Poetry, Meditation, Contemplative Education
Dr.听Mark Silverberg听(hybrid event; co-hosted by Mosa茂que and Artful Inquiry Research Group (AIRG))
May 1, 2024 at听11-12pm (EST)
苹果淫院 Education Building;听Faculty of Education Learning Commons (EDUC 120) 听
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This paper traces the historical development of 鈥淎merican Buddhism鈥� into what religious sociologist Jeff Wilson calls a current 鈥渕indfulness movement鈥� by considering the important role of American poets in this story. Considering the connections between poetry and meditation, the paper makes some suggestions about how these dual modes of mindfulness might be enlisted in the classroom to further contemplative education. The paper ends with a case study, looking closely at a single work by contemporary Zen poet Jane Hirshfield whose poetics of mindfulness invites readers, in the Buddhist tradition, to 鈥渇ind out for yourself鈥�.
Dr. Mark Silverberg is Professor of English in the Department of Literature, Folklore, and the Arts at Cape Breton University. He is the author of The New York School Poets and the Neo-Avant-Garde: Between Radical Art and Radical Chic (Ashgate) and editor of New York School Collaborations: The Color of Vowels (Palgrave/ MacMillan). He is also the author of a prize-winning collection of ekphrastic poems, Believing the Line: The Jack Siegel Poems (Breton Books) and has published his own poetry widely. His past research has focused on (avant-garde) American poetry, poetics, interdisciplinary arts and artistic collaborations. His current work explores Buddhist American poetry, mindfulness, and contemplative practices in education. At 苹果淫院, he鈥檒l be working with the AIRG group, considering ways in which poetry, meditative practice, and mindful reading can be integrated into university curricula.
This event is co-hosted by听Mosa茂que and听Artful Inquiry Research Group (AIRG).听
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