I have been asked to forward the following announcement. It's not
strictly zooarchaeological, but it may still be of interest....
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Date sent: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 18:08:49 -0600
Subject: Transformations: Masking Traditions of the Americas
From: Suzanne Jamison <[log in to unmask]>
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Please post or forward to your colleagues who might find this of
interest.
They may visit our web site for more information. We are trying an
experiment with this symposium to do primarily web-based
promotion and not
create a printed brochure in order to save trees and postage.
Thank you
for your assistance.
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Suzanne Jamison
Transformations 2000
Recursos de Santa Fe
826 Camino del Monte Rey, A3
Santa Fe, NM 87505
505-982-0807; fax 505-989-8608
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TRANSFORMATIONS: MASKING TRADITIONS OF THE
AMERICAS
Saturday and Sunday, 28 - 29 October 2000
The Forum, College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
A symposium presented by Recursos de Santa Fe
Peter T. Furst, Ph.D., symposium director
Information: www.recursos.org/masks; 800-732-6881
Transformations: Masking Traditions of the Americas is a
symposium
exploring masks and masking ceremonies, and their roles in the
spiritual
and shamanic traditions of the Americas. Westerners admire such
masks as
works of art, but for the Native artists and their indigenous
audiences,
the mask is a living being which transforms both the wearer and the
viewer.
Shamanism is a vibrant and complex body of knowledge reaching
back tens of
thousands of years to the earliest expressions of spirituality.
Masks are
often used by shamans to mediate between ordinary and non-
ordinary
realities, to dramatize oneness with the animal world and the
spirits of
nature, and to give visible form to powers encountered in ecstatic
dreams
and spirit journeys.
Lectures are at The Forum on the College of Santa Fe campus, St.
Michaelšs
Drive, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. On Friday, 27 October, there will
be
gallery openings of mask exhibits in downtown Santa Fe. Films on
masking
traditions will be shown during the symposium. Registration for
both days
is $150 and includes the Saturday evening lecture; one day only is
$80.
Separate admission to the Saturday evening lecture is $10. Work-
exchange
positions are available.
For more information and to register on-line, visit
www.recursos.org/masks. E-mail [log in to unmask], call 800-732-6881, or
fax 505-989-8608. Recursos de Santa Fe is a nonprofit 501c3 organization.
Transformations is presented in cooperation with the Art History
Department of the College of Santa Fe.
Lecture Schedule, The Forum, College of Santa Fe
Saturday, 28 October 2000, 10:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m.
o Introduction, Peter T. Furst
o Masking Traditions of the Circumpolar North, William W. Fitzhugh o
Present Yup'ik Recollections of Past Shamans, Ann Fienup-Riordan o The
Revival of Masking Traditions on the Northwest Coast, Ralph T. Coe o
Transformation, Travel, and the Kachina Mask, Polly Schaafsma Saturday
Evening Lecture, 7:30 p.m. o Moche Masks from Northern Peru,
Christopher B. Donnan Sunday, 29 October 2000, 10:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. o
Masking, Identity, and Spirit in Ancient America, Jill McKeever Furst o
Santiago and the Jaguar: Early Transformations in Mexican Masking, Marion
Oettinger, Jr. o Mi Otro Yo, My Other Self. Mexican Masks Today: Myth,
Status and Identity, Janet Brody Esser o Social Masks: Managed Identity
and Gender among Native South Amerindians, Peter G. Roe o Equine
Spirituality: Horse Masks of the Plains and Plateau Indians, Ralph T. Coe
Contact: Suzanne Jamison, [log in to unmask]
Umberto Albarella
Department of Ancient History and Archaeology
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham B15 2TT
U.K.
tel. +44/121/4147386
fax. +44/121/4145516
email [log in to unmask]
http://www.bham.ac.uk/BZL
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