{"id":5629,"date":"2020-07-20T16:07:42","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T14:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/?post_type=portfolio&p=5629"},"modified":"2021-01-25T17:43:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-25T16:43:26","slug":"vse-kolem-mne-jako-ja-zije-citi-hledani-cesty-k-regenerativni-kulture-program","status":"publish","type":"aktivity","link":"https:\/\/potulnauniverzita.cz\/en\/aktivity\/vse-kolem-mne-jako-ja-zije-citi-hledani-cesty-k-regenerativni-kulture-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Program: Everything around me lives, feels, like me\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer seminar of the Traveling University of Nature<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program: Everything around me lives, feels, like me\u2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

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Finding a path to regenerative culture<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

dedicated to the poet Joseph von Eichendorff<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 10 \u2014 August 15, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ecocenter Rychleby<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lud\u011bk \u010cert\u00edk, Martin Nawrath, Pavel Jan\u0161ta and Hiromi Ogata, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Dan\u011bk, Jarom\u00edr Bl\u00e1ha, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Hr\u016fza and Andrea Pr\u016fchov\u00e1 Hr\u016fzov\u00e1, Barbora Kinkalov\u00e1, Jana Ko\u017enarov\u00e1, Tom\u00e1\u0161 Gardelka, Alena Mal\u00edkov\u00e1, Hana Bernardov\u00e1, Lenka Kubelov\u00e1, Michal Krist\u00fdnek, Zde\u0148ka Mor\u00e1vkov\u00e1-\u0158ezbov\u00e1, Stephan Martin, Freya Mathews, Lara Mallien and Johannes Heimrath and George Zemanek<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe have no independence, no integrity of our own as a species separate from the other species of this world, no collective existence as a creature separate from the living Earth. \u2026Our true collective body is not the body of \u201chumanity\u201d as an independent abstraction, but the living Body of this breathing biosphere. That is us.\u201d<\/p>David Abram<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

To live poetically\u2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Today we face the challenge of moving from the current destruction of the planet\u2019s life systems to a new culture of regeneration and care that seeks the benefit and richness not only of us humans but of life as a whole. It is nothing less than an attempt to reintegrate human culture into nature. To move from the still prevalent and mostly foolish and unfortunate efforts to control and dominate nature to a deeper mutuality and synergy with the world. Cosmologist Thomas Berry once wrote that human society and the natural world will either go into the future as one integral community or they will experience misfortune along the way. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The basic premise of such a cultural transformation is a turn in our metaphysics, an abandonment of the dualistic idea of our separation from nature, which is now rejected even by science itself. The biosphere is clearly not just a collection of objects, but a community of subjects with which we are multifacetedly connected and in whose life we participate. Reality cannot be reduced to the mechanical laws of cause and effect; it is permeated with a psychoactive principle. It is an inexhaustibly living communicative world, which is capable, as ecophilosopher Freya Mathews states, of responding to us and establishing meaningful connections with us in the language of poetics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This new panpsychic understanding of reality therefore gives us the opportunity to open ourselves to a deeper synergy with the world, which, according to Mathews, \u201cit signifies entry into an expanded realm of eros, in which self and world mutually awaken to a greater and more radiant state of fulfillment.<\/em>" According to the German biologist Andreas Weber, nature embodies the desire for connection. When we are in contact with it, we are involved in an intense mutual exchange that stimulates our connection with other beings, which awakens our deeper selves and allows us to participate in the flowering of vitality within the biosphere. It is a path to a fuller and more mature life, which is the core of true sustainability. Recognizing the subjective nature of the world, according to Mathews, allows us to unite our desires with the desires and needs of the biosphere itself and to actively complement and co-create it and develop a truly ecological ethic. In this sense, I understand the quest for cultural regeneration as a challenge: Live poetically!<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

George Zemanek<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seminar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

