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Webinar Registration- Religious Healing and Sacred Health Curing: Online Documentary Film Program and Debate (week 4)

Webinar Registration



Topic

Religious Healing and Sacred Health Curing: Online Documentary Film Program
and Debate (week 4)

Description

Please join our forth biweekly webinar (22 August 2020), documentary film
presentation and debate organized by the Network of the Anthropology of the
Middle East and Central Eurasia of EASA in collaboration with the Religion and
Society Research Cluster, Western Sydney University.

Introduction to the session by Dr. P. Khosronejad (Western Sydney University),
debate by Dr. Mike Poltorak (University of Kent) researcher and filmmaker.

Film presentation

The Healer and the Psychiatrist

Mike Poltorak, 2019, 74 minutes, UK/ Switzerland.

Synopsis



On the South Pacific Island group of Vavau, the traditional healer Emeline
Lolohea treats people affected by spirits. One day away by ferry, the only
Tongan Psychiatrist Dr Mapa Puloka has established a public psychiatry well
known across the region. Though they have never met in person, this film
creates a dialogue between them on the nature of mental illness and spiritual
affliction. Their commitment and transformative communication offers
challenges and opportunities to help address the growing global mental health
crisis.



After the film, a debate with the presence of the filmmaker.

A link will be provided to all participants after the introduction debates to
watch the film online or via screen sharing through the moderators screen.


This webinar will be held on Zoom.

Time

August 22, 2020 10:00 AM London

Registration

https://uws.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_VAlWdekiQBWi_H4WGDv9_Q



Dr. Pedram Khosronejad | Adjunct Professor

Religion and Society Research Cluster | School of Social Sciences

E:
P.Khosronejad@westernsydney.edu.au


Fellow | Department of Anthropology | Harvard University



| Chief Editor, Anthropology of the Contemporary MiddleEast and Central
Eurasia, SeanKingston.

| Series Editor, The Anthropology of Persianate
Societies, SeanKingston.

| Series Editor, Iranian and Persian Gulf
Studies, LIT Verlag.



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