The UdeC academic will lead a new Oceanic Dialogue within the framework of the Puerto de Ideas Biobío 2024 Festival, which will take place between August 23 and 25.
The third version of the Puerto de Ideas Biobío 2024 Festival, presented together with BHP Foundation, extends an invitation to think about a common good hand in hand with ideas and knowledge. Between August 23 and 25, more than 30 guests, including oceanographers, biologists, neuroscientists, historians, philosophers, writers, musicians and artists, will offer conferences, talks and shows about nature and the sea.
Among the activities that will take place throughout the weekend, there is a new “Oceanic Dialogue”, an event headed by the oceanographer and academic of the University of Concepción, Osvaldo Ulloa. In each version of the Festival, representatives of various disciplines reflect on the importance of the ocean in culture and science, highlighting its role in the spaces of conversation.
“The topic on which we will reflect and discuss in this version of the festival is the high seas, the most remote, extensive and least known component of the world ocean,” explains Ulloa about this activity entitled “High seas: How do we incorporate it into our thinking and protect it?” which will take place on Sunday 25 at 12:30 pm in the Auditorium of the Medical College of Concepción (tickets at puertodeideas.cl).
“Because it is distant from our daily perception and conversation, we are largely unaware of the growing threats of anthropic origin that are present today in the high seas and that affect us as humanity. For this reason, we must begin by recognizing their existence, generating curiosity about what happens there and, in this particular case, the solutions also involve reaching an agreement at a global level,” added the oceanographer. This activity not only seeks to raise the issue of protecting the high seas, but also to reflect on their incorporation “in our thinking and in our story of who we are as a country.”
“High seas studies are expensive and are not perceived as something that has a direct or immediate benefit on society. But climate change, pollution, overfishing and the loss of biodiversity are showing us that the big problems are no longer local,” reflects Ulloa, adding: “As a country, we do very little in high seas research. However, in the field of international politics we are currently actors, and this may lead to giving a boost to high seas studies.”
The interdisciplinary approach of this Oceanic Dialogue will be reflected through the participation of marine biologist Renato Quiñones, lawyer María Blanco and historian Rodrigo Moreno. According to Osvaldo Ulloa, “the festival seeks to be a meeting point for the different human dimensions and the knowledge they contribute to culture. Our bet is that an interdisciplinary approach allows us to improve the understanding of the phenomena and objects that concern us, in this case the ocean, and to make the topics reach a wider audience and encourage conversation about them.”
The Puerto de Ideas Biobío Festival will also carry out numerous activities around nature, in different settings in Concepción. Prominent thinkers, artists and scientists will participate in them, such as the Spanish philosopher of science Paco Calvo, the Brazilian neuroscientists Sidarta Ribeiro and Luiza Mugnol-Ugarte, the Indian historian Sanjay Subrahmanyam, the Congolese-French writer Wilfried N’Sondé and the Chilean philosopher Diana Aurenque, among many others. The complete program and access to tickets, at $2,000 for the general public and free for students, are available on the puertodeideas.cl website. CHECK OUT THE COMPLETE PUERTO DE IDEAS 2024 PROGRAM IN PDF VERSION.
Credit: original article published in DiarioConcepcion.cl
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