Kolmas Tila – Third Space performance in Aboagora
Aboagora is proud to present collaboration with Kolmas Tila – Third Space in the forthcoming symposium.
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Aboagora 2016 – programme information
ABOAGORA – BETWEEN ARTS AND SCIENCES: “Fate – Urðr”, June 15–17 2016, Sibelius Museum, Turku, Finland
Aboagora annouces new plans and the date of the 2016 event
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 2015 – Precious Moments, Extreme Events
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.
Precious Moments, Extreme Events
The theme for ABOAGORA 2015, held on August 11-13 at the Sibelius Museum, was “Precious Moments, Extreme Events.” Under this theme, the Symposium addressed questions of time, changes in society, and significant and extreme events in the course of individuals’ lives and the history of humanity.
Chaos and cosmos
Aboagora 2014, organised at the Sibelius Museum on August 11-13, discussed the multiple understandings of “chaos” and “cosmos”.
The human machine
ABOAGORA 2013 , organised on August 13-15, discussed the complex relationships between man and machine.
The power of the sacred and the secular
ABOAGORA 2012 was held on August 14-16 at the Sibelius Museum and the Donner Institute at Åbo Akademi, under the theme “The Power of the Sacred and the Secular.” The Symposium focused on a process that is fundamental to Western culture, that of separation between sacral and secular culture.
Rethinking enlightenment
ABOAGORA began in Turku in 2011 during the city’s European Capital of Culture Year, as a joint effort by the Turku Music Festival, the Department of Cultural History at the University of Turku, and the Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History at Åbo Akademi University.