Alternative Cartography: representations of the Arctic through sonic arts, environmental photography and art history

Symposium Åsa Stjerna (Univ. Gothenborg / WONA) | Sonic Visions of the Arctic

 

This symposium presents outcomes of Åsa Stjerna’s postdoctoral artistic research, "Sonic Visions of the Arctic," (2021-2023) and brings together scholars from different Nordic regions who critically engage with established representations of the Arctic through sonic arts, environmental photography, art history, and sound studies.

 

 

For more info and Zoom-link: https://www.gu.se/en/event/alternative-cartographies

Arr. University of Gothenburg

Worlding Northern Art (WONA), UiT

 

Schedule:


9.30-9.40 Welcome & Introduction to symposium

9.40-10.30 Åsa Stjerna, Artist, Postdoc. University of Gothenburg,
Sonic Visions of the Arctic

10.30-10.45: Break

10.45-12.00: SENSUOUS CARTOGRAPHIES

Ania Mauruschat, Journalist, scholar and lecturer, focusing on sound and Environmental Humanities
Re-turning to Sila in Times of Global Climate Emergency


Michael Kjaer, PhD., Teaching associate professor at Department of Arts and Cultural Studies, University of Copenhagen
Surfacing Extreme Marine Environments in the Arctic Region


Stephanie von Spreter, PhD researcher in art history UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsö
Destructed Environments, Gendered Spaces and Colonial Legacies. Contemporary Art Practices Sensing the Arctic and the Circumpolar North

Moderator: Åsa Stjerna


 
13.00-14.00: PHOTOGRAPHIC TESTIMONIES

Tyrone Martinsson, Professor of photography at the Artistic Faculty, University of Gothenburg
Virtual Arctic Archive Svalbard


Hanna Horsberg Hansen, Professor of Art History, Academy of Arts at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsö
“Home” – On the concept of “home” in Emilie Demant Hatts (1873-1958) photographs

Moderator: Åsa Stjerna

 

14.15-15.00 MAPPING AS WORLDMAKING

Elin Haugdal, Professor in Art history at UiT, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsö
Indigenous cartography


Hanne Hammer Stien, Professor of Art History at Academy of Arts, UiT, The Arctic University of Norway.
The Urgency of Mapping and Mapmaking

Moderator: Åsa Stjerna


15.00-15.30 CONCLUDING REMARKS

When: 26.04.24 kl 09.30–15.30
Where: Zoom
Location / Campus: Tromsø
Target group: Studenter, Besøkende, Inviterte, Enhet, Ansatte
E-boastta: elin.haugdal@uit.no
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