ABOAGORA – BETWEEN ARTS AND SCIENCES: “Fate – Urðr”
June 15–17 2016, Sibelius Museum, Turku, Finland

In Old Norse mythology the characters called Norns rule the destinies of both gods and humans. The eldest of these Norns is Urðr, the Norn of fate. In Norse mythology, humans were created as incomplete and without fate. It was only the actions of the Norns that gave humans fate and made them complete. Humans would have neither complete free will nor were they constrained completely by fate. There is neither free will nor unalterable fate.

Aboagora 2016 discusses the multiple understandings of fate by exploring how agency is understood in relation to the past.

Our keynote speakers and performers include:

Pekka Haavisto, Member of Finnish Parliament
tenor Topi Lehtipuu together with Hannu Salmi, Professor in Cultural History
Virpi Lummaa, Academy Professor, Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Riem Spielhaus, Professor, Dr., Islamic Studies

Encounters between arts and sciences includes workshop sessions and performances in collaboration with:

• Science Café
• Kolmas Tila – Third Space
• AmosLAB
• IC-98
• SELMA – Centre for the Study of Storytelling, Experientiality and Memory

Registration to Aboagora symposium opens in early April!

Posted on: March 24, 2016, by : admin