URBAN MANAGEMENT. LOBE Seminar at Tampere University

Nuestra profesora Rosana Rubio nos envía desde Tampere esta extraordinaria iniciativa en torno a la soledad en las ciudades: el seminario LOBE.

LOBE es un seminario sobre la soledad en el entorno construido, abordada desde una perspectiva filosófica, social y tecnológica. Impartirán una conferencia y debatirán sobre este tema tres personalidades referentes en la materia: Ben Lazare Mijuskovic (Prof. of Philosophy and Humanities at California State University Dominguez Hills), Christina R. Victor (Prof. of Gerontology and Public Health at Brunel University London) y Juhani Pallasmaa (Prof. Emeritus of Architecture at Aalto University). La organización del seminario está a cargo de Fernando Nieto (Associate Professor at Tampere University) y Rosana Rubio (Posdoctoral Research Fellow), miembros del grupo de investigación Spatial and Speculative Research in Architectural Design (SPREAD). El evento se celebrará el lunes 16 de diciembre de 2019, de 12 a 16:30 en la Universidad de Tampere, dentro de la iniciativa de investigación Sustainable Welfare Systems de esta universidad.

Welcome to the LOBE seminar – Loneliness and the Built Environment: Philosophical, Societal and Technological Perspectives at Tampere University BEN Faculty on December 16th!

Date and time: December 16, 2019 [Monday], 12:00-16:30

Place: Hervanta campus, Rakennustalo RO107 auditorium

Organised by SPREAD research group [Fernando Nieto, Rosana Rubio]

Included at Tampere University research initiative on Sustainable Welfare Systems

The seminar is held in English. Admission is free but requires registration in this link.

Seminar schedule

12.00 Welcome words by Antti Lönnqvist, Dean of the Faculty of Built Environment

12.05 Introduction to the seminar by Associate Professor Fernando Nieto and Postdoctoral Research Fellow Rosana Rubio

12.15 Keynote lecture by Prof. Ben Lazare Mijuskovic, California State University, Dominguez Hills [Philosophy & Psychology]

13.10 Keynote lecture by Prof. Christina R. Victor, Brunel University London [Health & Society]

14.05 Coffee break

14.30 Keynote lecture by Prof. Juhani Pallasmaa, Aalto University Helsinki (Prof. Emeritus) [Architecture & Perception]

15.25 Round table with the speakers moderated by Fernando Nieto & Rosana Rubio

16.30 Seminar ends

If you are a student at Tampere University, you can get 2 ECTS if you attend the whole seminar and write an original essay (1000-1500 words) based on one or several of the seminar lectures. The essay is to be sent in one single pdf file named ‘LastName_FirstName.pdf’ to rosana.rubiohernandez@tuni.fi by January 31st, 2020.