The international and interdisciplinary colloquium Return to animality: theoretical perspectives, cultural approaches and artistic manifestations will take place on October 26th, 27th and 28th at Colégio Almada Negreiros and online.
For centuries, the Western man has fought against his own animality, taking refuge in civilization and culture as a means to counter the return to the origins, or to a zero level of human nature. Making use of an extraordinary capacity for transformation (which distinguishes him from other animals), man has created new ways of life that came to revolutionise the subject-animal’s own nature and theory.
The aim of this colloquium is to create a plural and interdisciplinary space for reflection on these issues, calling for a dialogue between different perspectives and disciplines.
