PROGRAM
9.30 COFFEE, REGISTRATION
10.00-11.00 OPENING DISCUSSION: WHY CLIMATE AND DEATH?
Sofia restaurant (main building)
Why Climate and Death? Perspectives from the organizing committee
Rosa Rantanen, Safer Climate, INAR, ACCC, University of Helsinki
Ines Montalvao, Artists with Evidence
Maija Butters, the Finnish Death Studies Association, University of Helsinki
Heidi Kosonen, the Finnish Death Studies Association, University of Jyväskylä
Taneli Saari, Tunne ry
Juni Sinkkonen, Tunne ry
Introduction of Kulkugalleria
Talks
Inka Laisi & Renske Visser: Small Matters when It Comes to Life and Death
Panu Pihkala: Climate Change and Bereavement
11.00-12.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS
1 / On Grief and Recognizing Value Beyond Humans
Sofia restaurant (main building)
Elina Hytönen-Ng Laments as a Tool for Environmental Criticism
Sanna Karhu Repressed Grief, Concealed Shock: Climate Emotions, Death, and Nonhuman Animals
Eline Gaudé Through Meltwater and Ash: Ceremony for a Dying Glacier
Joshua Hurtado Futuristic Science Fiction, Socio-Ecological Crises and Death Politics
Juuso Kähönen Contemplation of Death and Environmental Values
2 / On Listening to What the Atmosphere is Telling Us
Seminar room Valburga (building C)
Juan Duarte Atmospheric listening
Eeva Houtbeckers Untame Podcast
Cristóbal Montesinos Nature-Based Funeral Practices in Urban Cemeteries for Climate Adaptation (online)
Outi Meinander, Andreas Uppstu and Niko Karvosenoja IBA-ILMA project: Climate & Death from Three Points of View
talk / Climate Change and Dust Air Pollution Affecting Mortality, Health and Wellbeing
play / Icelandic Westmann Isles Atmospheric Measurements Are Under Threat to Be Terminated, What Can We Do?
photo exhibition / Icelandic Glaciers Are Dying
12.00-13.30 LUNCH BREAK at Sofia Restaurant
Food for Thought During the Lunch Break
Bukunmi Oyewole Live and Let Live / digital photo exhibition
Auditorium (Sofia main building)
IBA-ILMA Project Icelandic Glaciers Are Dying / photo exhibition
Sofia lobby
Walk by the waterfront around Sofia / Printed maps available in the lobby
You can enjoy a walk in the lovely nature around Sofia by yourself or with old & new friends. This activity is independent and voluntary - just a grab a map from the lobby and get started! Make sure you have weather appropriate clothes and shoes.
13.30-15.00 PARALLEL SESSIONS: FILMS AND WORKSHOPS
Registration to workshop on-site / Read workshop descriptions here
Films and Discussion
Seminar room Valburga (building C)
Tiina Ristola Once There Were Humans (online talk)
Kaisa Penttilä The Landing (animation)
Monica Seppänen Elämän eliksiiri/The Elixir of Life (short film)
Simon Vinsenzi FROM THE DEAD AIR ORGY: On the Nature of Things (broadcast)
Raisa Foster End of a Story (short film)
Eco-emotions Workshop: Exploring Grief Through Collective Eco-Poetry and Embodiment
Paraskeva (fireplace room downstairs)
Juni Sinkkonen, psychologist, Tunne ry
Stitching Workshop: A Stitch in Sorrow - Crafting Stories of Ecological Grief and Care
Restaurant
Eline Gaudé, artists, researcher
Wood Carving Workshop: Daylight, Traces, Talks
Sofia restaurant small room
Jan Lütjohann, artist
15.00-15.15 COFFEE BREAK
Sofia restaurant (main building)
15.15-16.00 JOINT CLOSING SESSION
Sofia restaurant (main building)
Talk
Mikko Ijäs What Socially Engaged Buddhism Could Offer to People Facing the Climate Crisis
Kulkugalleria / artistic reflections on the day
Eero Tiittula
Discussion & closing the day
