International Symposiums

 

9th: BODILY CULTIVATION & CULTURAL LEARNING

Taipei, May 24th -26th 2013

With the support of the Academia Sinica (Institute of Ethnology) and the Taipei National University of the Arts

General Coordination: Frédéric Duhart

Local Coordination: Shuenn-Der Yu, Meiling Chien & Yi-ting Hu

International Scientific Committee Coordination: Salomé Deboos & José Luis Grosso 

 

Friday, May 24th

 

9 h 00 – 10 h 30, Opening Session

International Conference Room, Taipei National University of the Arts

 

Chung-shiuan Chang, Vice President of the TNUA (TNUA, Taiwan)

Introduction words

 

Frédéric Duhart, General Coordinator of CORPUS (Mondragon University, Spain)

CORPUS from Paris to Taipei. A Scientific Project in Action

 

Shigehisa Kuriyama (Harvard University, United States of America)

Keynote speech: The Shape of the History of the Body

 

Coffee break

 

10 h 40 – 12 h 10, Session 1

Moderator: Shuenn-Der Yu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

 

Chi-fang Chao (Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan)

The Suffering Dancers and the Moving/Moved Body: Narratives of Transformation of Contemporary Dancers in Taiwan

 

Yolanda van Ede (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Dancers in Limbo: Body Techniques and Stigmatization in Transition from Dancehall to Ballroom in Manila

 

Tzu-ting Wang (Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan)

“Body as Culture”. As Seen through the Bodily Cultivation of Legend Lin Dance Theater

 

Lunch

 

13 h 40 – 15 h 10, Session 2a/Session 2b

Session 2a: International Conference Room

Session 2b: C302

 

Session 2a

Moderator: Shu-Min Huang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

 

Mei-ling Chien (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

Listening, Hearing and Learning in the Fieldwork of Night-Time Courting Custom among the Hmub in East Guizhou

 

Ksenia Gusarova (Independent scholar, Russia)

Learning to See, Learning to Act: Cleanliness and Hygiene in Early-Twentieth-Century Russia

 

Hsin-Jung Liu (Tamkang University, Taiwan)

Spatial Discipline on Hygiene of Body: a Short History of Space Governance at the Early Stage of Taipei after WWII.

 

Zhao-hua Ho (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)

It Is Not Heavy; It Is Light on My Feet - Shidong Miao Silver Clothes and Value

 

 Session 2b

Moderator: Hsun Chang (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

 

Jesús Ilundáin-Agurruza (Linfield College, United States of America)

Kiai! The Body in Philosophy of Sport through the Eyes of Japanese Philosophy - A Critical Overview

 

Liang Ting (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

The Taoist Body and Namelessness in the Lao Tzu

 

Jow-jiun Gong (Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan)

The Hands of Pao-Din the Chef: Self-Cultivation, Subjectivation and Bio-Politics

 

Chun Felix Huang (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)

Dynamic Meditation and Mysticism – Osho’s Techniques of Cultivation as the Focus of Discussion

 

coffee break

 

15 h 30 – 17 h 00, Session 3a/Session 3b

Session 3a: International Conference Room

Session 3b: C302

 

Session 3a

Moderator: Frédéric Duhart (Mondragon University, Spain)

 

Marc L. Moskowitz (University of South Carolina, United States of America)

Becoming Men: Weiqi, Children’s Training, and Disciplinary Structures in Contemporary China

 

Marie Potapushkina-Delfosse (University of Maine, France)

Enhancing Memory through Gesture in Primary School Foreign Language Instruction

 

Hsueh-cheng Yen (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

Beyond Taste Relativism: How Tea Competition is Possible

 

Session 3b

Moderator: Mei-ling Chien (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)

 

Chien-yu Lin (Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan)

A Preliminary Study of LMA Applying to Early Intervention of Autism

 

Yi-jia Tsai (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)

Spirit Medium’s Body and Carpenter’s Saw: Meditations on Interpenetration of Body and Tool

 

 

Shu-jung Lin (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

From Self-Cultivation to Mental Disorder: Body and Illness Experiences of Psychiatric Patients in Taiwan.

