Why and how should we take children’s thinking seriously, especially when it comes to the deeper questions that matter to human life and living? The fundamental elements of flourishing, building friendships, learning and even boredom are central to many children's everyday lives. Their expertise in these fundamental human challenges is rich and deep. This talk prompts us to think about children as particular kinds of experts and why understanding them in this way can add depth to our dialogues with them.
The event will employ learnings from the children’s art engagement in the AND project (Art Needs Dialogue) in collaboration with Baboró, led by Dr Michela Dianetti, University of Galway. It will include contextualisation on Philosophy of Childhood delivered by Dr Lucy Elvis, Lecturer in Philosophy for Children (P4C) and Philosophy of Art, University of Galway.
Venue | The Hardiman Building, University of Galway
Dr Michela Dianetti is a Research Ireland Postdoctoral researcher in Philosophy at the University of Galway in collaboration with Baboró International Arts Festival for Children. She lectures and researches in Philosophy of Literature and Philosophy for Children. She is the 2022 awardee of the Barbara Stevens Heusel Research Fund Fellowship for Early-Career Scholars by the Iris Murdoch Society, co-curator of the exhibition (Un)Real Ireland on Murdoch’s relationship with Ireland, and has been a visiting researcher at Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and at the Centre for Ethics as Study in Human Value. She is the co-founder of AIRE Research Collective, a board member of the Journal Attention, affiliated with the American Weil Society and a board member of the Irish Philosophical Society.
Dr Lucy Elvis is the Director of Public Philosophy at the University of Galway. She teaches and researches on Philosophy of Art and Public Philosophy with a focus on what emerges between art and its audience and between people in dialogue. She is a co-founder of both AIRE research collective and CURO - Thinking for Communities. She is also an art writer and curator.
If you’re interested in this talk, you may also be interested in Can’t I just make art? or Nach féidir liom an ealaín a chumadh? to learn more about the P4C approach through a practical workshop, facilitated by Em Ó Ceallaigh.
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