Seminar
The hand as medium, tool of knowledge and metaphor in aesthetic research.
An afternoon seminar organised by the research group Contemporary Aesthetics and the Faculty of Arts, Music and Design at the University of Bergen focusing on the hand as medium, tool of knowledge and metaphor in aesthetic research.
Hovedinnhold
Programme
13.00: Welcome and introduction, Helene Engnes Birkeli (Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Bergen)
13.15: Keynote: Grace Lees-Maffei (Professor of Design History, University of Hertfordshire), “Touching Iron: Proximity and Distance in Design History Research”
14.00-15.00 Craft epistemologies and curatorial approaches
- Anne-Helen Mydland (Professor of Fine Art and Ceramics, KMD, Bergen), title TBC
- Tim Parry-Williams (Professor of Fine Art and Textile, KMD, Bergen), title TBC
- Peder Valle (Senior Curator at Kode Art Museum, Bergen), “Re-charging Craft: The 'CRAFTED' exhibition at Kode”
15.00-15.15: Coffee break
15.15-16.00: The hand as mediator in a digital world
- Mikkel Wettre (Professor of Design, KMD, Bergen), “Embodiment as a reflective and creative tool”
- Mark Young (Postdoctoral Researcher in Philosophy and Technology, University of Oslo), “Taking Things Apart: Clips, Glues and Pentalobe Screws”
16.00-16.20: Discussion and final remarks
27.05.2026