 

José Luis Grosso (National University of Catamarca, Argentina)

Oblivion Saves Other Histories in Bodies. Post-Colonial Semiopraxis, Denegation Politics and Cultural Learning

 

Saturday, May 25th

 

9 h 00 – 10 h 30, Session 4

International Conference Room, Taipei National University of the Arts

Moderator: Salomé Deboos (University of Strasbourg, France)

 

Sara K. Schneider (National Louis University, United States of America)

Yoga as the Practice of Freedom: Bodily Cultivation in an Inmate-Directed Prison Yoga Community

 

Tarik Mesli (University of South-Toulon /University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, France)

Embodiment Concept of Mastery into “shugyō” Being an Ascetic practice Aiming Civilization

Process of Ninjutsu Understood as Nindō

 

Bruno Beljak (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

Life Long Study: My Journey towards Xing Yi Quan (Form-intention boxing)

 

Shae Zukiwsky (York University, Canada)

Resistance: in Practice, in Process, and as Metaphor

 

Coffee break

 

10 h 40-12 h 10, Session 5

International Conference Room

Moderator: Shu-jung Lin (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

 

Salomé Deboos (University of Strasbourg, France)

Becoming a Buddhist Monk. The Case of the Gelugpa Sect in Zanskar (Indian Himalaya)

 

Peter Kaiser (University of Bremen, Germany)

Body Language, Mind flow: Sexuality in the Religion

 

Alexander Novik (Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia)

Virgjëreshët – Sworn Virgins of the Northern Albanian Alps: Memory of Body

 

Lunch

 

13 h 30 – 15 h 00, Session 6

International Conference Room

Moderator: José Luis Grosso (National University of Catamarca)

 

Ya-ning Kao (National Chengchi University, Taiwan)

Travel on Horseback: Zhuang Female Ritual Specialist’s Bodily Training

 

Szu-ching Chang (National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport, Taiwan)

The Site of Remembrance: Sensational Body in Baishatun Mazu Pilgrimage

 

Bi-ming Tsai (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)

When Zhuangzi Meets Tal Ben-Shahar: Zhuangzi’s Course on Happiness—And the Interrelation of Situation, Mood, and Bodily Sense

 

Alessandro Lazzarelli (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan)

Effortless Action and Spontaneity: Learning Daoist Ideals through Bodily Cultivation

 

Coffee break

 

13 h 20 – 17 h 00, Session 7

International Conference Room

 

Moderator: Chi-fang Chao (Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan)

 

Shuenn-der Yu (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)

Learning to be a Tea Art Practitioner: a Self-Reflection from an Anthropological Point of View

 

Koji Sonoda (Kyoto University, Japan)

Embodied Teaching in a Hunter-Gatherer Society: A Case Study of the Baka in Eastern Cameroon

 

Haruka Okui (Kyoto University, Japan)

The Complex and Tacit Structures Underpinning Bodily Skills: Training for Awaji Puppet Theatre

 

Scott Writer (Monash University, Australia)

“Relying on Heaven”: Sensory Learning and Non-Human Agency in Artisan Taiwanese Tea Production

 

Conclusion

 

Sunday, May 26th

 

Excursion to Jiufen and Convivial Debates 

 


 


 

 

8th: THE SILENT BODY. DISCOURSES OF SILENCE

Timisoara: November 29th-31th 2012

With the support of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes (Romania) & the National University of Catamarca (Argentina)

General Coordination: Frédéric Duhart & Gabriela-Mariana Luca

Local Coordination: Gabriela-Mariana Luca

Scientific Coordination: Gabriela-Mariana Luca & José Luis Grosso

Thursday, NOVEMBER 29th

INTRODUCTION SESSION, 9 h 00 – 9 h 30

Reception of participants by the coordinators: Gabriela-Mariana Luca & José Luis Grosso

Welcome words from of the Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 9h30-10.00

Keynote speakers

Jose Luis Grosso (Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Argentina), 10.00

Negation, Ignorance and Erasure: Baroque Semiopraxis and Bodies’ Discourse in the Silence of History

11h15 – 11h45, coffee break

Marin Marian-Bălaşa (Institutului de Etnografie si Folclor "C. Brailoiu", Academia Română, Bucureşti), 11. 45

A Visual Introduction to the Sacred Podology (On the Footsteps of the Divine Sole)

13h00-15h00, Lunch

Danina Muntean (Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie“Victor Babeş” din Timişoara), 15.00

Silent Killer Diseases: To Live or to Survive?

Alejandro F. Haber (Escuela de Arqueología, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Argentina), 16. 30

Taciturnity, the Voice of the Vestiges

17h 30 – 18h00 coffee break

Session 1: Silent Body, chair, José Luis Grosso 18h 00 – 19h30

Teodora Anghel (Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie“Victor Babeş”din Timişoara)

The Death is Like the Rain Falling Gently in the Ocean

Gabriel Kelemen (Universitatea de Vest din Timişoara)

Thirteenth and Origin of Chirality Archimedean Semiregular Polyhedron

Amalia Pavelescu (Universitatea “Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu)

Hypostasis of the Silent Body in the Romanian Traditional Culture

Emilia Tomescu (Universitatea “Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu)

The Role of the Mute in the Ritual of “Căluşul”

