Program

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9.30 COFFEE, REGISTRATION

10.00-11.00 OPENING DISCUSSION: WHY CLIMATE AND DEATH?

Sofia restaurant (main building)

Why Climate and Death? Perspectives from the organizing committee

Rosa Rantanen, Safer Climate, INAR, ACCC, University of Helsinki

Ines Montalvao, Artists with Evidence

Maija Butters, the Finnish Death Studies Association, University of Helsinki

Heidi Kosonen, the Finnish Death Studies Association, University of Jyväskylä

Taneli Saari, Tunne ry

Juni Sinkkonen, Tunne ry

Introduction of Kulkugalleria

Talks

Inka Laisi & Renske Visser: Small Matters when It Comes to Life and Death

Panu Pihkala: Climate Change and Bereavement

11.00-12.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS

1 / On Grief and Recognizing Value Beyond Humans

Sofia restaurant (main building)

Elina Hytönen-Ng Laments as a Tool for Environmental Criticism

Sanna Karhu Repressed Grief, Concealed Shock: Climate Emotions, Death, and Nonhuman Animals

Eline Gaudé Through Meltwater and Ash: Ceremony for a Dying Glacier

Joshua Hurtado Futuristic Science Fiction, Socio-Ecological Crises and Death Politics

Juuso Kähönen Contemplation of Death and Environmental Values

2 / On Listening to What the Atmosphere is Telling Us

Seminar room Valburga (building C)

Juan Duarte Atmospheric listening

Eeva Houtbeckers Untame Podcast

Cristóbal Montesinos Nature-Based Funeral Practices in Urban Cemeteries for Climate Adaptation (online)

Outi Meinander, Andreas Uppstu and Niko Karvosenoja IBA-ILMA project: Climate & Death from Three Points of View

talk / Climate Change and Dust Air Pollution Affecting Mortality, Health and Wellbeing
play / Icelandic Westmann Isles Atmospheric Measurements Are Under Threat to Be Terminated, What Can We Do?
photo exhibition / Icelandic Glaciers Are Dying

12.00-13.30 LUNCH BREAK at Sofia Restaurant

Food for Thought During the Lunch Break

Bukunmi Oyewole Live and Let Live / digital photo exhibition

Auditorium (Sofia main building)

IBA-ILMA Project Icelandic Glaciers Are Dying / photo exhibition

Sofia lobby

Walk by the waterfront around Sofia / Printed maps available in the lobby

You can enjoy a walk in the lovely nature around Sofia by yourself or with old & new friends. This activity is independent and voluntary - just a grab a map from the lobby and get started! Make sure you have weather appropriate clothes and shoes.

13.30-15.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS: FILMS AND WORKSHOPS

Registration to workshop on-site / Read workshop descriptions here

Films and Discussion

Seminar room Valburga (building C)

Tiina Ristola Once There Were Humans (online talk)

Kaisa Penttilä The Landing (animation)

Monica Seppänen Elämän eliksiiri/The Elixir of Life (short film)

Simon Vinsenzi FROM THE DEAD AIR ORGY: On the Nature of Things (broadcast)

Raisa Foster End of a Story (short film)

Eco-emotions Workshop: Exploring Grief Through Collective Eco-Poetry and Embodiment

Paraskeva (fireplace room downstairs)

Juni Sinkkonen, psychologist, Tunne ry