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C37.CU4.08

The environment between philosophical conceptualisation and environmental aesthetics

  • Reference person
    Luigi
    Perissinotto
    lperissi@unive.it
  • Host University/Institute
    University Ca' Foscari of Venice
  • Internship
    N
  • Research Keywords
    Nature
    Anthropocene,
    Environmental Aesthetics
  • Reference ERCs
    SH5_9 M
    SH5_4 V
    SH4_13
  • Reference SDGs
    GOAL 3: Good Health and Well-being
    GOAL 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities
    GOAL 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
  • Co-Supervisor

Description

Suggested skills:

The candidate must have a solid training in the field of philosophy and artistic and cultural studies, with particular reference to aesthetics, art philosophy, epistemology, art philosophy, new media, and must know how to use these knowledge and skills in relation to issues concerning the environment with particular reference, on the one hand, to the interactions between the environment and living beings, also including non-human beings (in a historical and critical-theoretical perspective) and, on the one hand, on the other hand, to artistic experiences and practices relating to the environment and its dynamics.

Research team and environment

The team is made up of Luigi Perissinotto, Cristina Baldacci, Roberta Dreon, Diego Mantoan, Pietro Daniel Omodeo to which Shaul Bass, Elisa Caldarola, Alessandra Cecilia, Jacomuzzzi will be added. These are researchers who belong to 3 different Departments (Philosophy and Cultural Heritage, Humanities, Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies) of the Ca 'Foscari University of Venice. For some years they have been working on issues related to the philosophy of the environment, the concept of nature and the relationship between natural and conventional, environmental aesthetics, anthropocene. The JOLMA (The Journal for the Philosophy of Language, Mind and the Arts) belongs to this group; some of them are members of NICEH (The New Institute Center for Environmental Humanities) (Ca' Foscari).