Name: Jyväskylän Kesä - Talk Programme 2024
Start: 2024-07-03T11:00:00
End: 2024-07-09T13:00:00

Jyväskylän Kesä - Talk Programme 2024

The programme is organised in cooperation with the Ģ��ֱ��’s School of Resource Wisdom JYU.WISDOM, the School of Wellbeing JYU.WELL, and the Teacher Education Research and Development, JYU.Edu.

Event information

Event date

3.7.2024 14:00 - 9.7.2024 16:00

Event type

Arts and culture

Student events

Public lectures, seminars and round tables

Event language

Finnish

Event accessibility

Event space is accessible for all

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Event organizer

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Event payment

Free of charge

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For nearly 80 years, the Jyväskylä Festival’s programme of panel discussions and talks has prompted meaningful discussion on the day’s most important questions. This year, the programme will gain a nationwide audience, as the festival discussions can be streamed live via Yle Areena or watched later.

This year’s programme on empathy features a range of experts and deals with the possibilities of multispecies empathy, the risks of increasingly technologised care, and the role of discipline in the Finnish education system. During the festival week from 3 to 9 July, you will also have the opportunity to participate in a trip to nature integrating the worlds of art and science, take a walk with your own thoughts while being guided by philosophers, become a professional in active listening, and learn how you can create a meadow in your own backyard.

The programme is free for all and will be hosted mainly at the University’s Main Building, one of the most prominent designs of architect Alvar Aalto. The panel discussions bring together an impressive collection of researchers, policymakers, influential figures, artists, and other experts. The Jyväskylä Festival is organising the programme in collaboration with the University’s School of Resource Wisdom JYU.Wisdom, School of Wellbeing JYU.Well, and Teacher Education Research and Development, JYU.Edu.

The 69th Jyväskylä Festival takes place from 3 to 9 July 2024. The wide-ranging, multidisciplinary arts programme includes theatre, concerts, dance, films, discussions, courses, and the hugely popular outdoor concert Puistojuhlat. Last year, the two days of music attracted more than 33,000 visitors.

The activities, events and panels will be held in Finnish.

Event links

Wednesday, 3 July 2024
2:00–3:45 p.m.
Main Building, Assembly Hall

Opening seminar: Humanity in the world of artificial intelligence - how will AI change people?

The seminar features three speakers, each of whom will address with the different possibilities, purposes and impacts of AI for humans.

In her introduction, Katri Saarikivi will present the impacts of technology on the brain, concentration and empathy. Hannu Toivonen will speak about the creativity of AI and how the technology could be harnessed as a partner and booster for creative thinking – not as a substitute. Marko Siitonen will consider the effects of AI that are often ignored at the planning stage, but which emerge when people start using the technology in its various forms.

The opening seminar is organised jointly by the City of Jyväskylä, the Ģ��ֱ��, and Mediahouse Keskisuomalainen.

Kuvassa tekoälyn mahdollisuudet tulevaisuudessa

Thursday, 4 July 2024
10:00 a.m. –12 noon
Main Building, Assembly Hall

Panel discussion on multispecies empathy: Empathy and planetary wellbeing

The panel will consider what meaningful things multispecies empathy could enable, and why people find it so difficult to adopt. By empathising with the experiences of other species in the human-dominated environment, we could perhaps find concrete ways to promote genuine planetary wellbeing that also takes the needs of other species into account. Alongside this effort, however, we need to consider the limits and pitfalls of our capacity for empathy.

The need to have empathy for other species will be discussed by philosopher Elisa Aaltola, researcher Sami Keto, historian Otto Latva, and sustainability specialist Matleena Käppi.

Thursday, 4 July 2024
2:00–4:00 p.m.
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Search party for biodiversity empathy

This is a trip into the forest led by environmental philosopher Sami Keto. Audience and guides alike will search for common and rare species, talk about them, touch and smell them. Together, the group will admire biodiversity and consider how all this changes our attitude to them.

The terrain is rough, so the trip is not suitable to people with reduced mobility.
Please note that the event will be held regardless of the weather.

Previously announced Panu Halme and artist Lyyti have had to cancel their attendance at the event.

Registration to the event has been closed.

Kuvassa tekoälyllä luotu uhkakuva koulutuksen puutteesta

Friday, 5 July 2024
10:00 a.m. – 12 noon
Main Building, Assembly Hall

More empathy or more discipline: What does Finnish education need?

