Acts of Non-Violence, Signs of Healing - The Role of Arts in the Public Space, from a Phenomenological Approach - 10th May

This international conference explores the phenomenological turn to 'first relationships'. It assesses how attending to basic structures of relationship, through artistic perception, enables us to envision systems of healing and peace. This conference is for academics and artist-practitioners. The conference will will finish with an interactive workshop led by Dr Verónica Cohen (Paris).

Speakers are invited to propose a short 15-minute presentation on the topic, in their discipline of choice.

This can involve exploring:

• the role between the artist as creator and therapist
• the creator and collaborator paradigms
• social prescribing paradigms and the role of the arts
• the art as symbol for bodied experience
• the divergent phenomenological traditions of the body in its role as artist and responsible.

For those who wish to present, send a short abstract and title by 17th March to Anna: anna.westin@stmarys.ac.uk.

Those who wish to attend the conference without presenting are also welcome.