Description
Exploring New MaterialismDoctoral School at the The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation
The course explores the implications of New Materialism philosophy for theory, criticism and practice in the fields of architecture, art, archeology and social science.
Scholarship acknowledging assemblages, the performative qualities of materials, and inorganic agency has gained a strong foothold through writers such as Deleuze, DeLanda, Harman, Whitehead, Bennett, Latour, etc. We are interested in discussing the concrete integration of their concepts in contemporary culture: How can an attention for material life and agency guide the empirical study of cultural artifacts? And how can empirical studies contribute to expanding, questioning and potentially renewing our thinking and concepts? How do notions of vibrancy and agency define material assemblages, which could consist of climate, buildings and occupants? How does New Materialism approach spatial, material and social aspects in the analysis of material assemblages? How are typically architectural and artistic notions of concept, atmosphere and subjective experience understood from the perspective of New Materialism?
The course consists of two one-day reading sessions in September/October and a two-day seminar in December. The reading sessions are intended as preparatory for the seminar which will be structured around two-three daily lectures by senior researchers (such as Riesto, Riis, Oxvig, Mikkel Bille (RUC), Dag Petersson (KADK) et al.) followed by paper presentations by PhD students, discussion and feedback from senior researchers. The two-day seminar will be kicked-off with an international keynote. The focus is on the integration of ideas and perspectives from or related to New Materialism into the student’s own research.
https://kadk.dk/kursusprogram-201718
| Period | 17 Nov 2006 → 17 Nov 2030 |
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| Event type | Course |
| Location | CopenhagenShow on map |