- Jeanne KorminaDirector of the Yerevan Center for International Education (YCIE)Jeanne Kormina is an anthropologist specializing in the anthropology of religion and post-Soviet transformations. She has taught at the Higher School of Economics in St. Petersburg and recently served as a Research Professor at PSL University in Paris. The author of two monographs and numerous academic publications, she has held research fellowships at leading global institutions.
- Sergei ShtyrkovDirector of Anthropology Programs at YCIESergei Shtyrkov is an anthropologist specializing in religion and nationalism. He holds a PhD from the European University at St. Petersburg, where he also taught for over two decades.
He has held research positions at the Kunstkamera in St. Petersburg and PSL University in Paris, conducting extensive fieldwork in the North Caucasus since 2004. The author and editor of multiple books and academic volumes, he currently serves as Director of Anthropology programs at YCIE.
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Ritual as Communication:
Words, Bodies, and Things
Words, Bodies, and Things
A Lecture by Jeanne Kormina & Sergei Shtyrkov
hosq together with Yerevan Center for International Education present a lecture, organized in anticipation of the upcoming laboratory and festival Notations #2, which focuses on the theme of rituals.
In this talk, we will explore how rituals work, what they are made of, and how their social magic operates. Looking at rituals as complex forms of communication involving words, bodies, objects, spaces and time, we will examine how they create meanings, relationships, and transformations.
Rather than treating ritual as something archaic or exclusively religious, we will approach it as a powerful means of organizing collective experience and producing social realities.
In this talk, we will explore how rituals work, what they are made of, and how their social magic operates. Looking at rituals as complex forms of communication involving words, bodies, objects, spaces and time, we will examine how they create meanings, relationships, and transformations.
Rather than treating ritual as something archaic or exclusively religious, we will approach it as a powerful means of organizing collective experience and producing social realities.
18:30 — Doors open
19:00 — Event starts
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Location: YCIE
Date: June 24
Language: English
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Participation: free with registration
19:00 — Event starts
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Location: YCIE
Date: June 24
Language: English
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Participation: free with registration
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