Phenomenology has inspired countless pieces of art, literature and music, and has influenced\u00a0disciplines as diverse as theology, cognitive science, anthropology, ecology, architecture and\u00a0nursing. Phenomenology can also be seen as a precursor to other philosophical and\u00a0theoretical movements including post-structuralism, deconstruction, post-modernism and\u00a0ecocriticism. Through cross-disciplinary questioning and discussion, this One Day Symposium\u00a0on 24 June 2016 at the University of Kent will reassess extant assumptions about\u00a0phenomenology. Edmund Husserl thought of phenomenology as a \u2018first philosophy,\u2019 a\u00a0philosophy of a \u2018radical beginning.\u2019 Maurice Merleau-Ponty re-evaluates this notion when\u00a0describing the body-subject as a \u2018perpetual beginner\u2019 whose existence is grounded in a\u00a0continuous interrogation of perceptual experience. Similarly, Martin Heidegger thought of\u00a0phenomenology as a \u2018readiness for the questionable.\u2019 Through effective questioning, this\u00a0symposium will discuss and compare phenomenological scholarship and practice across\u00a0academia and other professions and arrive at a clearer sense of why there is a growing\u00a0interest in phenomenology in the 21st century.<\/p>\n
We invite academics and professionals across and far beyond the arts, spanning from literary\u00a0scholars to art historians, historians, sociologists, criminologists, philosophers, anthropologists,\u00a0architects, medical practitioners, business professionals, landscape engineers, creative writers,\u00a0musicians, artists and others.<\/p>\n
Keeping in the spirit of the event, we hope that papers will open up, rather than close down,\u00a0discussion, providing points for phenomenological interrogation and debate rather than\u00a0offering a finely polished thesis. Thus, please send short abstracts, for a 15-minute paper,\u00a0consisting of a title in the form of a discussion question and 150 words explaining the focus\u00a0of your paper to phenomenology@kent.ac.uk by 15 February 2016. Please make it clear if\u00a0you wish to feature as a respondent too. On the day, respondents assigned to discussion\u00a0panels consisting of 3 individuals will be expected to reiterate the questions raised, respond\u00a0and open the discussion to the rest of the audience for further questioning. Please also get in\u00a0touch if you\u2019re a postgraduate student interested in participating in a round table discussion.<\/p>\n
This event is run by the School of English at the University of Kent and supported by Oxford\u00a0Phenomenology Network. The convenors of the event are Dr Ariane Mildenberg, Dr Cleo\u00a0Hanaway-Oakley and Matthew Carbery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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