During this first moment of the project which is closed to the public, they will only be able to follow what is happening inside The Ark using Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Otherwise, the week will conclude with a public programme on the Saturday 8th July and Sunday 9th July 2017 :
Sunday 9th July 2017
10 a.m. -- Public Purification Ritual
Members of the public will have the opportunity to experience what it is like to be participant in The Ark by taking part in a mass group purification ritual before entering the conference.
Academic Roundtable
Led by moderator Grace Ndiritu (arist and designer of the project), with The Ark academics Petra Carman (sociologist on Criminal Forensics, New Age communities & Cults, Slovenia), Kayla Anderson (theorist - Anthropocene & Future communities involving queer & race theory & inter-species relationships, USA), Edgardo I. Garrido-Perez (Biologist - Plants and Human Cultures, Panama/Ecuador), Margaret A. McLaren (Gender & Third World Feminism philosopher, USA), Katia Laura Sidali (sociologist - Corporate theft of indigenous knowledge in the Amazon rainforest), Eric Heist (artist - History of communities and Biosphere lineage) & Gleb Vyacheslavovich Toropchin (Economist BRIC & intercultural dialogues, Russia).
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. -- Morning Session
Ecology and Capitalism
by Eric Heist, Edgardo I. Garrido-Perez & Kayla Anderson
Peace and Security
by Gleb Vyacheslavovich Toropchin, Petra Carman & Eric Heist
2 - 4 p.m. -- Afternoon Session
Spirituality and Economics
by Gleb Vyacheslavovich Toropchin, Petra Carman & Kayla Anderson
Community and Culture
by Margaret A. McLaren, Kayla Anderson & Edgardo I. Garrido-Perez
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FREE ENTRANCE, booking requested
at reservation@leslaboratoires.org
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