2017 © Forum 20:17
Ruth Anderwald: Der Taumel – eine Ressource?, lecture in German at Forum 20:17, Zukunftslabor der Jugendarbeit.9–10 October, 2017Merano, Italy
We use the term coalescence to describe a moment where a multitude of actors come together, act together, and merge into a collective movement, body, or unit. The resulting situation is a shared but divergent somatic, spatial and cognitive experience of togetherness that is experienced as fertile and generative by all or most of the collective.
While recognising the important role that words and theories play in such a philosophical life, this lecture by Richard Shusterman explores experiments in practising philosophy through speechless performance art with L’homme en Or (aka the Man in Gold), who embodies the philosopher without words.
My definition of a novel is therefore a practical one: I believe in the usability (Nutzbarkeit, Brauchbarkeit) of novels, be it as inspirational sources, as sources for new ideas, new perspectives, or even as simple instructions. To this end though, dialogue is essential.
Over the last years both the writing and work Moshe Feldenkrais and Richard Shusterman's notion of somaesthetics have come into focus, and we are looking forward to present our artistic research on dizziness, and exchange with experts in the field at the conference "The Promise of Pragmatist Aesthetics" in Budapest.
Whether perplexing turmoil or joyful ilinx, by becoming dizzy, we enter a stage of heightened vulnerability, unsure of our perception, processing, orientation and abilities – uncertain of ourselves and the world around us.
The senses work together in multifaceted and even dissonant ways. However, recognition of this multiplicity has been stymied by the emphasis on the “pre-reflective unity” of the senses within the phenomenology of perception and the focus on harmonious integration within cognitive neuroscience.