The Finnish educational landscape is crowded with various phrases that come up in discussions especially when people hear bad news from school or about the activities of children and youth. What is behind these phrases – mere rhetoric, wisdom or the harsh reality of the Finnish mindset? Would education need more disciplinary action or a more empathetic approach? The question is significant since the answer reflects how we see other people and what kind of society we wish to build.

The panelists include special needs teacher Anni Piiroinen, university teacher Eveliina Stolp, Doctor of Philosophy (Education) Minni Matikainen, and Division Leader of Gradia upper secondary schools, Rector, teacher of Finnish and literature Samuli Laitinen.

Friday, 5 July 2024
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Seminarium, Old Assembly Hall

Listening training workshop

Come and train that most important interaction skills: listening. When open and honest communication as well as good negotiation skills are needed, listening helps. Listening helps create a safe and inspiring atmosphere for discussion, teaching, care settings, and important interaction situations in one’s personal life. In this training, we will practice active listening in particular and learn to avoid the stumbling blocks of interaction. The opening speech will be given by psychologist and Licentiate of Philosophy Pirkko Lahti.

The workshop is organised by JYU’s cross-disciplinary research area of behavioural change, well-being and health in the course of life (BC-Well).

Saturday, 6 July 2024 & Sunday, 7 July 2024
9:30–11:00 a.m. & 10:00–11:00 a.m.
Alba Bridge

Take your thoughts for a walk: Philosophical walks

On these walks, we will study and ponder the notion of empathy drawing on different philosophical perspectives and traditions. In this event, you can exchange your ideas with the other participants or engage in independent contemplation in peace. The philosophical walks are based on the idea of interpersonal meeting, and during the walks you will have a chance to meet other people as well as nature. The guides for the walk will be Doctoral Researchers Sari Hietamäki and Anttoni Kuusela.

Saturday, 9:30–11:00 a.m. The walk will last for 90 minutes at most and includes walking at an unhurried pace. The event is inaccessible for people with reduced mobility because the route includes uphill sections and stairs.

Sunday, 10:00–11:00 a.m. The walk will last for 60 minutes at most. The event is accessible for people with reduced mobility.

On both days, the route starts and ends at the corner of the Alba Bridge.

Please note the weather!
If it rains in the morning, the event will not take place.

Saturday, 6 July 2024 & Sunday, 7 July 2024
11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Mattilanniemi Park (at the end of Buildings B and C)

From lawn to meadow

Once again this year, volunteers will have the chance to dig up part of the grounds of the Ģ��ֱ�� Botanical Garden, and help turn an area of urban lawn into a city meadow to provide favourable flowers for butterflies and other pollinators. This year the project will take place on the lawns of the western end of the Mattilanniemi Park (at the end of Buildings B and C). You can join for the whole time or also for a shorter while! At the same time, you can also ask the coordinator and Botanical Garden specialist Hanna Keljo and other guides of the event for practical tips on creating and caring for meadow areas in your own yard.

The project is organised in collaboration with the JYU Botanical Garden, Jyväskylä Festival, the JYU Wisdom network, University Properties of Finland Ltd, and TL-Maint real estate services, who is in charge of maintaining the park. The project is supervised by coordinator and Botanical Garden specialist Hanna Keljo.

Kuvassa opetellaan älypuhelimen käyttöä.

Monday, 8 July 2024
10:00 a.m.–12 noon
Main Building, Assembly Hall

The empathy of care

This panel discussion addresses the impacts of increasingly technologised care on empathy. Services for elderly people are faced with a variety of challenges, which is reflected in the occupational wellbeing of nurses and in the social participation experienced by the elderly. Empathy, that is, the ability to put oneself in another person’s position, is at the heart of good care. We will discuss how empathy can be enhanced in care work and how it impacts the life quality of the patients.

The panel discussion will feature senior researcher and Docent of Adult Education Eveliina Saari from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, social scientist Antti Hämäläinen, senior sales manager Tea Mills from Tamro Oyj, postdoctoral researcher Tiina Sihto, and researcher Vilja Levonius from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health.

Tuesday, 9 July 2024
10:00 a.m.–12 noon
Main Building, Assembly Hall

Empathy deficit or sheer stupidity: Why do we hinder the necessary sustainability transition?

Solutions for the sustainability crisis are no longer stuck due to the scarcity of knowledge, and the longer we keep waiting, the more expensive the necessary changes will be. This panel discussion will address the role of empathy in the sustainability transition. Come along to discuss whether our society could have more room for transgenerational and transnational empathy across species, so that we would not leave the burden of the sustainability transition to future generations.

