BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Grails iCalendar plugin//NONSGML Grails iCalendar plugin//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260525T035551Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230612T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20230614T170000 SUMMARY:Scoping Sustainable Aesthetics – Rethinking Nature\, Man-Made Environment UID:20260615T005527Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-6b96c54f56-bljdq TZID:Europe/Helsinki LOCATION:Lahti\, Finland DESCRIPTION:

With this three-day conference celebrating the IIAA&rsquo\;s thirty years of facilitating thought formation on environmental \;aesthetics\, the aim of the IIAA is to bring together people interested in the interface between philosophical/applied \;aesthetics \;and those approaches that seek to enhance ecological and social sustainability.

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The IIAA was founded in Lahti in June 1993 by the University of Helsinki\, the City of Lahti\, the Finnish Society for \;Aesthetics\, and the Pä\;ijä\;t-Hä\;me Region University Association. The first Summer Congress was held in 1995\, after the World Congress in \;Aesthetics \;in Lahti\, under the title &ldquo\;Nature\, Man-Made Environment.&rdquo\; The City of Lahti has offered a base for the IIAA since the beginning. A lot has happened with environmental issues in the world since the 1990s. The city of Lahti has celebrated this change as its sustainability transformation (https://greenlahti.fi/en).

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During the past thirty years\, the idea of sustainability has become pervasive in all areas of human life\, but we are still far from achieving\, for example\, the United Nations&rsquo\; sustainability goals (UN SDGs). Nevertheless\, with the rise of sustainability-related discussion and work\, we have witnessed the return of moral interest that concerns care\, respect\, accountability\, and ethical development\, not only within and about the human community\, but also beyond. Philosophical \;aesthetics \;has addressed these issues\, especially in relation to environmental and everyday \;aesthetics.

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The aim of the IIAA&rsquo\;s XV international conference is to scope the potentials and risks of \;sustainable \;aesthetics\, to critically investigate its status in the contemporary world and influence on the future(s). &ldquo\;Scoping \;Sustainable \;Aesthetics&rdquo\; thus invites us to (re)think about the role of \;aesthetics \;in \;sustainable \;development and the contemporary transitions towards environmentally \;sustainable \;and socially just well-being of both humans and non-humans.

ORGANIZER;CN=Arto Haapala;CN=Virpi Kaukio: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR