Transdisciplinary Approaches to Dementia and Aging | The Lecture Series of the Phenomenology of Dementia and Aging Network
University of Cologne | Online via Zoom
SoSe 2026 | 02.03.2026 – 01.06.2026 | Mondays 2pm – 3.30pm (CET)
Our lecture series sets out to reframe how we understand and engage with dementia—not through a narrow lens of cognitive decline, but by centering the lived experiences of those affected. With contributions from leading voices in theory and practice, the series brings together interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary perspectives that emphasize the intersubjective, socially and culturally situated dimensions of dementia. Rather than focusing solely on neurodegeneration, we explore psycho- and sociodegenerative processes through key concepts such as perception and resonance. In doing so, we aim to bridge the gap between diagnosis and therapy, theory and practice and create a space where new insights can emerge, and where the meaning-making capacities of music, touch, theater, and other lifeworldly experiences are recognized as vital to care.
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Organized by: Dr. Erik Norman Dzwiza-Ohlsen & Ragna Winniewski, Husserl Archives Cologne/a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne
Zoom access: https://uni-koeln.zoom.us/j/91365214213?pwd=cWFRQnZKcjlMY3RzNEdISHMzU09GUT09
(Meeting-ID: 913 6521 4213, Passwort: 252346)
Program SoSe 2026
02.03.2026
Laura Vermeulen (Utrecht)
"Responding to Dementia: A critical phenomenology of everyday life among dwelling people with dementia?“
11.05.2026
Jessie Stanier (Bristol)
“Critical phenomenology, motivated possibilities, and anticipatory predicaments at older age”
01.06.2026
Ann V. Murphy (New Mexico)
“My Mom and Lady Windermere: Gender, Expressivity, and Illness”
