Academia for Poetic Thinking (APT)

APT is an overarching research project led by Marko Pajević*.

"APT is based on my conviction that we need to develop better academic concepts to understand the processes of meaning-making. It is working with ’thinking language’ and dialogical thinking to contribute to a poetological anthropology, in the sense of a reflection on what it means to be human. Language and literature are privileged fields of investigation into these issues so that APT proposes a humanities version of cognitive science."

What is poetic thinking?

Projects and activities

Publications and online resources

International collaborations


*During the period of 01.01.2018 - 31.08.2022, Prof. Marko Pajević's position at the University of Tartu was financed by the University of Tartu ASTRA Project PER ASPERA of the European Regional Development Fund.