On 19th September 2023, the TiO2 Project will organize the mini-symposium "White Waste?’ Crafting Mining Waste in Norway and India through Arts-Based Research” at The Faculty of Fine Art, Music and Design (KMD), University of Bergen. The symposium will explore how art history and arts-based methods can open new ways of thinking about waste. The mini-symposium includes presentations by Ingrid Halland and Kshitija Mruthyunjaya.
Programme
09:00 – 09:45 “Introduction: How Norway Made the World Whiter” by Ingrid Halland
09:45 – 10:15 “Theory: The Veil Reveal” by Kshitija Mruthyunjaya
10:15 – 10:45 Discussion and break
10:45 – 11:30 “Theory: Towards a Deep Surface Aesthetics” by Ingrid Halland
11:30 – 12:00 Discussion and break
12:00 – 12:45 “Fieldwork: Toxic Landscapes in Norway and India”
by Ingrid Halland and Kshitija Mruthyunjaya
12:45 – 13:00 Break
13:00 – 14:00 On arts-based research (research-by-design and artistic research) and
concluding discussion
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