Dear Colleagues,
I'm co-organizing a panel for AAS 2026 Vancouver, titled:
"From Cosmic Rhythms to the Poetics of Everyday Life: Slow Aesthetic Resources in Chinese Tradition and Their Contemporary Significance"
Currently, the panel has three papers, and we'reWe are seeking:
1 Discussant & 1 Chair
This panel adopts slow aesthetics as its central lens, integrating Chinese traditional philosophy, the aesthetic practices of talented women in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a critical reflection on accelerated modernity.By revealing the limitations of "Slowness of Aesthetics"-which tend to externalize acceleration merely as a mode of production and focus on individualized aesthetic escape-the panel turns to the rich reservoir of slow aesthetic resources embedded in Chinese tradition. In particular, it examines the poetic survival practices of talented women in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the cosmological rhythms articulated in Chuan Shan's Yijing scholarship. Together, these elements inspire a vision of slow living that aligns with cosmic order, fusing temporal philosophy with embodied aesthetic practice, and offering an alternative framework for addressing aesthetic alienation in the age of technological acceleration.
Feel free to email me at Songaimeng@outlook.com if you are interested.I'd be happy to share the full abstract and details.
Aimeng Song,
PhD Candidate, Shandong University
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Aimeng Song
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