shelter, as it were, in the supposed stability of traditionally defined identities and beliefs. It can be questioned whether traditional cultures were ever closed and homogeneous, territorially defined wholes; through contemporary media, however, the geographical boundaries between cultures seem to dissolve rapidly in favour of other, less clear-cut ones defined by religious, political or life-style preferences. Internet, in particular, has enabled dissemination of professional and amateur cultural production and consumption on an unprecedented scale, providing new venues of cultural exchange but also fostering new types of cultural conflict. Local cultures are increasingly being affected by global processes, but the global might acquire different meanings in different localities. In this context, the discourses of aesthetics and philosophies of art need to face some central questions. How do artistic practices and aesthetic experiences change in response to these developments and how are these changes adequately articulated theoretically? When reflections on the significance of art and aesthetic experiences can no longer pretend to be universal, is there still a possibility to lay claim on a wider validity than merely that of one's particular culture? What type of vocabulary allows for mutual dialogical or even polylogical exchanges and understandings when different traditions meet, without obliterating local differences? Is there a possibility for a creative re-description of globalization? And is there a meaning of 'the global' that cannot be reduced to universalism and unification? Can we seek shelter in a legitimate way? Organizing committee Josef Früchtl (University of Amsterdam) Cornée Jacobs (Willem de Kooning Academy Rotterdam) Sybrandt van Keulen (University of Amsterdam) Jos de Mul (Erasmus University Rotterdam) Renée van de Vall (Maastricht University Programme October 8 14.00-16.00 Meeting IAA Executive Committee 15.00-16.00 Registration 16.00 Openings President IAA/ Secretary DAF 16.30 -17.30 Plenary lecture plus discussion Ruth Sonderegger On what the global art market neglects and why it is everywhere 17.30 Drinks 19.30 "Food for thought" 22.00 Meeting point October 9 9.00 - 10.00 Registration 10.00- 11.00 Plenary lecture plus discussion Heinz Kimmerle How different is the art of different cultures? 11. 00 - 11.30 Tea 11.30 - 13.30 Panel 1 Framing global discourses (1) 11.30- 13.30 Panel 2 Tradition, modernism and the avant-garde 13.30 - 14.30 Lunch 14.30 - 16.30 Panel 3 Framing global discourses (2) 14.30 - 16.30 Panel 4 Shifting standards of aesthetic judgment 16.30 - 17.00 Tea 17.00 - 18.00 Plenary lecture plus discussion Kitty Zijlmans Contemporary art as a school of world art studies: when academia meets art 19.00 Conference dinner 22.00 Meeting point October 10 9.00 - 10.30 Meeting NGE 9.00-10.30 Meeting IAA EC 10.30 - 11.00 Tea 11.00-13.00 Panel 5 Framing global discourses (3) 11.00-13.00 Panel 6 Urbanization, landscapes and the aesthetics of nature (1) 13.00-14.00 Lunch 14.00-15.00 Plenary lecture plus discussion Patricia Pisters Violence and laughter: The paradoxes of nomadic aesthetics in contemporary screen culture 15.00 - 17.00 Panel 7 New technologies and communities 15.00 - 17.00 Panel 8 Urbanization, landscapes and the aesthetics of nature (2) 17.00 - 17.30 Tea 17.30 - 18.30 Round Table about the publication A.van den Braembussche, H. Kimmerle and N. Note (eds.), Intercultural aesthetics. A worldview perspective. Springer 2009. 18.30 Drinks 22.00 Meeting point Conference fees (for audience): 75 EUR (including lunches on 9 and 10 October; drinks on 8 and 10) NGE members: 50 EUR Students: free (lunches not included) Optional: dinner 8 October 30 EUR Please pay by transferring the required amount on: Account number 6395303 Nederlands Genootschap voor Esthetica Amsterdam IBAN: NL66INGB 0006 3953 03 BIC: INGBNL2A mentioning "Gimme Shelter" and - if applicable - "Dinner". Panels 1. Framing global discourses (1) October 9 11.30 - 13.30 Transcultural studies in aesthetics Krystyna Wilkoszewska Jagiellonian University, Cracow Turns and Returns: "Home" for Global Art History Parul Dave Mukherji, Jawarhalal Nehru University New