During the seminar, we will theoretically familiarize ourselves with some concepts of the above-mentioned ideological and cultural transformation: ecology of perception and ethics of language. David Abram<\/strong>, the philosophy of panpsychism and the practice of ontopoetics by the Australian ecophilosopher Freya Mathews<\/strong>, erotic ecology and the vision of the culture and politics of vitality of the German biologist and philosopher Andreas Weber<\/strong>, but also the concept of "return of enchantment" by Thomas Moore and the concept of the ecozoic era by Thomas Berry. Together we will then explore issues of ecological ethics (the rights of nature, ecocide) and learn about current efforts in the field of regenerative culture in the world and in our country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the same time, we will be inspired by the work of some poets and artists (Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Joseph von Eichendorff, Robinson Jeffers, Mary Oliver, Milo\u0161 \u0160ejn, etc.) in how to listen to the world, how to unite with the inner dynamics of nature, how to read meanings from the language of the world. We dedicate a separate program to the last great romantic poet Joseph von Eichendorff<\/strong> (1788\u20131857), who came from the Upper Silesia region and spent the last two years of his life at the J\u00e1nsk\u00fd vrch chateau in Javorn\u00edk. Two contemporary Czech poets will also present their poetic work to us. Ludek Certik<\/strong> and Martin Nawrath<\/strong>. A Pavel Jansta<\/strong> and Hiromi Ogata<\/strong> will introduce us to the Japanese classical poetry form of haiku. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every day we will take trips to the captivating nature of the Rychleby Mountains. We will visit the Dance Hall in the Ra\u010d\u00ed \u00fadol\u00ed nature reserve and \u010certovy kazatelny, the J\u00e1nsk\u00fd vrch chateau near Javorn\u00edk, Travn\u00e1 and Z\u00e1les\u00ed, Bor\u016fvkov\u00e1 hora, Vysok\u00fd k\u00e1men and the ruins of the Rychleby castle. During the trips we will try to develop a deeper sensory and contemplative participation with the nature around us \u2013 with animals and birds, with plants and trees, with forests and meadows, stones and rocks, with the sky and stars, with the sun and earth, with the Moon and the Milky Way, with air and water, with light and gravity \u2013 in an effort to deepen our ability to identify with all life. We will use wandering, poetry, meditation, dance, song, a consultative circle, the language of myths and archetypes, ritual. We will develop poetic perception and poetize the world. Our guides on these trips will include, among others, a painter and a curator. Zdenka Moravkova-Rezbova<\/strong>, which will introduce us to the history and reconstruction of the Dance Hall and its other rich cultural curatorial activities (in Z\u00e1les\u00ed and Jesen\u00edk), and Michal Kristynek<\/strong>, a guide to the Rychlebsk\u00e9 Mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the seminar, on Saturday, August 15th at 2 p.m., we will go to three-day hike from Ra\u010d\u00ed \u00fadol\u00ed to the top of Kr\u00e1lick\u00fd Sn\u011b\u017en\u00edk<\/strong><\/a> (1424 m above sea level). Some pilgrims will continue from here through the Orlick\u00e9 Mountains, Stolov\u00e9 Mountains and Broumovsk\u00e9 St\u011bny to the peak of Sn\u011b\u017eka (1602 m above sea level) in the Krkono\u0161e Mountains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Invitation to the seminar<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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"J\u00e1nsk\u00fd Vrch is a breathtaking place. It is an ancient, powerful castle on a high mountain, at the foot of which the picturesque town of Javorn\u00edk lies. Around the castle is a large, very beautiful park with fountains. On one side there is a view of rocks and forest hollows, on the other an immense view of half of Silesia."<\/p>Joseph von Eichendorff <\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

J\u00e1nsk\u00fd Vrch Castle in Javorn\u00edk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

City of Javornik<\/strong> in Silesia, near which our seminar will take place, is located on the geographical border between the Rychleb Mountains and the wide Polish plain with the nearby Otmuch\u00f3w and Nysa lakes. This position on the border of the two areas is usually the place of greatest creativity. It seems that this creativity with the potential to regenerate culture is really dormant here, or rather, waking up, and that is also the reason why we are holding our seminar here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 1, Monday, August 10<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Accommodation in Ecocenter Rychleby<\/a> (White Creek 152<\/a>; 1 km northwest of the town of Javorn\u00edk) will be possible from 2 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 6:00 PM<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 19.00 TO 22.00<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Seminar launch and video call with Stephan Martin<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Initial welcoming of seminar participants, introduction to its lecturers, program and location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, we will introduce you to the main ideas of the seminar and briefly introduce its program and its main actors. We will also discuss practical matters related to the stay at the Ecocenter and introduce ourselves to each other. We will briefly introduce you to the anthology of texts by David Abram, Andreas Weber, Hildegard Kurt and Freya Mathews, which we have published for this occasion. Finally, we will recall our last year's seminar on cosmology in the Beskydy Mountains with the American astronomer Stephan Martin, with whom we will connect via Zoom. Stephan will tell us something about his current collaboration with the educational cosmological platform Deep Time Network, which is dedicated to the new cosmology of Thomas Berry and Brian T. Swimm; and also something about what role he thinks the new cosmology could play in shaping a regenerative culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day 2, Tuesday, August 11<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

FROM 8.00<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Breakfast<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 9.00 TO 10.30<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
On synergy or how to think and create from within the world \u2013 lessons from David Abram and Freya Mathews \/ lecture by Ji\u0159\u00ed Zem\u00e1nek<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

How to overcome the detached, reflexive attitude that is characteristic of our Western approach to reality and how to "return to the world" again? How to open up to synergy with animals, plants and larger living systems and think and "create from within the world"? Illustrated by examples of the work of some poets and artists (Goethe, Jeffers, etc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 10.30 TO 11.15<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
On Panpsychism and Ontopoetics \/ online lecture by Freya Mathews<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Lecture combined with communication (questions) with seminar participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 11.30 TO 12.30<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Lunch<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 12.40 TO 17.30<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
Trip to the Ra\u010d\u00ed Valley, to the Dance Hall (10 km)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

From the Ecocenter we will take the road to Javorn\u00edk to the J\u00e1nsk\u00fd Vrch chateau, which we will pass, and we will follow the red trail to the spring of St. Anthony and then through the Devil's Pulpit to the Dance Hall in Ra\u010d\u00ed \u00fadol\u00ed. Here, curator Zde\u0148ka Mor\u00e1vkov\u00e1-\u0158ezbov\u00e1 will introduce us to the history of the Dance Hall, its recent reconstruction and the rich cultural activities that are taking place here. Here we will see the current exhibition of paintings by the painter Jan Pra\u017ean and talk about his work. We will return to the Ecocenter via an alternative route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 6:00 PM<\/h6>\n\n\n\n

Dinner<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FROM 19.00<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
An evening dedicated to the poet Joseph von Eichendorff \/ J. Zem\u00e1nek with friends<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

We will learn about the life and work of this last great German Romantic poet, who is buried in nearby Nysa, and read his verses, which are characterized by a unique musicality and conciseness of form. According to Eichendorff's excellent Czech translator, the poet Ivan Slav\u00edk, Eichendorff's most characteristic note is "a quiet rapture over the world and over oneself, over beauty and pain."<\/p>\n\n\n\n

"To live is to dance with an unknown partner whose steps we can never fully predict..."<\/p>

<\/a><\/a><\/p>David Abram<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n