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5

Dec

Workshop; How do practices of contemplation, art, music and dance influence empathy and compassion?

5 December 2022 12:00 to 17:30 | Seminar
people playing saxophones

Welcome to a workshop arranged by the ASG Empathy and Compassion at the Pufendorf IAS, Lund University.

Empathy and compassion are fundamental to society, not least in professions characterized by and dependent on the quality of human interactions. This workshop explores empathy and compassion through the combined lenses of science and arts. How can contemplation, art, music and dance become means of deepening the understanding and enhancing the practices of empathy and compassion?

Please register for the workshop here

Program:

12.00-13.00    Lunch with introduction

13.00-13.50    Meditation practices enhancing compassion and resilience

Olga Klimecki-Lenz https://olgaklimecki.com/

                         Leg stretch

14.00-14.50    Jazz-based improvisation as a key to empathic listening       

Michael Gold https://www.jazz-impact.com/who-we-are

                        Coffee

15.30-16.20    Dance expertise modulates sensitivity to affective body movement

Beatriz Calvo Merino https://www.city.ac.uk/about/people/academics/beatriz-calvo-merino#about-link

                       Leg stretch 

16.30-17.20    Aesthetic inhabitation stimulating ecologic connectedness

Gry Worre Hallberg https://artsandculturalstudies.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/248488           

Discussants to the four presentations: Philippe Goldin (UC Davis), Anna Lyrevik (Advisor to the vice-chancellor), Katja Woxell (Communication), Max Liljefors (Art history & Visual Studies), Tobias Lund (Odeum)

17.20 - 17.30 Concluding remarks

About the event

Location:

Pufendorf IAS, Main lecture hall, Biskopsgatan 3dorf

Contact:

martin [dot] garwicz [at] med [dot] lu [dot] se