Programme

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We are following Eastern European Time (Helsinki, Finland UTC+2)

Thursday 19.11.2020

14.30 – 15.00 Opening words, Ylätaso collective

15.00 – 15.45 Artist keynote Raisa Foster (FIN) The Work of Art in the Time of More-than-human

15.45 – 16.00 Break

16.00 – 17.30 Set 1

  • Main room
    • Heta Ojell Spoken word about climate crisis
    • Jennifer Hatter-Flisher The Flint Water Crisis: An Ecofeminist Analysis of Water Rights in the Age of Neoliberalism
    • Henna-Elise Selkälä Bodies Louder than Words – Embodying Climate Justice by Co-creating Resistance through Choreography
  • Room I
    • Kasia Nawratek Weaving new polyphonic narratives: Architectural education in the time of climate crisis
    • Anni Rastas Local Inclinations, Global Obligations: Learning Emotional Strength and Connection with the Living but Dying Biosphere
    • Tarja Salmela “Can you talk to me if I just lay here and listen…” A noble plea for help from dying trees
  • Room II
    • Workshop: Marikki Arnkil On love and respect: Dialogical authority and Ecojustice education

17.30 – 18.15 Break

18.15 – 19.00 Keynote Rebecca Martusewicz (USA) Healing with a Horse: An Ecofeminist Meditation

19.00 – 19.15

  • Main room
    • Noora Kauppila Itku äidin haudalla – Dirge on the Mothers grave

19.15 – 19.30 Break

19.30 – 20.30 Set 2

  • Main room
    • Taimi Nevaluoma Defining a baseline for feminist practice in storytelling
    • Julianna Aurelia Runojen värinä (stage poetry)
  • Room II
    • Workshop: Arlene Tucker Knots

20.30

  • Main room
    • Music performance by Salla Kukko

 

Friday 20.11.2020

14.30 – 14.45 Opening

14.45 – 15.45 Set 3

  • Main room
    • Jani Pulkki & Sami Keto Ecofeminist idea of autonomy and the ecosocial philosophy of education
    • Kimmo Hokkanen A man weaved together
  • Room I
    • Essi Vesala PRACTICING COEXISTENCE – Formulating Ecological Thinking in Curatorial Practice
    • Aino-Kaisa Koistinen Writing companions – Cat-writing and the trouble of representation
  • Room II
    • Workshop: Anna Lehtonen & Nella Turkki Creative Tools and Climate Emotions

15.45 – 16.00 Break

16.00 – 17.30 Set 4

  • Main room
    • Mätäojan lapset collective Rihmasto
    • Minna Santaoja Interspecies ethics in crocheting wasps’ nests
    • Nóra Ugron Making Kin with/in Stories: The Possibilities of Kin Literacy
  • Room I
    • Jan Varpanen Self-education for Being with the World: The problematic hope?
    • Sonja Salomäki Can art HELP to break down mental barriers that allow keeping disadvantageous distance to climate crisis? – The affecting features of climate art activism
    • Nella Turkki Woven into the air: Dance as a Practice for Ecologically and Socially Just Communities
  • Room II
    • Workshop: Taina De Carvalho Art-based eco social pedagogy as part of school system: Towards a more empathic connection with oneself, others and more-than-human world

17.30 – 18.15 Break

18.15 – 19.00 Keynote Derek Rasmussen (CAN) We have to learn to love bigger

19.00 – 19.30

  • Main room
    • Fanny Torro The light within – empowering poetry meditation

19.30 – 20.30 Discussion

20.30 – 21.00 Final words, Ylätaso collective

 

Virtual art exhibition:

  • Susanna Hast & Mikko Palonkorpi Unfabricated Condition
  • Tina Jokitalo
  • Mätäojan lapset collective Rihmasto
  • Henrietta Pitkänen Journeying with the wild geese

 

Timetable edited 6th October

Timetable edited 23th October

Timetable edited 13th November