Seminarwoche
POLAND: AFTER NATURE
Seminarwoche (051-0901)
Veranstalter: Professur Ursprung
Dozierende: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Poland: After Nature
The concept of "nature" is inseparably linked to the process of industrialization. Industry tends to tranform the very ressources it exploits into sublime images, such as "nature", "memory", and "subjectivity". The search for "nature" is therefore a journey both into the past and into the future. What will we discover in Białowieża forest in Eastern Poland -- the so called "last primary forest" in Europe? Will it be the key to understand the complexity of Poland's history, the wars, the holocaust, the division of Europe? Will we discover an untouched site, a paradisiac place? Will we see our own mirror images? Starting from the darkness of the forests, our expedition will take us to Łódź, the former center of Poland's industry and then to the lights of Warsaw, site of the "future of Europe" (according to an EU meeting in 2012).
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Monday, 21 October, 2013 to Friday, 25 October, 2013
Participants: Maximum 20 students
Costs: Category C, max. CHF 750 (flight with Swiss, bus, hotel, entrance fees)
Introductory meeting: Friday, 4 October, 2013, 11.00h, HIL D 60.1
Veranstalter: Professur Ursprung
Dozierende: Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung
Poland: After Nature
The concept of "nature" is inseparably linked to the process of industrialization. Industry tends to tranform the very ressources it exploits into sublime images, such as "nature", "memory", and "subjectivity". The search for "nature" is therefore a journey both into the past and into the future. What will we discover in Białowieża forest in Eastern Poland -- the so called "last primary forest" in Europe? Will it be the key to understand the complexity of Poland's history, the wars, the holocaust, the division of Europe? Will we discover an untouched site, a paradisiac place? Will we see our own mirror images? Starting from the darkness of the forests, our expedition will take us to Łódź, the former center of Poland's industry and then to the lights of Warsaw, site of the "future of Europe" (according to an EU meeting in 2012).
[pic-nolightbox-1] Monday, 21 October, 2013 to Friday, 25 October, 2013
Participants: Maximum 20 students
Costs: Category C, max. CHF 750 (flight with Swiss, bus, hotel, entrance fees)
Introductory meeting: Friday, 4 October, 2013, 11.00h, HIL D 60.1
