March 27-28, 2026
The sensorial field is littered with internal boundaries demarcating what permissible and what is forbidden. This field itself appears bordered and separated from what is outside of it. We are readily led to believe erroneously that these internal boundaries are sacrosanct and unalterable and that they are also intrinsically good for us. Succumbing to existing boundaries appears both natural and harmless. On the contrary, saying no to them enriches sensorial experiences and opens pathways to a more exciting life of sensorial experience. By affirming and saying yes to sensorial seductions, them, elemental works of art and, indeed, all elemental aesthetic experiences, enrich our lives. We also become more conscious of their therapeutic benefits. Pathogenic sensorial boundaries in the lived world, in general, are deprived of their foundation and replaced by healthy ones. Aesthetics in general and the world of work of art in particular, becomes a key that opens a healthier world. We are led to where we should and ought to be at home. It is a way of overcoming our homelessness in the sensorial world.
The Conference seeks to bring together and nourish those who are interested in sharing their perception and experiences in the world of sensorial seductions and in participating in conversations on this excursion.
Abstracts are invited from any academic discipline and from those who are not associated with the academy. Diverse aesthetic cultural and inter-cultural presentations are welcome. Submissions from academics, non-academics, performing and non-performing artists, artisans, philosophers, poets, writers, and applied aestheticians are welcome. Welcomed are also those who seek to establish or reaffirm an organic link between the academic and non-academic worlds.
Send abstracts of no less than 200 words to Murungi at: jmurungi@towson.edu. Submission deadline: January 31, 2026.