With the cooperation of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Dokuz Eylul University Philosophy Department, the 4th Izmir Philosophy Days will be held on May 11 at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center with the theme of "Slow Life".
Izmir Philosophy Days, which are organized around various themes in May every year, will be held with the theme of "Slow Life" at the Ahmed Adnan Saygun Art Center in cooperation with the Izmir Metropolitan Municipality and Dokuz Eylul University Department of Philosophy. The Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the event, which will be held on Thursday, May 4, at 13.00, Prof. Dr. Levent Aysever will undertake it.
Previously, the titles of "Enlightenment and Religion", "Law, Violence and Justice", "States of Art", "Utopia", "Science, Technology, Ecology", "City the Space of Differences", "Recognition and Recognition: I and the Other" were discussed. At the Philosophy Days, which is held, it is aimed that current issues gain visibility in the public sphere through dialogue and discussion.
The program flow is as follows:
13:00 – Opening Speeches
Bülent Köstem – Cittaslow Coordinator
prof. Dr. Levent Aysever – Chairman of the Organizing Committee/ DEU Department of Philosophy
First Session Time: 13.30-15.30
Session Chair: Prof. Dr. Hakan Çörekçioğlu / Dokuz Eylül University
Speakers:
prof. Dr. Senem Kurtar / Gaziantep University
The Contradictory Fabric of Capitalist Cities: Cittaslow or “Calm City” as Heterotopia/Heterotopia
prof. Dr. Kubilay Aysevener / Dokuz Eylul University
Being Urban in the Dilemma of Fastness and Slowness
Dr. Bülent Şık / BAYETAV
Leaving Earth: Man, Technological Life, and Life on Other Planets
Second Session Time: 15.45 - 17.45
Chairperson: Assoc. Dr. Eren Rızvanoğlu / İzmir Democracy University
Speakers:
Assoc. Dr. Selda Taşdemir Afşar / Hacettepe University
Is Cittaslow (Calm City) Possible in the Clamp of Neoliberalism? Possibilities and Limitations
Dr. Umut Morkoç / Adıyaman University
Another Science Is Possible (?)
Bülent Köstem / Cittaslow Türkiye Technical Coordinator
Will the Big Metropolis Ever Be Calm?