Friday, NOVEMBER 30th

Keynote Speakers

Slobodan Dan Paich (Artship Foundation, San Francisco SUA), 10.00

Visible Silence. Instead of Speech or Absence of Speech

11h15 – 11h45 coffee break

Sultana Avram (Universitatea “Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu), 11.45

Signs of Attraction through Body Language

13h00– 15h 00 Lunch

María Emilia Tijoux (Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Universidad de Chile Chile) 15.00

Outside Body / Inside Body: the Tactics of Immigrant

16h 15 – 16h30 coffee break

Jérôme Thomas (Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier), 16.30

The Offspring of the « Techniques of the Body » (1934) of the Marcel Mauss. Anthropological Reflections around a Method on the Practices of the Body through the Concept of Proxémie in the Relation of Care

Session 2: Discourses of silence, Chairs, José Luis Grosso, Gabriela Luca & Mihaela Cernuşcă-Miţariu

17.30 – 19h00

Rodica Fofiu (Universitatea “Lucian Blaga” din Sibiu)

Poets of Silence and Sleep

Constantin Ittu ( Muzeul Brukenthal, Sibiu )

Voiceless Prayer - Silent Call

Gudrun Ittu (Insititutul de studii sociologice, Sibiu)

Si Tacuisses... Thoughts about Silence

Gabriela Luca (Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie “Victor Babeş” din Timişoara)

Gatherers of Tears

Liliana Eleonora Vasile (Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie “Victor Babeş” din Timişoara)

The “speechless” Sick Body

19.00 Final Words

 


 


7th: PARENTS’ BODIES, CHILDREN’S BODIES. FROM CONCEPTION TO EDUCATION

 

Timisoara, November 28th-29th 2011

 

With the support of the University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara

 

General Coordination: Frédéric Duhart

 

Local Coordination: Gabriela Marianna Luca

 

Scientific Committee Coordination: Lenuta Giukin & Andrei Kozma

 

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28th

 

INTRODUCTION SESSION, 9 h 00 – 9 h 30

Reception of participants by the coordinators

Welcome words: Prof. D. Anastasiu, Prof. A. Motoc & Prof. A. Kozma

 

PARENTS’ BODIES I, 9 h 30 – 11 h 30

 

Natalia Golant (Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Russia)

Image of the Woman-mother in Ballads about the Building Sacrifice

 

Constantin Ittu (Brukenthal Museum, Romania)

Spiritual Motherhood during the Crusades: Hildegard of Bingen and "Filius Dei", Philip Count of Flanders

 

Jérôme Thomas (Paul Valéry University, France)

Children's Education among Tupi-Guarani in the Sixteenth Century

 

Géraldine Ther (University of Burgundy, France)

Representations of Parents’ and Children’s bodies in French Factums at the end of the 18th century

 

Amalia Pavelescu  (Lucian Blaga University, Romania)

Bodily Interactions between Mother and Child, as Perceived by the Romanian Folklore and Traditional Practices

 

Break

 

PARENTS’ BODIES II, 11 h 45 – 13 h 30

 

Alexandra Titu (West University of Timişoara)

Maternal Body, Infantile Body. From Apology to Abuse

 

Georgiy Vadimovich Zharkov (Moscow psychological-social Institute, Russia)

Psychosocial Transformation of "Father’s body" in Modern Russia and "Pedophilia Problem"

 

Alexandra Enache (UMFVB & Institute of Forensic Medicine/Timisoara, Romania)

L’objectivation de la contrainte par torture :  du somatique au psychologique

 

Sorin Oncu, (West University of Timisoara, Romania)

Still Life 2

 

Lunch

 

PARENTS’ BODIES III, 15 h 00 – 17 h 00

 

Sultana Avram (Lucian Blaga University, Romania)

Beauty and Health of Mother’s Body obtained by Magical Practices in the Romanian Tradition

 

Maria Mandroane (Banat Village Museum, Romania)

Le berceau et La Vierge dans la symbolique populaire roumaine

 

Maya Paltineau (EHESS/Paris, France)

L’allaitement, entre normativité et affirmation identitaire

 

Doina Mirceoagă (UMF Victor Babes, Romania)

Pregnancy in Sport Performance. A Case Study

 

Gudrun Ittu (Institute of Sociological Studies, Romania)

Mary Cassat (1844-1926) – Painter of the Mother and Child Relationship

 

Break

 

CONCEPTION, 17h45- 19h 30

 

Corina Nani (West University of Timisoara, Romania)

La conception virtuelle

 

Gheorghe Secheşan (USAB Timisoara, Romania)

Des motifs mythiques dans la chanson de berceau

 

