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Webinar Registration Topic Religious Healing and Sacred Health Curing: Online Documentary Film Program and Debate (week 4) Description Please join our forth biweekly webinar (22 August 2020), documentary film presentation and debate organized by the Network of the Anthropology of the Middle East and Central Eurasia of EASA in collaboration with the Religion and Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University. Introduction to the session by Dr. P. Khosronejad (Western Sydney University), debate by Dr. Mike Poltorak (University of Kent) researcher and filmmaker. Film presentation The Healer and the Psychiatrist Mike Poltorak, 2019, 74 minutes, UK/ Switzerland. Synopsis On the South Pacific Island group of Vava’u, the traditional healer Emeline Lolohea treats people affected by spirits. One day away by ferry, the only Tongan Psychiatrist Dr Mapa Puloka has established a public psychiatry well known across the region. Though they have never met in person, this film creates a dialogue between them on the nature of mental illness and spiritual affliction. Their commitment and transformative communication offers challenges and opportunities to help address the growing global mental health crisis. After the film, a debate with the presence of the filmmaker. A link will be provided to all participants after the introduction debates to watch the film online or via screen sharing through the moderator’s screen. This webinar will be held on Zoom. Time August 22, 2020 10:00 AM London Registration https://uws.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VAlWdekiQBWi_H4WGDv9_Q<https://uws.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VAlWdekiQBWi_H4WGDv9_Q?fbclid=IwAR1Sc7OhUmSmWo-3MHmQnV4OtOpPuAfAVK2aVoEki-RVlv5JOuqOTpG8yzA> Dr. Pedram Khosronejad | Adjunct Professor Religion and Society Research Cluster | School of Social Sciences E: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Fellow | Department of Anthropology | Harvard University | Chief Editor, Anthropology of the Contemporary MiddleEast and Central Eurasia<http://acmejournal.org/index.php/acme>, SeanKingston. | Series Editor, The Anthropology of Persianate Societies<http://www.seankingston.co.uk/PersianateAnth.html>, SeanKingston. | Series Editor, Iranian and Persian Gulf Studies<http://www.lit-verlag.de/reihe/irastu>, LIT Verlag. westernsydney.edu.au [WSU_Logo_hex_142x56px_email signature] We acknowledge and respect Traditional Owners of the Lands, the Darug, Gundungurra, D’harawal, Wiradjuri and Bundjalung Peoples upon which our campuses now stand. We continue to value the generations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples' knowledge embedded within our University. ************************************************************* Anthropology Matters is a network of the ASA, who administer this list. https://anthropologymatters.com and https://theasa.org AM is used to communicate with postgraduate & postdoctoral anthropologists working in the UK and abroad to provide alerts to: new issues of the Open Access Anthropology Matters journal, and events of anthropological interest in the UK anthropology community such as conferences and seminars or funding opportunities. Join the list or view archived messages: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters To email the list use: [log in to unmask] To unsubscribe please click here: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1 **************************************************************