Lahti
The International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA) will arrange the IXth IIAA International Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics in Lahti in June. The theme of the conference is “Aesthetics of Human Spaces: Between Urban and Nature”.

“Aesthetics of Human Spaces: Between Urban and Nature”

The International Institute of Applied Aesthetics (IIAA) will arrange the IXth IIAA International Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics in Lahti, Finland, 17.6.–19.6.2011.
The theme of the conference is “Aesthetics of Human Spaces: Between Urban and Nature”.

One important way of approaching human spaces is to make a distinction between private and public space. Some spaces could be called “hybrid spaces,” including aspects from different kinds of spaces. What are the differences between the aesthetics of the different forms of space? What sort of a role does the experience of spaces play in human life as a whole?

A diversified approach to research into the variants of spaces, including the role different spaces play in human existence by e.g. contributing to well-being, can help in finding ways of creating more meaningful spaces and might aid those in positions of power to make informed decisions about public spaces that better satisfy the needs of human life.

Keynote speakers:

Isis Brook (Writtle College, UK)
Andrew Ballantyne (University of Newcastle, UK)
Martin Seel (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Germany)

Further information see http://www.helsinki.fi/ksei/tapahtumat/index.htm

Contact person: Kalle Puolakka, kalle.puolakka[at]helsinki.fi