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2011 schedule
Pilgrimages and Sanctuaries: Art, Music and Rituals
11-12 November 2011 - Monte Verità, Ascona
A conference exploring the relation of art and music to religious pilgrimages in several areas of the world. The focus will be on the pilgrimage dynamic, rather than on the saints or deities thus venerated, as well as on the historical, anthropological, aesthetic and symbolical dimensions of the creative configurations associated with the pilgrimage complex. Convenors: Thierry Zarcone, Pedram Khosronejad and Angela Hobart.
Swiss Postgraduate Seminars - Myth and Ritual
7-9 October 2011 - Monte Verità, Ascona
A module of the Swiss Postgraduate Programme in Anthropology organized by Prof. Heinz Käufeler (University of Zurich) and Angela Hobart (Director, Centro Incontri Umani), and with contributinos from Hideko Mitsui (University of Tokyo/Cambridge) and Bal Gopal Shrestha (Oxford University). Open to all.
list of participating students and their theses
Visual Anthropology Workshop: Film Screening (free entry)
2-5 August 2011, 6.30 p.m. - Monte Verità, Ascona
The last mountain farmers of Prugiasco (Mon), Bunong's birth practices between tradition and change (Tue), The Storyteller (Fri). Convened by the Centro Inconti Umani in collaboration with the Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival.
The Moral Borders of Self and Other: Migration, Reconcilition and Human Well-being
3-4 June 2011, 8.30 p.m. - Monte Verità, Ascona
An international conference engaging with the humanity and morality of migration. Convened by David Napier and Angela Hobart.
Middle Eastern Music Concert
Khyam Allami performs 'Resonance/Dissonance'
4 June 2011, 8.30 p.m. - Sala Balint, Monte Verità, Ascona
At this special concert, Khyam will present his debut album, Resonance/Dissonance, in it's entirety, accompanied by percussionist Vasilis Sarikis.
2010 schedule
Pilgrimage and Sanctuaries: Film Screening
13 November 2010 - Monte Verità, Ascona
A public screening of three films: 'The Sanctuary of the Seven Sleepers in the Silk Road', 'The Pilgrimage to the Seven Regraga in Morocco' and 'The Red Sufi'.
Pilgrimage and Sanctuaries: Ambiguity in Context
11 - 13 November 2010 - Monte Verità, Ascona
A conference exploring the theme of pilgrimages and 'ambiguous' sanctuaries, from a wide range of locations, in which different belief systems are entwined, assimilated or superimposed on one another. Convenors: Thierry Zarcone, Pedram Khosronejad and Angela Hobart.
Coping with Global Changes: An
Anthropological Film Programme
2 - 5 August 2010 - Monte Verità, Ascona
On the occasion of the Visual Anthropology Workshop, the Centro Incontri Umani Foundation presents five documentaries in co-operation with the Göttingen International Ethnographic Film Festival (www.gieff.de).
Retreat Seminars - The Healing Power of Love and Awareness
27 March - 1 May 2010 - Monte Verità, Ascona
Organized by Lama Geshe Gedun Tharchin (accomplished Tibetan meditation master, spiritual director of Lamrim Institute, Rome) and Angela Hobart (Executive Director of the Centro Inconti Umani, Anthropologist and Psychodynamic Therapist).
Indian Classical Music Concert - 'Basant', The Colour of Spring
6 April 2010, 20:30 - Sala Balint, Monte Verità Ascona
The name Basant is from Sanskrit vasant meaning 'spring', and it is a very old raga dating from the 8th century, performed in slow and medium-fast tempos. This raga is a symbol of Love (spiritual and human). In India it used to be considered that when Lord Krishna and Goddes Radhika were mating and dancing with joy it was appropriate to perform to celebrate this holy situation.
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