The IXth IIAA International Summer Conference on Environmental Aesthetics 16th-18th June 2011, Lahti, Finland.
The concept of space has become one of the most important instruments for investigating the constitutive factors involved in building human relationship to the surroundings. Recent research in different fields has revealed various dimensions of the concept and different viewpoints from which it can be addressed. The concept of space helps direct attention to the human, felt dimension not only of natural environments, but of urban environments as well. The concept of space is also an importantly aesthetic one, as it is connected to critical issues in contemporary aesthetics. One important way of approaching human spaces is to make a distinction between private and public space. Some spaces could be called “hybrid spaces,” including aspects from different kinds of spaces. What are the differences between the aesthetics of the different forms of space? What sort of a role does the experience of spaces play in human life as a whole?
People interested in exploring these issues are asked to send an abstract of no more than 300 words to iiaa-info[at]helsinki.fi. Deadline for abstracts is 15th February 2011. The time allotted to each paper is 40 minutes (30 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion).
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