Interdisciplinary topis I: Cartographies of the Imagination — Philosophy, the Arts, & (Non)Human Metamorphoses
Instructor: Dr Gray Kochhar Lindgren
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First seminar: 4 October 2026
This course is part of the learning module 2026-II Ereignis Institute. Registration and full overview are available on the module page.
Learning module detailsCartographies of the Imagination will explore how philosophy and the arts illuminate the (non)human metamorphoses we are all currently undergoing in the midst of the turbulence of climate change, institutional and political reorganizations, extractive capitalism, gender relations and identities, the pervasiveness of technologies (including AI), and the rapidly shifting terrain of experience.
Key Topics: Inflecting Change, ReMapping the Value-Machine, Traversing Eros+Logos+Mythos, Asking How(or if) Everything Thinks, Modest Transdisciplinary Experiments, & Seeding the Future
Activities for Learning:
Responsive Engagements: Opening Portals~Close Reading+Viewing~Creative-Critical Writing+Photography+Video-Making~Odd Mappings~the Question of Research~Building Friendships & Networks~Inventing Futures
Interactive Speculative-Pragmatics: Philosophy, Literature, the Arts, & Mutabilities
Research, Design, & Share: Exploring students’ desire for a meaningful future in academia, the arts and other cultural organizations, or in other venues of choice. Gearing up toward publication across venues, composing applications for graduate work, or sharing in other ways.
Shared Activities: Ongoing writing, scribbling, & doodling (preferably) in a physical journal; a 2-page reflection on what most excites you about the directions of your own thought and an 8-10 page scholarly essay or a creative equivalent (with a reflection), all with an eye on publication, graduate program applications, or other forms of sharing; & a sketch of a personal and collective life-design for next steps in your journey.
Tentative Schedule: During each class session we will be talking with one another, sharing close readings and viewings, sketching out ideas, creating flash-fictions and analyses, and thinking about our personal and collective futures. Although there will be many overlaps around the primary theme of the metamorphoses of Cartographies of the Imagination, the four weekend sessions will in distinct areas (see below).
- More familiar with processes of close reading and discussion of texts across philosophy, literature & other arts, cultural geography, and others
- More adept at making connections between different traditions of thought, expressivities, and everyday life
- Better able to creatively move more deeply into the contemporary and its crises
- Better prepared to submit materials for possible publication or other purposes such as MA or PhD applications
- Clearer about what we would like for our own and others’ futures
- More articulate about the relations between transdisciplinary research, writing in different forms, and the pleasures of ongoing learning
- Undergraduate and graduate students from any discipline.
- Who are We & Where are We Going?
- Welcome & Questions
- ReMapping Elementalities
- Imagination, Affect, Thinking & Everyday Life
Rocks, Plants, & Humans
Ficticity, Dreaming, Transversal Capacities of Research & Expression
Short reflection paper
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