Delhi Seeking shelter under Darwin's umbrella Katya Mandoki Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana in México A Modern Myth: To Be Swallowed up by Globalization or to Assimilate the World Taking China as an Example Wang Jianjiang Gansu Association for Aesthetics. Lanzhou, China 2. Tradition, modernism and the avant-garde October 9 11.30 - 13.30 Modernity, globalization and postcolonial situation of visual arts in North Africa Rachida Triki University of Tunis (Tunisia) Globalization and the Avant-Garde in Chinese Contemporary Art" Curtis L. Carter Marquette University's Department of Philosophy, Milwaukee, USA and at the Les Aspin Center for Government, Washington, D. C. USA The Impacts of the European Union on the Art Scene in Turkey Esra Harika Oskay Sabanki University >From Slogans to Urban Sceneries Susan Habib, Ph.D. Islamic Azad University, Tafresh Campus, Iran 3. Framing global discourses (2) October 9 14.30 - 16.30 Global aesthetics Sybrandt van Keulen University of Amsterdam Aesthetic universals in a global context Madalina Diaconu University of Vienna On the utility of an Universal's fiction Liliana Coutinho Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne 4. Shifting standards of aesthetic judgment October 9 14.30 - 16.30 Between Marketable Exoticism and Intercultural Translation: Cultural Difference in Indian Literature in English Sandra Heinen Are there Cultural Limits to the Understanding and the Experience of Works of Art? Stefan Deines Goethe Universitat Frankfurt Looking for Nasreen. Towards an engaged and open-ended global discourse in aesthetics Renée van de Vall Maastricht University, The Netherlands African art in western exhibitions. Concerning the revival of beauty in aesthetics Cornée Jacobs Willem de Kooning Academy, The Netherlands 5. Framing global discourses (3) October 10 11.00-13.00 Earth as a global aesthetical category? On the use of Heideggers thinking on art in a globalizing world. Kees Vuyk Utrecht University, Netherlands Globalization, Technology, Aesthetics Erik Vogt Trinity College, USA; University of Vienna, Austria Aesthetic Judgment in a Global Context Arnold Berleant (em.) Long Island University, New York "Historical significance" and the value of art Annelies Monseré University of Ghent 6. Urbanization, landscapes and the aesthetics of nature (1) October10 11.00-13.00 Memory as Resistance / Identity and Urban Form Jale Erzen, METIS University Ankara The historical city as shelter of XXI century Paola Ardizzola free lance art critic, Ph.D in History of architecture and City-planning Taking Shelter: Kant's Globe and Parasite Architecture Sean de Koekkoek There is no Good Housing in the Estate of the Real. Universality and the Ambivalence of Aesthetic Indeterminacy Johan Hartle University of Amsterdam 7. New technologies and communities October10 15.00 - 17.00 Global arts and database culture Jos de Mul, Erasmus University Rotterdam Globalization and Arts Christina Papageorgiou N.T.U. Athens Creative togetherness in culture and the arts: platforms for a new global humanism Tom De Mette (Vrije Universiteit Brussel) Survival Kits. Artistic Responses on Globalisation Marga van Mechelen University of Amsterdam 8. Urbanization, landscapes and the aesthetics of nature (2) October10 15.00 - 17.00 Seeking an Integrative Aesthetics for Sustainable Design Jusuck Koh, Ph.D. Wageningen University The Chinese concept "Tianxia" (land under the sun) and Aesthetic "Bafang Wuhai" (harmless in all aspects) Professor Wang Northeast Normal University Changchun, Jilin, China The Platonic Mimesis versus the Chinese Linmo Keping Wang Beijing International Studies University Rethinking the Aesthetics of Nature as a 'Global' Vocabulary: In the Discourse of Romantic Representations in Intercultural Scenes Prof. Dr. Yuko Nakama Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan ______________________________________________________ * Verspreid via nettime-nl. Commercieel gebruik niet * toegestaan zonder toestemming. <nettime-nl> is een * open en ongemodereerde mailinglist over net-kritiek. * Meer info, archief & anderstalige edities: * http://www.nettime.org/. * Contact: Menno Grootveld (rabotnik@xs4all.nl).