Within the framework of the Sustainable Development Goals SDGs, participation, cultural and social decision-making opportunities and access to education are defined as important dimensions for the goal of sustainability. At the symposium, lectures and open discussions from different perspectives stimulate a (new) exchange about the role of art and design for sustainability and take a different look at their potentials.
Invited guests David Maggs (Metcalf Foundation, Toronto) and Tuulikki Laes (University of the Arts Helsinki) have been addressing these questions respectively for some time. David Maggs, via his scholarly explorations of sustainability and from his own experiences as a musician, notes that in our enthusiasm for innovative approaches to stubborn problems, transdisciplinary work with arts practices has spent too little time considering essential questions. In her research on pedagogies, Tuulikki Laes sees the need for a clear sense of art’s deeper value propositions along with education and social work as well as a professionalism within the disciplinary fields and social sustainability. To redeem this, Laes works with systems thinking, ethnography and decolonial methodologies to achieve critical inquiry and a development of inclusive, intercultural practices and social responsibility.
The responses by Julia Steinberger (Université de Lausanne) and Kijan Espahangizi (Universität Zürich) allow us to consider further dimensions: Julia Steinbergers focus on the definition of what a “good” life is – that is, one that meets the necessary conditions for sustainability and justice; and Kijan Espahangizis historical perspective from the point of view of critical migration, will enable us to extend these reflections from and on art.
The goal of the symposium is to open up the public discourse on sustainability around thoughts on inequality, power relation, coloniality, normativity and responsibility. By engaging in the sustainability discourse along these foci, we aim to raise awareness of connections. In doing so, we will also need to question the role of learning and teaching as well as higher education and its institutions.
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Registration. Participation is free of charge.
Location: Kunstraum 5.K12, Toni Areal Pfingstweidstrasse 96
Program
11.30h Welcoming by Andreas Vogel, Head of Department of Cultural Analysis, Karin Zindel, Dossier Nachhaltigkeit, and Sophie Vögele, convenor of the symposium
11.40-13h
Keynote 1 «Closing the Culture Gap: Sustainability, Transformation, and the Role of Art» by David Maggs
Keynote 2 «Ecological transitions within higher music education: Reflections from art-science collaboration» by Tuulikki Laes
Responses «Extending Perspectives» by Julia Steinberger and Kijan Espahangizi
Kunstraum 5.K12, 90′, English, wheelchair-accessible, tactile lines on the floor, approx. 60 people in one room
LUNCH Culinary art by Laura Bodenmann
Kunstraum 5.K12 and outdoors on the ramp, 40′, tables and chairs, chill-out area with cushions, vegetarian fingerfood. Coffee, tea and water in Kunstraum
13.40-14.45h Plenary Discussion hosted by Isabela Gygax and Sophie Vögele: Questions regarding the Arts, Culture and Responsibility
Kunstraum 5.K12, 60′, English. Questions and discussion inputs possible in German with joint translation
15-16.30h Parallel Workshops
Workshop 1 «What are the Arts for Public Space and Cultural Participation? Taking a Stroll to the Stadionbrache to Scrutinize Signs and Interrogate Subversive Practices» by Tiny Food Forest with Alina Schmuziger. In dialogue with David Maggs (ENGL)
Walk on foot to the Stadionbrache and back, 90′, English. Questions and discussion inputs ipossible n German with joint translation. Wheelchair-accessible, 15-20 people
Workshop 2 «WIR projizieren - projecting WE» by RU Kollektiv (Sandra Masal and Kim Kellermann). In dialogue with Tuulikki Laes (GER and ENGL)
Galerie 1, 4.K13, 90′, English and German with joint translation. Wheelchair-accessible, tactile lines on the floor, 15-20 people
Workshop 3 «‹Sag mir deine Lieblingsautor*innen!› Erfahrungsaustausch zur Schärfung des impliziten kritischen Blicks» by Kapi Kapinga Grab (GER)
Kunstraum 5.K12, 90′, German, 15-20 people
Workshop 4 «Campus4Biodiversity: Lernen durch Engagement» by Noémie Antonio, Timea Rusz, Urs Stalder and Barbora Starovicova. In dialogue with Isabela Gygax (GER)
Kaskadenfoyer 5.K04 and tour of the roof garden, 90′, German. Wheelchair-accessible, tactile lines on the floor, 15-20 people
16.45-17.15h Wrap Up Symposium with reports by conference observers Cherry-Ann Morgan and Yvonne Schmidt
Kunstraum 5.K12, 45′, English, approx. 60 people in one room
17.30h End with snacks and beer to let the day fade away
Involvement and contributions by: Valentin:e Brasser, Maëlle Cornut, Laura Hew, Stefan Wegmüller and Sascha Willenbacher.
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The main language of the symposium is English. The symposium is part of the SAGW series Recto-Verso Cultural Participation and of the event series "Recht auf Wir. Wie geht das?" [Right for We. How to?]. The latter is organized once a semester to accompany the project "Recht auf Wir" from the Research in Art Education at the Department of Cultural Analysis, DKV. The project is a cooperation of the HSLU, the PH-FHNW and the ZHdK (Leading House). It is supported by the Federal Commission on Migration FCM.
The symposium is convened by Sophie Vögele, partly-funded by the SAGW and is supported by the Dossier Nachhaltigkeit at the ZHdK.