Body Memory and the Unconscious
\n\n&ndash\; Online Workshop in Philosophy\, Psychology\, and the Arts
\n\n\n\nUniversity of Jyvä\;skylä\;\, October 14&ndash\;15\, 2021
\n\nOrganized by Joona Taipale\, Jussi Saarinen\, and Tiia-Mari Hovila on behalf of the Experiential Demarcation Research Project (Funded by Kone Foundation &\; Academy of Finland)
\n\n\n\nIn various significant ways\, our earlier experiences influence how we\, as bodily-affective beings\, experience and behave in the here-and-now. Whether through deeply rooted habits\, consciously acquired skills\, developmentally established relational patterns\, or emotional trauma\, our past continuously informs and organizes our present interactions with the world. Usually\, however\, we are not fully aware of the presence and influence of this historically sedimented backdrop to our lives. This means that bodily-affective memory typically operates unconsciously to structure our everyday experience.
\n\n\n\nThe two-day workshop explores how the body remembers\, the role this type of memory plays in experience\, and the ways in which the unconscious relates to its overall functioning. These topics will be discussed in theoretical terms and with respect to practical life\, especially as regards psychopathology and the arts. To be sure\, both &ldquo\;body memory&rdquo\; and the &ldquo\;unconscious&rdquo\; are open to a broad variety of conceptualizations. The workshop approaches these phenomena from both philosophical and psychological perspectives and with a particular emphasis on phenomenological and psychoanalytical research traditions. The overall aim is to bring these lines of investigation into fruitful conversation and to develop new understandings and paths for future research.
\n\n\n\nThe workshop is open to all\, but please pre-register in \;advance to receive the Zoom-link. To register\, please send an \;email to \;tiia-mari.m.e.hovila@jyu.fi
\n\n\n\nWelcome!
\n\nProgram
\n\nEastern European Time\, EET\, UTC+2
\n\n\n\nThursday 14 October
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\n\n11&ndash\;11.15 Opening words
\n\n\n11.15&ndash\;12.15 Thomas Fuchs (University of Heidelberg): Phenomenology and the Unconscious
\n\n\n12.15&ndash\;13.15 Jussi A. Saarinen (University of Jyvä\;skylä\;): Linking Creativity to Early Social Interaction
\n\n\n13.15&ndash\;14.30 Break
\n\n\n14.30&ndash\;15.30 Camille Buttingsrud (Independent scholar\, Copenhagen): Conscious and Subconscious Body Memory in Dance
\n\n\n15.30&ndash\;16.30 Sanna Tirkkonen (University of Jyvä\;skylä\;): Exploring Collective Body Memories. An Engaged Approach to Social Class and Shame
\n\n\n\n\nFriday 15 October
\n\n\n\n\n11.00&ndash\;12.00 Giovanna Colombetti (University of Exeter): Emotions\, Affect\, and the Unconscious
\n\n\n12.00&ndash\;13.00 Dorothé\;e Legrand (É\;cole Normale Supé\;rieure): Transforming the Past
\n\n\n13.00&ndash\;14.15 Break
\n\n\n14.15&ndash\;15.15 Line Ryberg Ingerslev (University of Wü\;rzburg): Repression\, Repetition\, and Weak Agency
\n\n\n15.15 Closing words
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Jussi A. Saarinen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR