\r\n Author of Plant Thinking: A Philosophy of Vegetal Life<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
Rather than mere passive bystanders to history, plants act as agents, mediating relations both among people and between people and their environments, knowledge, markets, and politics, as well as serving as go betweens in non-human spheres. This conference explores the response of artists, writers and theorists to manifestations of plant agency considered through vegetal non-cognitive thought and non-representational memory, plant ethics and rights, and the relationship of humans and plants in the Anthropocene. It asks whether, moving beyond an anthropocentric concern with the instrumental value of plants, the vegetal world might offer models for coexistence and planetary being with relevance for human society, politics and economics. Considering also the knowledge of indigenous and ancient traditions about plants as co-members of the natural world, the conference highlights a range of intellectual and sensorial encounters with vegetation, focussing especially on the engagements of contemporary art with plant agency.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Speakers include: Monika Bakke (Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna\u0144), Isabel Hoving (Leiden University), Khadija von Zinnenberg Carroll (University of Birmingham), Patr\u00edcia Vieira (Georgetown University, USA), Uriel Orlow (artist, London), Bo Zheng (artist, Hong Kong), \u0160pela Petri\u010d (artist, Ljubljana), Chonja Lee (University of Bern), \u00c5sa Sonjasdotter (artist, Berlin), Christiane Erharter (curator, Vienna), Christine Mackey (artist, Ireland), Lea Vene (curator, Zagreb) and Sendy Osmi\u010devi\u0107 (environmental scientist, Zagreb), Ad\u00e9la Kremplov\u00e1 (Czech Academy of Sciences), Tatiana Safonova (Central European University), \u00c1gnes Bakk and Bence Gy\u00f6rgy P\u00e1link\u00e1s (artists, Budapest), Stefan Voicu (Central European University), Elizabeth Loudon (Central European University) and Alan Watt (Central European University).<\/p>\r\n\r\n
This conference is organised by the Environmental Arts and Humanities Initiative (EAH) at Central European University in collaboration with Translocal Institute. The Environmental arts and Humanities Initiative aims to create a common platform for academic researchers, artists, and ecological activists creatively negotiating planetary issues at the intersection between scientific and humanities-based approaches to the environment. The conference committee is made up of EAH members Maja Fowkes, Reuben Fowkes, Alan Watt, Guntra Aistara and Hyaesin Yoon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Program:<\/p>\r\n\r\n
2017. m\u00e1jus 5 (p\u00e9ntek)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n 14.30\u00a0\u00a0 Registration<\/p>\r\n\r\n 15.00\u00a0\u00a0 Introduction: 15.15\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 1<\/p>\r\n\r\n Monika Bakke (Adam Mickiewicz University in Pozna\u0144) \u00c5sa Sonjasdotter (artist, Berlin) \u0160pela Petri\u010d (artist, Ljubljana) 16.50\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 2<\/p>\r\n\r\n Alan Watt (Central European University) \u00c1gnes Bakk, Bence Gy\u00f6rgy P\u00e1link\u00e1s (artists, Budapest) Christine Mackey (artist, Ireland) 18.05\u00a0\u00a0 Film Screening 18.35\u00a0\u00a0 Wine reception<\/p>\r\n\r\n 2017. m\u00e1jus 6 (szombat)<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n 9.00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Registration<\/p>\r\n\r\n 9.30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 3 Ad\u00e9la Kremplov\u00e1 (Czech Academy of Sciences) Chonja Lee (University of Bern) Uriel Orlow (artist, London) 11.20\u00a0\u00a0 Coffee break<\/p>\r\n\r\n 11.40\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 4<\/p>\r\n\r\n Isabel Hoving (Leiden University) Christiane Erharter (curator, Vienna) Patr\u00edcia Vieira (Georgetown University, USA) 13.00\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch break<\/p>\r\n\r\n 13.45\u00a0\u00a0 Book Salon 14.15\u00a0\u00a0 Panel 5<\/p>\r\n\r\n Bo Zheng (artist, Hong Kong) Stefan Voicu (Central European University) Lea Vene (curator, Zagreb) and Sendy Osmi\u010devi\u0107 (environmental scientist, Zagreb) Tatiana Safonova (Central European University) 16.00\u00a0 CEU Roof Garden Tour led by: 16.30\u00a0 Keynote lecture: 17.20\u00a0\u00a0 Roundtable discussion<\/p>\r\n\r\n 17.50\u00a0\u00a0 Finish<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Maja and Reuben Fowkes (Translocal Institute \/ EAH)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n The Geologic Life of Plants <\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n A Muddy Place for Art<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Vegetal Otherness, Intimately<\/em>
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\r\n 16.30\u00a0 Coffee break<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Dangerous roots: exploring autochthony\u2019s problematic environmental appeal<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Invasive Alien?<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Seed Matter<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n The Crown Against Mafavuke & Muthi<\/em>, by Uriel Orlow (2016 SA\/UK)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Khadija von Zinnenberg Carroll (University of Birmingham)
\r\n Botanical Drift: Economic Botany and its plant protagonists<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Nature Lost in Translation: Nature Construction in Leisure Venues<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Ballets botaniques: How early film makes the plant soul visible in France<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Theatrum Botanicum<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n The Queerness of Nature in Caribbean Writing: Rethinking Race, Gender, and Desire Through Plants<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Wilderness creates Diversity: Discussing the plants of Kaucyila Brooke (USA) and Lois Weinberger (A)<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Phytographia: Writing with Plants<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Presentation of a selection of recent publications by conference speakers. Organised by Erik Hansen (Central European University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Weed Party: Plants and Politics in China<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Fungal (Dis)Connections. Ergot, Wheat and Global Commodity Trade<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Seed for the Future<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Annuals as Perfect Commodities: Plants and People in a Small Flower Nursery in Hungary<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Elizabeth Loudon (Central European University)<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\n Michael Marder (Ikerbasque Research Professor of Philosophy at the University of the Basque Country, Spain, and Professor-at-Large at the Humanities Institute of Diego Portales University, Chile)
\r\n Let\u2019s not hurry to leave the middle: Lingering with plants<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n
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