The socioculturally situated self

This one-day workshop brings together diverse perspectives to explore the interplay between selfhood, personal identity, and the sociocultural dynamics that shape the human world. Drawing from frameworks such as phenomenology, embodied and enactive cognition, and the social sciences, the speakers will examine how our sense of self and personhood is influenced by social and cultural domains. Additionally, the workshop will address the boundaries and tensions inherent in the relationship between self and others, generating a rich dialogue on these fundamental aspects of the human mind.

Programme:

9:15-9:30 Opening words

9:30-10:30 Hanne Jacobs (Tilburg University): "A phenomenology of outsider perspectives"

10:30-11:30 Jussi Saarinen (University of Jyväskylä): "Narratives and the Grieving Self: The Case of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Ghosteen"

11:30-13:00 Lunch

13:00-14:00 Sarah Bro Trasmundi (University of Southern Denmark): "The Ecological Self"

14:00-15:00 Juan Diego Bogotá (University of Jyväskylä): "How minimal can the experiential self be? Embodiment, agency, and sociocultural habits"

15:00-15:30 Coffee

15:30-16:30 Beatrice Pagliarone (University of Exeter): "Redefining Subjectivity: Tracing the Dialogical and Entangled emergence of Early Selfhood"  

For any queries, contact Juan Diego Bogotá: [email protected]