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.
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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