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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240523T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Helsinki:20240524T170000
SUMMARY:The “Other Side” of Scaffolding and Niche Construction
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LOCATION:Seminaarinmäki\, Lyhty\, Jyväskylä\, Finland
DESCRIPTION:<p><strong>The &ldquo\;Other Side&rdquo\; of Scaffolding and Niche Construction</strong></p>\n<p>&nbsp\;Inn current philosophy of mind\, scaffolding and niche construction theories explain how we engineer and interact with our environments to influence our thinking\, feeling\, and behavior. This discussion has typically focused on the ways in which external resources are intentionally used for individual or collective benefit &ndash\; for example\, when one navigates with the help of Google Maps or when urban design provides city inhabitants with equal access to public goods. To counterbalance this positive view\, researchers have recently begun to investigate how environmental resources can likewise be engineered and employed to undermine\, subvert\, or take advantage of people (see\, e.g.\, Slaby\, 2016\; Coninx &amp\; Stephan\, 2021\; Carvalho &amp\; Krueger\, 2023\; Timms &amp\; Spurrett\, 2023). Such&nbsp\;<em>hostile</em>&nbsp\;or&nbsp\;<em>negative&nbsp\;</em>scaffolding may be found\, for instance\, in social media use that ostensibly promotes feelings of belonging but is simultaneously utilized by its owners to exploit the platform&rsquo\;s users. Another promising strand of research in this area examines the significance of the&nbsp\;<em>unconscious</em>&nbsp\;mind (see\, e.g.\, Saarinen\, 2024\; Taipale &amp\; Saarinen\, forthcoming). Indeed\, if we grant that both unconscious contents (like fantasies\, wishes\, and amorphous experiential elements) and unconscious operations&nbsp\;(like repression\, splitting\, and other defenses) can play a crucial role in our scaffolding and niche construction activities\, the overall picture becomes much more complicated than previously assumed. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The workshop focuses on these and other underexamined aspects of scaffolding and niche construction phenomena:&nbsp\;on their &ldquo\;other side&rdquo\;\, as it were. The aim is to diversify and enrich our understanding of the various factors that shape how we &ndash\; as embodied and environmentally situated beings &ndash\; come to think\, feel\, and behave as we do. The event is open to everyone but is in-person only\; no registration is required. For more information\, please contact Jussi Saarinen:&nbsp\;<a data-linkindex="0">jussi.a.saarinen@jyu.fi</a>. &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;<strong>Program</strong></p>\n<p><em>Thursday\, May 23</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>10.15&ndash\;10.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Opening words (Jussi Saarinen &amp\; Joona Taipale) &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>10.30&ndash\;11.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Achim Stephan (Osnabr&uuml\;ck University):&nbsp\;<em>Complexities of Mind Invasion</em></p>\n<p>11.30&ndash\;12.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Sabrina Coninx (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam):&nbsp\;<em>Narrative Niches and the Construction of Suffering</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>12.30&ndash\;14&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Lunch &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>14&ndash\;15&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Joel Krueger (University of Exeter):&nbsp\;<em>Affective Scaffolding and Affective Injustice</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>15&ndash\;16&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Giulia Piredda (&amp\; Jacopo Pallagrosi) (IUSS Pavia):<em>Affectivity on Four Legs: Dogs as Affective Scaffolds</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>16&ndash\;16.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Tea and coffee &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>16.30&ndash\;17.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Ida Rinne (University of Jyv&auml\;skyl&auml\;):&nbsp\;<em>Affective&nbsp\;Niche Construction and Children&rsquo\;s Agency in Childhood Communities</em> &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p><em>Friday\, May 24</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>10.30&ndash\;11.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Michael Wheeler (University of Stirling):&nbsp\;<em>Designing for Disruption: Smart Scaffolding\, Intrusive Spaces and Art that makes you Think</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>11.30&ndash\;12.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;John Sutton (University of Stirling):&nbsp\;<em>Place and Memory: Disruptions and Constructions</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>12.30&ndash\;14&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Lunch &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>14&ndash\;15&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Tom Roberts (University of Exeter):&nbsp\;<em>Negative Aesthetic Niche Construction</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>15&ndash\;15.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Tea and coffee &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>15.30&ndash\;16.30&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Jussi Saarinen &amp\; Joona Taipale (University of Jyv&auml\;skyl&auml\;):&nbsp\;<em>Scaffolding in the Dark: On the Unconscious Dimensions of Affect Regulation</em> &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>16.30&ndash\;16.45&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Closing words &nbsp\; &nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The workshop is co-organized by Jussi Saarinen and Joona Taipale\, and funded by&nbsp\;the&nbsp\;<em>Academy of Finland</em>&nbsp\;projects &ldquo\;Asymmetric Encounters: Intersubjectivity and the Sense of Boundaries&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;Situated Mind and Artistic Creativity&rdquo\;\,&nbsp\;and the&nbsp\;<em>Kone&nbsp\;Foundation</em>&nbsp\;project&nbsp\;&rdquo\;Experiential Demarcation: Multidisciplinary Inquiries into the Affective Foundations of Interaction)&rdquo\;:https://www.jyu.fi/en/projects/asymmetric-encounters-intersubjectivity-and-the-sense-of-boundarieshttps://www.jyu.fi/en/projects/situated-mind-and-artistic-creativity</p>
ORGANIZER;CN=Jussi A. Saarinen;CN=Joona Taipale:
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