Save the date: Aboagora: Water on 19-21 August 2020!
Save the date: On 19–21 August 2020 Aboagora will dive into the element of Water!
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ABOAGORA Pre-Symposium II: Earth
ABOAGORA invited doctoral candidates and art students to discuss and develop ideas about the earth – its past, present and future. What kinds of views are there in the history of the earth and between earth and humans? What are our hopes and dreams for the future of the earth – or our worst fears?
The Five Rings: Earth
ABOAGORA 2019 was held on August 21–23 at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. Via art and various academic disciplines, the Symposium investigated the element of “Earth” – a fundamental aspect of human life, spanning the past as well as our present situation, and our hopes for the future.
Aboagora 2019 is here!
It is Aboagora-time again and this time Aboagora will be streamed live!
“The Five Rings” – A New Thematic Plan for Aboagora 2019–2023!
We are excited to announce that Aboagora is launching a new five-year thematic plan for 2019–2023 under the title The Five Rings.
Falling Walls Lab Turku
The Falling Walls Lab Turku was held in The Donner Institute in September 14.
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.
The Threads of Fate: Burden/Skuld
ABOAGORA 2018 was held at the Sibelius Museum in Turku on August 22–24. The Symposium analysed different perspectives, utopian as well as dystopian, on the future and how the legacies of past generations lay claims on and model the possibilities of coming generations.
Winners of Falling Walls Lab Turku 2017
We are proud to announce the winners of the fourth annual Falling Walls Lab Turku, which was held on September 15, 2017.
The Threads of Fate: Becoming/Verðandi
ABOAGORA 2017 was held on August 23-25 at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. Via art and various academic disciplines, the Symposium discussed the significance of “becoming,” the idea of incompleteness and being in the making with reference to humanist, scientific, economic, and social aspects.
The Threads of Fate: Fate/Urðr
ABOAGORA 2016 was held on June 15-17 at the Sibelius Museum in Turku. The symposium explored the ways in which agency is understood in relation to the past. What possibilities do we have in our lives and how are we bound by the past?
Open panel discussion during the Falling Walls Lab event
Panel discussion on the impact and societal relevance of research within the humanities, social sciences and arts in the Sibelius Museum on June 14, 2016