29.11.2024 at 15–18
1st floor, Kiasma Theatre
Tickets: free admission
The event is free of charge but requires registration. Please register for the seminar by 4 PM on Mon November 25 from the Tickets-button.
in English

The seminar deals with the questions of sustainable culture from the perspectives of land use, art, and civic engagement. The event is part of Baltic Circle festival.

Notes on Power and Hope seminar addresses questions of sustainable culture from the perspectives of land use, art, and civic engagement. The event also considers the role of art in reshaping social thought and action.

The seminar will discuss how art can serve as a resource for social change and promote environmental justice and climate responsibility. The event will cover topics such as:

How can artists contribute to environmental work?
Who shapes the climate discussion? How is Indigenous knowledge considered?
How can economic goals be aligned with environmental sustainability?
How do we confront and address the emotions triggered by climate change?
The seminar is organized by Baltic Circle festival and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Creative Net project.

Speakers and timetable
The event’s speakers will share perspectives on work where hope is not a feeling, but a strategy:

Saara Alakorva (Piera-Jovnna-Leena Saara), Researcher, Arctic World Politics, University of Lapland
Sini Harkki, Executive Director, Greenpeace Norden
Tero Mustonen, Researcher, Fisherman, and Chair of the Snowchange Cooperative
Kaisa Rönkkö, Director, Arts Promotion Centre Finland

The program also includes a panel discussion. The seminar timetable shall be published later here

Baltic Circle -festival
Baltic Circle is an international festival for contemporary theatre and performance organised annually in November in Helsinki. The festival brings intensities into the city, takes stands on current questions, and ignites dialogue. Baltic Circle believes in the aesthetic and affective powers of the arts, and in the potential of social and political agency of performance.

Next edition is the 21st and it takes place in Helsinki from 22 to 30 November 2024. Read more: balticcircle.fi

Creative Net
Creative Net is the coordination project for the national Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme under the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike). The project assists and encourages professionals in the creative industries to apply for ESF+ funding and supports the practical work of funded projects.

The seminar is part of the Creative Net’s Future Trilogy in 2024. The Future Trilogy includes three seminars that explore the future, art, and culture from different perspectives. The seminars will be held in the fall in Hämeenlinna, Kuopio, and Helsinki.