Programme
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
SATURDAY 7 JULY
8.45
Registration and Refreshments
SESSION 1: WATER
9.15
Nick Campion/
Luci Atalla
Welcome and Opening comments
Welcome and Opening comments
9.30
Bernadette Brady (Keynote)
The Afon Cynfael - A river's part in the cosmology of the Mabinogi
The Afon Cynfael - A river's part in the cosmology of the Mabinogi
10.15
Grace Cassar
Is the seashore an opening into the sacred? Exploring the liminality of the littoral
Is the seashore an opening into the sacred? Exploring the liminality of the littoral
10.45
Judi Jibb
Giving voice to Akiko: Do the Chaudière Falls serve as a sacred site in contemporary NE Canada?
Giving voice to Akiko: Do the Chaudière Falls serve as a sacred site in contemporary NE Canada?
11.00
Tea/Coffee
11.45
Morag Feeney-Beaton
The extraordinary through the pursuit of the ordinary: the activity of swimming as a liminal act
The extraordinary through the pursuit of the ordinary: the activity of swimming as a liminal act
12.15
Ilaria Cristofaro
A Journey to the Late Bronze Age Minoan Underworld: The Reflection of Sunlight on the Sea as an Axis Mundi
A Journey to the Late Bronze Age Minoan Underworld: The Reflection of Sunlight on the Sea as an Axis Mundi
13.00
Lunch (Provided)
SESSION 2: PEOPLE
14.00
Alan Ereira (Keynote)
What goes down must come up; the inter-connection of mountain, rivers, sky and sea in a South American indigenous landscape
What goes down must come up; the inter-connection of mountain, rivers, sky and sea in a South American indigenous landscape
14.45
Alexander Scott
When the Mersey Dries Up: Water, River, Sea and the Liverpudlian Sense of Place
When the Mersey Dries Up: Water, River, Sea and the Liverpudlian Sense of Place
15.15
Melanie Long
Wind and Waves and Wooden Wombs: the Ethnography of an East Coast Houseboat Community
Wind and Waves and Wooden Wombs: the Ethnography of an East Coast Houseboat Community
15.45
Tea/Coffee
16.15
Glenda Tinney
Engaging young children with a sense if place
Engaging young children with a sense if place
16.45
Selma Faria
Environmental Integration Versus Modern Cultural and Economic Ethos
Environmental Integration Versus Modern Cultural and Economic Ethos
17.15
Tamzin Powell
The Witches Ways in the Welsh Borders
The Witches Ways in the Welsh Borders
17.45
Wine and
nibbles
SUNDAY 8 JULY
8.45
Registration and Refreshments
SESSION 3: SPACE
9.00
Stanislaw Iwaniszewski (Keynote)
Mountains, waters, calendar, and maize: social interactions between human and non-human persons in the Postclassic Central Mexico
Mountains, waters, calendar, and maize: social interactions between human and non-human persons in the Postclassic Central Mexico
9.45
Fenella Dean
The Materiality of Spirit and Place as Sacred Space with reference to the O2, Greenwich, London
The Materiality of Spirit and Place as Sacred Space with reference to the O2, Greenwich, London
10.15
Suzanne Klein
Syntax and desire in early landscape photography
Syntax and desire in early landscape photography
11.15
Tea/coffee
11.45
Jānis Ķīnasts
Placemaking beyond the given
Placemaking beyond the given
12.15
Nick Campion
TBA
TBA
13.00
Lunch (Provided)
SESSION 4: SPIRIT
14.00
Kim Malville (Keynote)
Pilgrims and Sacred Mountains and Lakes of Asia
Pilgrims and Sacred Mountains and Lakes of Asia
14.45
Laura Michetti
MÁTTARÁHKKÁ: The Divine Landscape of Sápmi
MÁTTARÁHKKÁ: The Divine Landscape of Sápmi
15.15
Anna Estaroth
Clava: spiritual places to encounter the Sun and Moon
Clava: spiritual places to encounter the Sun and Moon
15.45
Closing Comments
Nick Campion and Luci Attala
16.00
FAREWELL
