Grief, Aesthetics, and Emotion Regulation: A Workshop
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BS/104 (The Treehouse), Berrick Saul Building, Campus West, University of York (Map)
Event details
This workshop is part of the AHRC-funded project ‘Grief: A Study of Human Emotional Experience’.The workshop will focus on themes in Kathleen Higgins' forthcoming book Aesthetics in Grief and Mourning (University of Chicago Press, 2024). Speakers will explore some of the ways in which aesthetic practices shape and regulate the experience of grief and its course over time.
Full programme:
10.30: Tea and coffee
11.00-12.30: Kathleen Higgins (University of Texas at Austin) - 'Wandering, Mapping, and Domesticating- Emotion Regulation in Grief and the Role of Aesthetic Practices'
12.30-1.30: Buffet lunch
1.30-2.30: Joel Krueger (University of Exeter) — 'The aesthetics of "grief tech"'
2.30-3.00: Tea and coffee
3.00-4.00: Ulrika Maude (University of Bristol) — 'Grievous Loss'
4.00-4.30: Tea and coffee
4.30-5.30: Jussi Saarinen (University of Jyväskylä) — 'Grieving through painting'
Venue details
Wheelchair accessible
Hearing loop