Solveig Aasen Wins Somaesthetics Research Prize

The American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce that Solveig Aasen has won the inaugural Somaesthetics Research Prize for 2021 for her article "Crossmodal Aesthetics: How Dance and Music Can Match," published in The Philosophical Quarterly 71.2, 223-240 (2020). The full text is available in Research Archive.

Aasen is currently a Researcher at the University of Oslo in the Department of Philosophy, Classics, History of Art and Ideas, funded by the Norwegian Research Council. She received her PhD in Philosophy at University College London and her Bachelor in Philosophy at the University of Oslo. She has presented her work at meetings of the ASA in Toronto and Philadelphia.

The 2021 Prize winner was selected by a committee appointed by the President of the ASA . The prize is $1000. The winner is encouraged but not required to attend the meeting, and travel expenses to the meeting will be provided. Thirteen nominations were received. Eligible works were articles or chapters/sections of books published in English between May 1, 2018 – April 30, 2021.

The interdisciplinary field of somaesthetics is understood broadly as the critical study and meliorative cultivation of the experience and performance of the living body (or soma) as a site of sensory appreciation (aesthesis) and creative self-stylization. Contributions exploring the field of somaesthetics through one - or more - of the many disciplines that already inform this field are welcome: philosophy, aesthetics, arts and design research, technology studies, somatic, health, sports, and social sciences, history, physiology, psychology and pedagogy.

The next prize will be awarded in 2023 for work published between May 1, 2021 - February 28, 2023. The Submission deadline is March 1, 2023. Complete guidelines: https://aesthetics-online.org/page/somaestheticsprize

Submissions should be directed c/o Julie Van Camp, ASA Secretary-Treasurer at 1550 Larimer St #644, Denver, CO 80202-1602, or secretary-treasurer@aesthetics-online.org. The nominated article or book chapter/section must be submitted in full. Electronic submissions are strongly preferred, in PDF format replicating the original publication. If PDF submission is not possible, then three copies of articles or book chapter/section must be submitted to the Denver address, above. The deadline for receipt of nominations is March 1, 2023.

The funding for this prize is being provided by revenue from a generous gift from a private foundation. Additional gifts in support of the Somaesthetics Research Prize to the American Society for Aesthetics are welcome at any time. They may be made on-line on ASA Donation site.