Eco-Emotions on Air

The theme for the 2024 Eco-Emotions conference is Air. The conference will take place 14–15 November 2024, Oslo.

Icon of a placeKverneland (2. et) og Nedjma (3. et)

Plakt
Photo: Kaja Ladstein

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)

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Do you want to rent Kverneland?

This event will take place in Kverneland. Kverneland er en lys sal med utsikt mot Slottsparken.

Bilde av salen Kverneland på Litteraturhuset, med en stor veggillustrasjon som viser norske forfattere, tegnet av Steffen Kverneland.

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