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On 3rd September 2012 at 2.00 p.m.
at the JOHN DEWEY RESEARCH CENTER
at Jagiellonian University Faculty of Philosophy took place the inauguration of
SOMAESTHETICS UNIT. Our special guest was Richard Shusterman
Professor of Philosophy at Florida Atlantic University and the founder of somaesthetics, who gave a lecture on Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art.
This was followed by a dance performance presented by Teatr Tańca DF
At 4.30 p.m. took place be a panel discussion (in Polish) with the participation of aestheticians and dancers. The aim of the discussion was to exchange ideas between theorists and dancers on issues relating to body consciousness, somaesthetics, and dance.
The Somaesthetics Unit has been organized by
Dr. Lilianna Bieszczad
• Lilianna Bieszczad :
The Somaesthetics Unit at the John Dewey Research Center in Cracow
PROGRAM OF THE INAUGURATIONAL SYMPOSIUM
The inauguration of Somaesthetics Unit – director of John Dewey Research Center, Professor Krystyna Wilkoszewska (Jagiellonian University)
Professor Richard Shusterman’s (Florida Atlantic University) lecture Pragmatism, Somaesthetics, and Contemporary Art
Teatr Tańca DF’s performance Postnatal project
The symposium (in Polish) sought to integrate the perspectives of academic somatic theorists and dancers. This discussion on somaesthetics and its relevance for dance was opened by Dr. Lilianna Bieszczad (Jagiellonian University) and Dr. Sebastian Stankiewicz (Jagiellonian University). The symposium concluded with a panel discussion, moderated by Anna Wańtuch of Teatr Tańca DF.
The Inauguration held in the Institut of Philosophy of Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Grodzka Street 52, room 81
Debate:
The Directions of Development of Pragmatist
Philosophy in Poland (Polish only)
The state of research on pragmatism in Poland:
Krystyna Wilkoszewska Recepcja filozofii Johna Deweya w Polsce
Wojciech Małecki Pragmatism in Poland Today. A Report
There is a section of Qualitative Sociology and
Symbolic Interactionism within the Polish Sociology Society, which employs the
ideas of G.H. Mead, J. Dewey, and W. James in social sciences. The section
issues Qualitative Social Review
JDRS has started gathering bibliography and materials regarding pragmatism in Poland, in both, digital and substantial
form in order to create
a pragmatist information center
Books delivered to JDRC:
• Hickman Larry A. 2007. Pragmatism as Post-Postmodernism. Lessons from John Dewey, New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 284
• Kijaczko Stanisław. 2009. John Dewey i idea filozofii pragmatystycznej, Opole: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Opolskiego. pp. 274
(John Dewey and the Idea of Pragmatist Philosophy)
• Koczanowicz Dorota. 2008. Doświadczenie sztuki, sztuka życia. Wymiary estetyki pragmatycznej,
Wrocław: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Dolnośląskiej Szkoły Wyższej. pp. 215 (Experience
of art, art of living. The Dimensions of Pragmatist Aesthetics)
• McDermott John J. 2007. The Drama of Possibility. Experience as Philosophy of Culture.
Ed. by Douglas R. Anderson. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 565
• James Campbell
and Richard E. Hart (Eds.). 2006. Experience as Philosophy. On the Work of John J. McDermott. New York: Fordham University Press. pp. 325
• Pappas Gregory F. 2008. John Dewey’s Ethics. Democracy as Experience. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 368
• Kaczocha Włodzimierz. 2008. Studia z filozofii XX wieku. Poznań:
Humaniora Press. pp. 245 (The Philosophy of the Twenty Century
Studies)
• Peirce Charles S. 2009. O nieskończonej wspólnocie badaczy. introduction and
translation by A. Hensoldt. Opole: Uniwersytet Opolski Press. pp. 170 (The
Community of Inquirers)
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