Mustapha Guenaou (CRASC/Oran, Algeria)

Anthropologie et symbolisme de la conception de l’enfant au Maghreb. L’exemple de la médina et le hawz de Tlemcen (Algérie)

 

Liliana Eleonora Vasile (UMF Victor Babes, Romania)

Cell Filiation - Between Retrieval and Recreation

 

Simona Dragan (UMF Victor Babes, Romania)

The Energy Heart of the Cosmic Child – a Symbol beyond Duality

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29th

 

CHILDREN'S BODIES I, 9 h 00 – 11 h 30

 

Asma Marouf (CRASC/Oran, Algeria)

Approche anthropologique des pratiques et comportements rituels qui entourent la naissance d’un nouveau né à Oran

 

Daniela Stanciu & Iulia Para (West University of Timisoara, Romania)

Le corps des enfants comme signe du temps

 

Dorina Maria Farcas, Ligia Olivia Burta, Liviu Lazar, Carmen Serbescu, Mihaela Coroi, Felicia Manole, Ligia Vaida & Dan Matei (University of Oradea & Liceul de Pregatire Sportiva Oradea, Romania)

Complex Anthropologic Assessment of Children 6-10 years from Oradea, Romania

 

Corneluta Fira-Mladinescu & Brighite Vlaicu (UMFVB Timisoara, Romania)

Les dimensions du corps chez les jeunes - la perception personnelle vis-à-vis de la mesure objective

 

Andrei Motoc, Roxana Folescu , Diana Stan & Alina Sisu (UMFVB Timisoara, Romania)

Cephalometric Data Concerning the Development of the Human Body in the Childhood and Earlier Adulthood

 

Break

 

EDUCATION, 11 h 45 – 13 h 45

 

Philippe Longchamp (Haute Ecole de Santé Vaud, Switzerland)

La socialisation corporelle et ses variations sociales

 

Ecaterina Stativa & Cornelia Novak,  (IOMC Alfred Rusescu, Romania)

Persistent Inappropriate Practices in Infant during the First Two Years of Life

 

Slobodan Dan Paich (Artship Foundation, United States of America)

Learning Body - Feeding Mind. Presence and Role of Dolls, Puppets and Models in Children’s Early Body Awareness

 

Anna Pivovarova ( European University at St. Petersburg, Russia)

Rebranding of Pain: Re-interpretation of Sensations in Home Childbirth Practice

 

Martine Court (Blaise Pascal University, France)

Le travail de l’apparence au cours de l’enfance: différences entre garçons et filles et différences de classes

 

Lunch

 

ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDHOOD, 15 h 00 – 17 h 00

 

Cristina-Georgiana Voicu (Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania)

Unchanging bodies in Jean Rhys’s Good Morning, Midnight

 

Rodica Fofiu (Lucian Blaga University, Romania)

Le mythe de l’androgyne dans le roman Séraphîta de Balzac

 

Daniela Catona (Universitatea de Vest Timisoara, Romania)

Artist and Child—Relationships and Interactions in the Visual Art

 

Emilia Tomescu (Lucian Blaga University, Romania)

Androgynous between Myth and Reality

 

Lenuta Giukin (State University of New York, United States of America)

Private Bodies, Social Bodies in French Cinema

 

Break

 

ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDHOOD, 17h 15 – 19 h 00

 

Lucia Ofrim (University of Bucarest, Romania)

Age Trouble: Jeunism and Confusion of Life-Stages

 

Amalia Voicu (Institute of Philology A. Phillipide/Iasi, Romania)

Hypostases corporelles de l’enfant universel dans les Souvenirs d’enfance de Creanga

 

Sebastian Dragulanescu (Institute of Philology A. Phillipide/Iasi, Romania)

Vers une poétique du corps dans l’œuvre de Mihai Eminescu. Les deux Aphrodites

 

Gabriela-Mariana Luca (UMFVBT, Romania)

Le motif des « parents doubles » et les «adoptions magiques » contemporaines

 

Rodica Ieta (State University of New York, United States of America)

Mothers against the Times: Projections of an Inner Mystery

 

Location: University of Medicine and Pharmacy Victor Babes Timisoara, Building I, Room 320



 
6th: GENDERS, CULTURES & CITIZENSHIPS

San Cristobal de las Casas, November 10th-11th 2011

With the support of the Universidad Autonóma de Chiapas


General Coordination: Frédéric Duhart

Local Coordination: María Enriqueta Burelo Melgar

Scientific Committee Coordination: José Luis Grosso, Elsa Muñiz García, María Emilia Tijoux Merino & Paolo Vignolo


THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 10th
INAUGURAL SESSION, 09 h 30 – 10 h 00

Welcome and first words