Arts, Aesthetics and Existential Resilience

The course is interdisciplinary and research-based, combining perspectives from the humanities with findings from medical and sustainability research. The course covers topics such as aesthetic empathy, presence, meaning, and imagination, as well as how existential resilience relates to the individual, community, and planetary levels of human life. You will discuss different paths to knowledge about art and aesthetics in relation to existential resilience, including empirical observations, philosophical approaches, introspection, and embodied experience. You will learn how creative and aesthetic experiences can be facilitated and communicated in different contexts to promote existential resilience.

The course combines remote teaching, through online lectures and seminars, with on-site workshops during a one-day visit to Lund University. The pedagogy is based on student-centered learning, where you are encouraged to engage in your own and each other’s learning process. Parts of the pedagogical methodology of both the online and on-site teaching are inspired by Object-Based Learning (OBL). The course makes use of Canvas, an online learning platform, and digital tools. You are required to participate under these conditions, and to have access to a computer with an Internet connection. The department will provide information about the technical requirements.

Prerequisites

General requirements

Selection criteria

Priority is given to applicants who have applied before deadline and are registered to a course or a programme at Lunds University the semester before this course starts. After that seats are allocated according to the following: The general average (GPA) of your higher secondary school leaving certificate: 34 %, The Swedish national university aptitude test: 34 %, number of previous ECTS at application deadline (up to 165): 32 %. If students have equal credentials, seats are allocated based on their results on The Swedish National University Aptitude Test. If this too is equal, seats are allocated based on a draw.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 6,250
First payment: SEK 6,250

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.