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Call for Abstracts
Fifth Annual Geo-aesthetics Conference
March 8-9, 2013
Geo-aesthetics and World
Peace
The International Association for the Study of Environment, Space, and Place
will sponsor the Fifth Geo-aesthetics
Conference at Towson University. The conference is co-sponsored by the Towson
University Department of Philosophy.
In
the light of the rise of modern subjectivism, one should not be surprised to
find out that aesthetic experience has increasingly fallen under the reign of
subjectivism. The construction of the individual as a self-enclosed entity has
led to the restriction of aesthetic experience to such an enclosure.
Accordingly, for many of us, aesthetic experience is a matter of inwardness. It
is a matter for what is private. This location has become a refuge where one
finds solace or inner peace. This circumscription of aesthetic experience has
severed a deeper relation the individual has with others. The encounter with
other individuals is often an encounter with other isolated beings.
Consequently, aesthetic experience appears foreign to the experience of the
common bond that human beings ought to have with one another. The more
individuals exclusively cultivate inner peace, the more they become estranged
from experiencing the common bond they have with other human beings and, hence,
from a truly authentic peace. Since, for us, “to be” is to be “in-the-world”,
genuine peace can only be cultivated in an aesthetic experience that is rooted
in-the-world and that embraces the bond that all human beings have with one
another. The conference seeks to bring together those who are interested in
sharing their views on this matter. Since the world is essentially sensuous,
participants will share with each other their sense of sensuous rootedness
in-the-world and also on how this rootedness bears on world peace. Presentations
that seek to affirm or reclaim the sensuous as the site for the generation,
preservation, and promotion of the world peace are welcome.
Submit a 200 word abstract via e-mail to John Murungi:
jmurungi@towson.edu
Presentations of art works, musical performances, poetry readings, and
theatrical performances are encouraged.
For further information please contact Murungi via e-mail or, call 410-704-3935
Deadline for submission: January 15, 2013