New Challenges for Everyday Aesthetics, University of Málaga, 26–27 November 2026

The University of Málaga will host the International Workshop on Everyday Aesthetics, which brings together several EVAnet members. Thursday’s seminar, Paying Attention to the Familiar, follows the line opened by Yuriko Saito’s Aesthetics of the Familiar (2017). It also takes up attention itself, a pressing issue in contemporary culture and a growing concern in everyday aesthetics. Arto Haapala will argue that everyday aesthetics is most interesting when it addresses everydayness as a way of being in the world, and not only the aesthetic qualities of ordinary objects. Jakub Mácha (Masaryk University) will reply from a Heideggerian angle, arguing that the familiar can show itself aesthetically without having to break down or become strange. Lenka Lee will look at the bee-made works of Czech artist Jan Karpíšek to rethink authorship, rhythm and care across species. On Friday, the Subcommittee on Everyday Aesthetics of SEyTA (Spanish Society of Aesthetics and Theory of the Arts) will hold its research seminar. This reflects how strongly the field is growing in Spain, following two recent journal issues on the topic: Anuario Filosófico 58/1 (2025), “El poder transformador de la estética de lo cotidiano” and the monographic section “Confluencias estéticas entre cotidianidad y naturaleza” in Thémata. Revista de Filosofía 72 (2025) and the translation of Saito’s Aesthetics of Care into Spanish (Herder, 2026). Together, the two days’s workshop aim to strengthen dialogue between Central European and Spanish research in everyday aesthetics, and to tighten the bonds within EVAnet across Spain and Europe.