14. November: Litteraturhuset
[12.00-13.00 Lunch for speakers (Kverneland)] 13.00-13.15 Welcome and presentation of Eco-emotions (Kverneland) 13.15-15.00 Session 1.
Air in Contemporary Literature I (Kverneland)Luca Baruffa, La Sapienza, RomeAir as Poetic Coagulant: Science, Literature, and Environment in Durs Grünbein’s Lob des Taifuns Maxime Geervliet, University of EdinburghWind, Water, and Eco-Emotions in The Outrun (2016) and Swimming with Seals (2017): Movement and (In)Accessibility in Contemporary Life Writing on the Orkney Islands Christiania Hummelsund Voie, University of Southeast Norway“The Throttled Earth”: The New Horizon of Climate Nature Writing 15.00-16.00 Coffee break (Kverneland) 16.00-19.00 Session 2. Environmental storytelling and artistic workshop (Nedjma)16.00-16.15 Welcome by Frode Helland, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Oslo 16.15-17.00 Beth Gardiner (environmental journalist), Environmental storytelling in times of crisis 17.00-17.15 Break
17.15-18.15 Artistic workshop: Air in Images and Words, Voice and Body
With invited artists: Karen Aarre (visual artist)Espen Stueland (poet and essayist)Michael Lundblad (writer)Torgeir Vassvik (arctic sound magician) 18.15-18.30 Break 18.30-19.00 Exchange of voices and perspectives: conversation with Karen Aarre, Espen Stueland, Michael Lundblad 19.00 Dinner at Kunstnernes hus (self-paying)