ABOAGORA Pre-Symposium for Doctoral Candidates
The very first Aboagora Pre-Symposium included training sessions led by Professor Pilvi Porkola (University of the Arts Helsinki). Porkola introduced methods of performance arts in research and offered presentation training.
Pilvi Porkola is an artist and writer. She is Professor in Artistic Research at Uniarts, Helsinki. She is also a post doctoral researcher in the project (funded by the Academy of Finland) “How To Do Things with Performance?”. Porkola is interested in feminism, production of knowledge, libraries, art, and life.
The Doctoral Candidates presented their work in an academic workshop in the ABOAGORA Symposium on August 23.
The Aboagora Pre-Symposium was organized by the Graduate School at the University of Turku in cooperation with the Aboagora organizing committee and Åbo Akademi University.