Tag: aesthetics

The concept aesthetic practice offers a novel perspective on philosophical aesthetics by shifting the focus from objects and singular experiences to ongoing, repeatedly performed activities. Practice highlights the aesthetic relevance of doing and making, temporality, continuity, multimodality and intersubjectivity. Aesthetic practices can be, for example, engagement with the arts, popular culture, craft, sports and games, or some aspect of one’s everyday environment where a fundamental motivating factor is pleasure gained through the activity.

We are calling for contributions to a special issue of the journal dedicated to the work of our research network on the relationship between sport and the arts.

This conference, scheduled to take place during the 2016 European Championship and hosted by the University of Basel’s Department of English, takes up soccer with a special focus on its poetics and aesthetics. The conference by necessity is interdisciplinary in nature.

Thursday 19th June, from 9am to 4.15pm, The Lupino Screening Room, University of Kent, Canterbury Programme 09.00- 10.00 Graham McFee, University of Brighton/California State University, Fullerton The Not-So-Beautiful...

On 7 April 2014, Dance UK’s Healthier Dancer Programme, in partnership with the Royal Society of Medicine will be hosting a conference dedicated to...

Articles  Sport and Art: an Essay in The Hermeneutics of Sport Andrew Edgar Pages: 1-9 DOI: 10.1080/17511321.2013.761879 Sport and Philosophy Andrew Edgar Pages: 10-29 DOI: 10.1080/17511321.2013.761882 Sportworld Andrew Edgar Pages: 30-54 DOI: 10.1080/17511321.2013.761881 The Birth of Sport Andrew...