"Notes on Power and Hope" seminar addresses questions of sustainable culture from the perspectives of land use, art, and civic engagement. The event also considers the role of art in reshaping social thought and action.
The seminar will discuss how art can serve as a resource for social change and promote environmental justice and climate responsibility. The event will cover topics such as:
- Who shapes the climate discussion? How is Indigenous knowledge considered?
- How can economic goals be aligned with environmental sustainability?
- How do we confront and address the emotions triggered by climate change?
- How can artists contribute to environmental work?
The event’s speakers will share perspectives on work where hope is not a feeling, but a strategy.
Programme:
15.00 Welcome words
Hanna Parry, Artistic Director, Baltic Circle
Notes:
Farah Ahmed, Climate Justice Lead, Julie’s Bicycle UK
Sini Harkki, Executive Director, Greenpeace Norden
Combatting Despair: Concrete Restoration of Peatlands as a Climate Action
Tero Mustonen, Researcher, Fisherman, and Chair of the Snowchange Cooperative
Hate is the Disease, and Culture is the Cure?
Kaisa Rönkkö, Director, Arts Promotion Centre Finland
16.15–16.40 Break
tea and coffee served
Panel of Power and Hope
Moe Mustafa, sound/visual artist and theatre maker
Tero Mustonen
Kaisa Rönkkö
Moderator: Director and Sámi Activist Pauliina Feodoroff
Performance:
Anna Morottaja (Karhu-Pekan Anna).
n. 18.00 The event concludes
The seminar is organized by Baltic Circle festival and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Creative Net project.
Creative Net
Creative Net is the coordination project for the national Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme under the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike). The project assists and encourages professionals in the creative industries to apply for ESF+ funding and supports the practical work of funded projects.
The seminar is part of the Creative Net’s Future Trilogy in 2024. The Future Trilogy includes three seminars that explore the future, art, and culture from different perspectives. The seminars will be held in the fall in Hämeenlinna, Kuopio, and Helsinki.