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.
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.
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.
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?
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
Aboagora announces new plans for the forthcoming years! 2016 opens a new trilogy of themes and switches the event from August to June! In 2016 Aboagora takes place during June 14-17. More information coming soon!
Aboagora Symposium 2015 will be held in Sibelius-museum, August 11-13 with the theme "Precious Moments, Extreme Events" and wishes to discuss the changes that revolutionize the human condition through dialogue between arts and sciences.