Toward apocalyptic experience: images and narratives of the end

Beskrivning

Imagining and talking about apocalypses instil fear and aid in managing fear. In Western intellectual and cultural history, there is a semantic and experiential charge given to the notion of the apocalypse, whereby catastrophic and incomprehensible events appear as real and graspable. Simultaneously, apocalyptic thinking channels the arising emotions through narratives and images that anchor the end of the world as an orienting focal point. Thus, the apocalyptic imaginary can refer to real existential risks and scenarios as well as cataclysmic change, motivate counteractions, but also contribute to resignation or 'disappointment'. In our workshop, the central question revolves around how the apocalyptic imaginary, within a historical perspective and cultural diversification, provides the building blocks and a grammar for apocalyptic experiences. How do images and narratives of the end provide temporal and spatial configurations as well as affective patterns that contribute to coping with radical change in historical retrospection, diagnosing the present, and anticipating the future?

Period	2024 okt. 24 → 2024 okt. 25
Typ av evenemang	Workshop
Plats	Heidelberg, TysklandVisa på karta
Omfattning	Internationell