Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing -seminaarit

Join us on Wednesday, 9th September, 14:15-16:00 for an online seminar: “Challenging anthropocentric approaches to wellbeing: planetary, more-than-human and Indigenous perspectives”

What does wellbeing mean? And whose wellbeing matters in the times of global environmental crises, oppression of Indigenous societies, instrumentalization of nonhuman animals and biodiversity loss? In what ways do we need to challenge dominant narratives and practices of wellbeing of the Global North? How can research, especially critical, interdisciplinary, participatory and emancipatory approaches help us in this task?

Hosted by the online seminar series Current Intersections of Culture, Language and Wellbeing, this seminar raises questions and invites exchanges across the humanities and social sciences. With interventions by three invited panelists, Dr Lena Gross (Norwegian Institute of Cultural Heritage Research, link: https://www.niku.no/en/ansatt/lena-gross/), Dr Helinä Ääri (University of Oulu, link: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/respro-hanke/tutkimustiimi/ and also https://www.utu.fi/fi/ihmiset/helina-aari) and Dr Sanna Karkulehto (University of Jyväskylä, link: Sanna Karkulehto | University of Jyväskylä), these conversations bring culture, language and wellbeing into dialogue with our times of polycrisis. 

Join us online for this event! 
Wednesday, 9th September, 14:15-16:00 

https://utu.zoom.us/j/64797411558
Meeting ID: 64797411558

The seminar series is a multidisciplinary online seminar organized by three networks from the University of Turku: the Cultural Interaction Researcher Network KULTVA, the Centre for the Study of Language and Wellbeing (LaWe), and the Research Center for Culture and Health.