EDUCATION AS NOURISHMENT:
OUR NEEDS IN VOLATILE TIMES

"Education means opening many doors." (Balkrishna Doshi, Pritzker Prize for Architecture 2018)

Education holds the potential for a good life and survival even in times of crisis. Knowledge alone is insufficient - it suffices neither for satisfactory coexistence nor for innovation or decent crisis management concerning personal, social or political problems.
Education takes place on many levels: in practicing arts, cooking and movement or in reflecting on philosophy, religion and ethics. Somatic intelligence, intuition and conflict ability as well as self-efficacy and responsibility can be learned.
Those who are educated instead of merely instructed understand the world better and live better lives. In times of volatility and critical change, we urgently need new educational perspectives.

These and other issues will be discussed at the 10th Symposium Dürnstein 2021 by Michael Köhlmeier, Timothy Snyder, Birgitta Fuchs, Gabriele Klein, Sebastian Pfütze, Leonie Ascone Michelis and others.

ATTENTION! Due to the coronavirus situation the Symposium Dürnstein 2021 will take place online and therefore free of charge.

We will broadcast live from the Minoritenkirche Krems/Stein (this venue offers the necessary technical requirements for online streaming) and offer opportunities for online exchange between all participants. Registration is now open.

Curator: Ursula Baatz
Organizer: Gesellschaft für Forschungsförderung Niederösterreich m.b.H.