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Lessons in transforming society and the self – Webinar
Join a webinar on Embodied Intelligence (El), the third intelligence that complements IQ and emotional intelligence. Discover how El can address sustainability challenges and foster creativity by tapping into our embodied and perceptual capacities.
When
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The webinar will start at 16:30, Tuesday 19 September 2023.
What is Embodied Intelligence?
Embodied Intelligence (EI) can be seen as a third intelligence (after IQ and emotional intelligence) that has peaked the interest of progressive, forward-thinking academics and business leaders. EI has potential to address systemic sustainability challenges by harnessing embodied and perceptual capacities for transforming society and the self.
EI was at the center of 'Capacity Building of Creative Radicals' project, a bold cross-disciplinary initiative within Aalto's strategy and one of its cross-cutting approaches, Radical Creativity. Aaltonians experimented with capacity building tools that encourage us to break boundaries, cultivate new ways of knowing and learning, and make space for new possibilities.See more on the project website: /en/embodied-practices
El brings our deep values and multifaceted knowledge (intellectual, emotional, intuitive, embodied) into our responses to the escalating planetary crises. It helps us approach things with more openness, awareness, caring and deep commitment. Bodily sensations, quality of attention and relational capacities become key components of creative activity and ability to see the potential of what is possible in terms of a sustainable future.
EI also helps us befriend uncertainty and incompleteness that is so closely associated with "this era of surprises" (Sitra Megatrends 2023), and is intrinsically linked to exploring the practical means of implementation - the "how" of sustainability transformations (Bentz et al. 2021, 2022).
Programme
- Aalto’s radical experimentation: What did we learn about human capacities to connect to new ways of knowing and learning? (Kirsi Hakio and Maria Joutsenvirta)
- Why do we need embodied intelligence to respond to the planetary crisis? (Erkka Laininen, OKKA Foundation)
- How to support young graduates in developing suitable competencies and in catalyzing a societal sustainability transformation? (Meeri Karvinen, Aalto University)
- Dialogue: How can we make space for deep, transformative learning in work life and adult education?
Organizers and hosts
Kirsi Hakio, PhD, Collaboration Designer and Researcher of Transformative Creative Practices.
Maria Joutsenvirta, PhD, Sustainability instructor and Transformative learning designer.
Special guests
Meeri Karvinen, Doctoral researcher, Expert and developer of sustainability education, Aalto University.
Erkka Laininen, Planning Manager, The OKKA Foundation for Teaching, Education and Personal Development.
Embodied practices for teams
Encourage your team to let go of routines that prevent creativity. Radical Creativity piloted with Social Presencing Theater’s methods.