The opening speech will be given by doctoral researcher Otto Snellman, and the other panelists include psychologist, regional welfare representative Julia Sangervo, specialist of agricultural policy Tuuli Orasmaa and philosopher Markku Oksanen.

Previously announced member of parliament Oras Tynkkynen is unable to attend the event.

Tuesday, 9 July 2024
2:00–4:00 p.m.
Main Building, Assembly Hall

Empathy as a superpower in working life

Empathy creates a basis for humane working life, cooperation, good management and interaction. These, in turn, contribute to employees’ wellbeing and yield better results. This discussion will seek solutions as to how working life can be made more humane through empathy while exploring the benefits of community.

This discussion by the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health and JYU.Well features a quick-witted group of researchers – Janne Kaltiainen and Vilja Levonius from the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Jenni Spännäri from the University of Helsinki, and Virpi-Liisa Kykyri from the Ģ��ֱ��. The event will be chaired by Professor of Practice Salla Toppinen-Tanner and hosted by Juha Hietanen.

Good to know when arriving at events

Finnish teacher education began on this very campus, in 1863. Since then, our driving force has been based on a pluralistic dialogue between research, education and society.

The park-like campus of the Ģ��ֱ�� is a unique cultural and natural environment, located within easy reach of the city centre. It reflects more than a century of Finnish architectural history and is especially known worldwide for featuring multiple buildings by architect Alvar Aalto.

See here for information about university

The Ģ��ֱ�� uses the eParking app. To make parking in the University area easier, be sure you have the eParking app in use. If you are a JYU student or staff member, login to the application with your Haka credentials. Visitor parking follows the street parking prices in the area.

Whether you are parking during chargeable hours or outside of them, you must always register your vehicle when parking in the area.

See here for parking maps and instructions for activating the eParking app.

The main venue of the speaking programme is the Assembly Hall in the Main Building at the Ģ��ֱ��. Other venues are located in Mattilanniemi, the �۱��ö�԰��ԲԱ� nature preserve, and Seminarium, close to the Main Building.

At the front of the Main Building, there are a few parking places available for those holding a parking permit for people with reduced mobility.

People using a wheelchair or other aids can enter the Assembly Hall mainly by the lift located on the first floor of the Main Building, close to the coat racks. When needed, the event staff and the janitors of the building can assist with access to the Assembly Hall. There are also accessible toilet facilities on the first floor, close to the coat racks.

During events, induction loops are used in the main building's assembly hall and in the old assembly hall of the Seminarium.

See here for accessibility information for other facilities.

Please note that the Search party for biodiversity empathy on Thursday, 4 July and Philosophical walk on Saturday, 6 July are not accessible for people with reduced mobility. For Meadow work on 6–7 July, we recommend caution and discretion in participation due to the uneven ground and the use of tools.

The JYU campus features a variety of cafes and restaurants. For example, in the shade of the University’s Botanical Garden, you can enjoy cold or hot drinks from Café Villa Rana, or you can have a cozy lunch at Ilokivi in the Student Union Building. The Semma cafes and restaurants offer take away tasty baked goods as well as lunch.

The Belvedere café in the main building will be open during the Jyväskylän Kesä festival as follows:

Wednesday 3.7 from 13:00 to 16:00
Thursday 4.7 9.30-12.30
Friday 5.7 9.30-12.30
Saturday 6.7 from 9.30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday 7.7 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday 8.7 9.30-12.30
Tuesday 9.7 9.30-16.30

In the Library Building Lähde, the Compass Group’s Restaurant Taide organizes biodiversity-aware lunch during the Jyväskylä Festival week from 3 to 9 July. You can learn about how everyday choices in dining impact carbon dioxide emissions and how you can make a difference by choosing different products.

The restaurant Taide in the library building in Lähde will be open during the Jyväskylä Summer as follows:

Mon-Fri from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Saturday 6.7 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Sunday 7.7 from 11 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

See here for cafes and restaurants on campus

Jyväskylän Kesä Festival is the oldest continuously arranged city festival in the Nordic countries. First held in 1955, the event soon became one of the most significant summer events in all Europe. Jyväskylä has been visited by the world’s leading composers, architects, musicians, filmmakers, philosophers, researchers, dancers, and theatre performers. Since its establishment, the festival’s focus has been on high-level artistic content, presenting new works and authors, and addressing social themes, while the organising philosophy has highlighted the involvement of audiences.

In 2024, the festival’s theme is empathy.

Further information

Jenna Minkkinen

Event Producer

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