Sinister, Somber, Serene: The Aesthetic of Places & The Normative Landscape

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Date and time

Wed, Sep 23 · 12:00 p.m.EDT — local Toronto time

Location

Larkin Building, Room 20015 Devonshire Place, University of Toronto, Toronto, onToronto

About this event

In this talk, I explore ways that the aesthetic character of places (inviting, strange, threatening, familiar, comforting, creepy, seedy, sinister, somber, serene, etc.) can impact moral, prudential, and political norms that operate in those spaces. This will in turn lead to questions about how we should approach our power to shape the aesthetic character of places. Erich Matthes https://www.wellesley.edu/people/erich-matthes Professor Department of Philosophy Wellesley College **About the Speaker:** My primary research interests concern the ethics, politics, and aesthetics of cultural heritage, art, and the environment. I have [published papers](https://philpapers.org/profile/28417) on topics including repatriation, historic preservation, landscape art, cultural appropriation, irreplaceability, authenticity, place-loss due to climate change, and the value of history and heritage. My second book, *[What to Save and Why: Identity, Authenticity, and the Ethics of Conservation](https:/

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The Toronto Philosophy Meetup

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