This annual workhop of the Contemporary 'Spiritual' Practices Network (European Association of Social Anthropologists) will explore different ways of presenting and disseminating research on contemporary spiritual practices, including: multimodal ethnographies, engaging with the media and general public, and collaborative approaches.

Presentation

Entitled "Modalities of Sharing Research on Contemporary Spiritual Practices", this workshop will explore different ways of presenting and disseminating research on contemporary spiritual practices, including: multimodal ethnographies, engaging with the media and general public, and collaborative approaches.

Program

9am: Welcome and Coffee

9.30-10.00: Introduction and Presentation of the CSP Network

10.00-12.00: Keynote Conference

"Our gestures, our care": Questioning the way we look at care through movement. A Research-Creation project"

• Yohana Benattar (documentary film director and author)
• Hanga Toth (artist and filmmaker), co founders of "Etrangères productions"
• Arnaud Halloy (Associate professor in anthropology at Université Côte d'Azur)

Moderator: Marie Mazzella di Bosco

12.00-13.30: Lunch

13.30-15.30: Working Sessions

A - "Multimodal Ethnographies: Creative Ways of Doing and Sharing Research"

• Convenors: Sara Le Menestrel and Emily Pierini

B - "Beyond Academia: Engaging with the Media and the General Public"

• Convenors: Denise Lombardi and Manéli Farahmand

C - "Towards Collaborative Research With the People We Work With"

• Convenors: Laure Montarry et Nicolas Boissière

15.30-16.00: Coffee Break

16.00-17:30: Conclusions of working sessions and discussion

17.30-18.00: Closing remark

Important information 

Please, registrer by April 15, 2025 via this form.

Organised by

• Nicolas Boissière
• Yael Dansac
• Sara Le Menestrel
• Marie Mazzella di Bosco
• Emily Pierini