3rd International Colloquium
in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture
June 8 (Thursday) -10 (Saturday), 2023
3rd
International Colloquium in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture
June 08–10, 2023
Theme
Global Cultural Encounters: Impacts and
Inspirations
Organizer
Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation
( https://philogc.org
)
Hosted by
Capacete International Art Residency, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
Capacete / xow.rumi
Supported by
Society for Philosophy as Global Conversations
Capacete International Art Residency
Language
English
Target Audience
Philosophers, faculty and
students from related disciplines (e.g. humanities, social sciences, literature,
art, journalism), artists, writers, filmmakers, as well as representatives of
any area of creative endeavor, with interests in cross-cultural and
cross-disciplinary dialogue, work, and research.
On the Idea of the
Colloquium
What would be a global cultural encounter? One more
obvious way to think of it is that it is an encounter of different cultural
traditions from around the globe, which becomes particularly significant if it
results in some productive impact. A less obvious way to think of it would be
that it is an encounter within the same cultural tradition, which results in a
cultural impact of global significance. To be sure, such impacts may vary in
effects, of which inspirations are of particular interest, as they stimulate
creativity, originality, and productivity in any form of culture. They thus
enhance and are true signs of the conversation between the cultural traditions
and between cultures in the broadest of senses.
We find numerous examples of both of these kinds of
encounters almost everywhere in culture, including in philosophy, literature,
and art.
Speaking about philosophy, Plato is said to have
learned the story of the transmigration of the soul – one of his key doctrines
– while traveling to Egypt. This notion, however, which has been also
attributed to Pythagoras and to Orphic and Thracian belief systems, appears to
be older in Hinduism and other worldviews in South Asia, thus raising questions
about possible interactions between these cultures. For his part, Aristotle, in
addition to his fundamental influence on Western philosophy and Christian
theology, has left his tangible mark also on early Islamic theology. In a
different vein, Nietzsche’s reading of Hinduist laws of Manu (Manusmriti) has affirmed his view of
spirituality as the highest natural rank in the ways of humanity. Whereas their
reception of key Western thinkers enabled Japanese philosophers like Kitarō
Nishida, Tanabe Hajime, Nishitani Keiji, and Watsuji Tetsurō to come up with
new perspectives on both Western and Eastern intellectual and spiritual
traditions. Examples of this kind of encounters abound in the rest of culture
as well. Paul Gaugin’s stay in Tahiti, Lafcadio Hearn’s move to Japan, Charlie
Chaplin’s trip to Bali, Marguerite Duras’ move from Indochina to France, or
Amélie Nothomb’s return to Japan, to list just a few, all inspired artistic and
literary output that bears the marks of one culture left its stamp on another.
Of the second kind of encounters, in philosophy we
most immediately find the one of Plato and Aristotle, which very much defined –
even if in divergence – its problematic of interest for millennia to come. In
fact, in the Western philosophy such encounters have become its cornerstones and
can be traced in terms of influences, such as Aristotle on Aquinas; Hume on
Kant; Hegel on Marx; Marx on the Frankfurt School; Kierkegaard and Nietzsche on
Heidegger; Wittgenstein on neopositivists, Husserl on Heidegger and Derrida;
Heidegger on Sartre, Levinas, Derrida, and Rorty; Nietzsche on Foucault; or
Freud, Lacan, Foucault, and Derrida on literary criticism and feminist thought,
among many others. They abound also in the rest of the culture, with influences
such as Matisse on Picasso; Picasso and Braque’s cubism on contemporary art;
Bauhaus on architecture and visual arts; A.
Warhol and R. Lichtenstein on pop art; Stravinsky on contemporary classic
music; or V. Nijinsky, M. Graham, and M. Plisetskaya on contemporary dance,
being only some of the examples.
In this sense, the topics of interest to the
colloquium can be related but not limited to,
– Phenomenology, existential philosophy,
post-structuralism
– Metaphilosophy, pragmatism, and communicative action
– Language, thinking, and technology
– Critical theory, literature, and art
– Ethics, religion, and spirituality
– Power, politics, and economics
– Race, gender, sexuality, identity
– Refugees, strangers, and outcasts
– Community building, inclusion, and integration
– Human person, health, and self-creation
– Globalization, multi-culturalism, and the meaning of
nationality
– Trans- and cross-cultural horizons
– Environment, common concerns, and common solutions
– Radicalization, Populism, and Extremism
– Poverty, Gentrification, and Biopolitics
Dates
June 08 (Thursday) – 10 (Saturday), 2023
Venue
Capacete International Art Residency, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil
Capacete / xow.rumi
Registration Fee
Free of charge
Visa application,
transportation, accommodation and meals
Self-financed
and should be arranged by the panelists themselves. Optional cultural program and conference dinner will
be organized.
Abstract Submissions (Deadline May 15, 2023)
We invite academic and art-project abstract-proposalswithin 300 words at global.conversations.ph@gmail.com by May 15, 2023 (with early submission encouraged). Artists who would like to participate in an art show could present one to three pieces of work. Performing artists are asked to limit their act to 45 min; filmmakers to 2 hours (discussion time will be allotted as an addition).
Online Registration
Selected participants
are asked to register at https://forms.gle/huDXikLXbqAbu8if6
Publication
Conference organizers will consider the completed
academic articles of the conference presentations for publication (after a
review process) in the next issue of Global
Conversations: An International Journal in Contemporary Philosophy and Culture ( https://philogc.org/journal/ ), an online open-access academic journal inaugurated
after the first conference of the Society for Philosophy as Global Conversation
in March, 2018.