Summer School

Nature and Culture: Between Classical German Philosophy and Contemporary Perspectives

PROGRAMME

MONDAY, 9TH SEPTEMBER

OPENING LECTURE

Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch Gulinelli

15.00: Welcome and introduction  Fiorinda Li Vigni (IISF), Luca Illetterati (Padua), Luca Corti (Padua)

15.15 – 17.15: Opening lecture

Tim Ingold (Aberdeen): Nature Begets, Culture Nourishes: Steps Toward A New Humanism

TUESDAY  10TH SEPTEMBER

NATURE AND CULTURE: PERSPECTIVES FROM CLASSICAL GERMAN PHILOSOPHY

Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch Gulinelli

Morning lectures

9.30 – 10.45: Thomas Khurana  (Potsdam): Altera Natura: The Anthropocene as an Aesthetic Problem 

11.15 – 12.30 : Luca Illetterati (Padua): The Reconceptualization of Nature in Classical German Philosophy

 Afternoon discussion

Aula Diano, Palazzo Liviano

Chairs: Giulia Bernard | Mattia Megli | Armando Manchisi, Giovanna Luciano

14.30 – 16.00: Seminar Discussion

16.30 – 18.00: Seminar Discussion

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11th

NATURE AND CULTURE: ANTHROPOLOGY AND CULTURAL EVOLUTION

Sala delle Edicole, Palazzo del Capitanio

Morning lectures

9.30 – 10.45: Nadia Breda (Firenze): Le nature e le culture secondo l'antropologia di Philippe Descola: Esperienze sul campo con l'approccio descoliano

11.15 – 12.30: Tarek Elhaik (UC Davis): Curating Anthropos: Another Kind of Listening

Afternoon discussion

Aula Diano, Palazzo Liviano

Chairs:  Chiara Cremonesi, Ilaria Bussoni, Elisa Gremmo, Emma Lavinia Bon

14.30 – 16.00:  Seminar Discussion

16.30 – 18.00: Seminar Discussion

THURSDAY 12th SEPTEMBER

NATURE AND CULTURE: AESTHETICS AND LITERATURE

Aula Diano, Palazzo Liviano

Morning lectures

9.30 – 10.45: Mariagrazia Portera  (Firenze): Promises and pitfalls of naturalism in aesthetics. From the evolutionary framework to contemporary Environmental Humanities

11.00 – 12.30: Seminar Discussion 

Chair: Ilaria Bussoni, Laura Dequal, Alberto Merzari

Afternoon discussion

Tour of the exhibition (optional): Pierre Huyghe, Liminal (Venice, Punta della Dogana)

 https://www.pinaultcollection.com/palazzograssi/it/pierre-huyghe-liminal

FRIDAY 13th SEPTEMBER

CLOSING LECTURE 

Sala Bortolami, Palazzo Jonoch Gulinelli

10.00 – 12.00: Pieranna Garavaso  (Minnesota): Nature vs. Culture: Perspectives from Feminist Epistemologies