Reading Group in the scope of Praxis-CFUL activities

Working language: English or Portuguese, depending on attendance

Organizers: Maribel Sobreira (maribel.sobreira [at] campus.up.pt) & Sara Romão
(sromao [at] campus.up.pt)

When: Tuesdays from 14h-16h, according to the calendar below

Where: Hybrid Format. In person: Sala Pedro Hispano (Department of Philosophy) / Zoom link (contact organizers)

Abstract

The philosophical questioning around the concepts of place and space has occupied a central position in contemporary literature. Nonetheless, it can become a slippery road since the use of spatial terminology is frequently unexamined and widely spread, fitting different meanings and scopes. To add to the confusion, both the concept of space and place try to make themselves distinct from one another and make a claim for their prevalence in the discussion. This Reading Group aims to explore this tension and primal connectivity between both concepts, in hopes of feeding a debate around both as topics of aesthetic and political discourse.

In its first series, we will focus particularly on exploring the relationships between space, place and gender. The objective is to analyze these concepts in the light of an aesthetical and political construction of relational sites.

Program

Session 1 | 21 March 2023

Heidegger, M. (2005). §§22-24. In: Ser e Tempo. São Paulo: Vozes, 149-163.

Session 2 | 11 April 2023

Massey, D. (1994). “Politics and Space/Time,” in: Space, Place, and Gender. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 249-271.

Session 3 | 2 May 2023

Irigaray, L. (2004). “How can we live together in a lasting way?,” in: Key Writings. London: Bloomsbury, 123–133.

Session 4 | TBC
Federici, S. (2011). “Feminism and the politics of the commons,” in The Commoner, January 4.