2nd Edition of the Serbian School of Ecopoetics

A workshop-style event, taking place as part of the activities programmed by the poet prof. Julia Fiedorczuk, whose mission is to create and strengthen deep ecological competences in the School's listeners, which will translate into their creative and professional practices.

During the workshops, participants will read and analyse selected ecocritical texts and poems together. They will take part in literary lectures conducted by Polish experts, as well as field trips aimed at deepening the participants' bonds with their bioregion. Poetry will be treated here as a way of creating knowledge and entering into an intimate relationship with the world.

In the context of technological changes in recent decades - especially digitisation - the economy of human attention is also changing. This is a process so disturbing that philosophers, ecologists, but also representatives of neuroscience are calling for us to rethink our relationship with technologies. The average level of intelligence in modern societies is already measurable, the space of sensory experience available to people is shrinking, and the bond with the natural environment is undergoing complete atrophy. During the congress, participants will look at this problem from a number of different perspectives, but throughout this journey they will be guided by poems (by Polish and international authors). It is no coincidence that the second congress of the School is taking place at the same time as International Poetry Day and the accompanying poetry festival.

Authors: Julia Fiedorczuk, Maciej Rosiński, Grzegorz Czemiel, Bartłomiej Majzel, Emilia Konwerska  

Partners: Kulturni Centar Beograda (Cultural Centre of Belgrade), Polish Institute in Belgrade