La Curación is an exploration of the human body as "a porous and permeable subject" through a prism of Ecuadorian narratives, songs, and folk tales.
Yoni Goldstein, 2008, 2009, Documentary, Ecuador, USA, 56min, Spanish / Quechua with English subtitles
La Curación is an exploration of the human body as “a porous and permeable subject” through a prism of Ecuadorian narratives, songs, and folk tales. Consider the nature of traditional medicine through the eyes of epileptic revolutionaries, fire-breathing shamans and poet physicians as they discuss embodiment through politics, ritual and disease. Set against the lush volcanic vistas of Ecuador, this unprecedented documentary covers the three distinct cultural groups - the globalised mestizos in Quito, the Quechua-speaking indigenous people of Otavalo and Peguche and the Afro-Ecuadorian population on the northern coast.
Panel Speakers
Ken Zulumovski – Gamarada Mens Group
Gamarada means ‘comrades or friends’ in the Gadigal language. It is a program that attempts to create a holistic mix of largely Aboriginal and Eastern methods of self healing that will create a greater respect for Aboriginality, with Aboriginal people creating not only a program for themselves, but a program that can be offered as a means of healing and coming together with the wider community.
Byron Serrano – Tribal Warrior Association
Originally from Ecuador, based in Sydney, works in assisting Latin American migrant’s access traditional herbal medicines and practices and to bridge an understanding with Indigenous connection to land in Australia. ( Byron may also bring a healer friend from Ecuador, who lives in Sydney)
Dr. Chris Jones Kavelin , Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University.
Chris' research interests are transdisciplinary and transcultural. They include the legal protection of Indigenous medical knowledge, Indigenous spiritual metaphysics, the application of Indigenous and feminist standpoint theory, development theory, the transformation of Western intellectual property law to engage Indigenous spiritual concerns, fostering a global system that honours the diversity and legitimacy of Indigenous customary law, applied Baha'i theology, interreligious dialogue, the interface of Western knowledge and Indigenous knowledge, Indigenous economics and he is attempting to catalyse models of regionally based Indigenous owned pharmaceutical companies.
Beata Alfoldi-Askew - International teacher, healer, speaker and workshop facilitator, assisting individuals through deep transformation and guiding them to move into their highest creative potential. Beata has formed a partnership with Suzanne Lewarne and her husband Tom Askew called Inner Vision Quest. They will be taking their first group to Peru to study with indigenous Shamans from the Amazon and the Andes in October. For more information on upcoming workshops and spiritual journeys to Peru visit: www.innervisionquest.com.au
Violeta Araya - The Alazan Horse Centre
Originally from Chile, Postgraduate in Sintergetica Medicine, she has participated in the Healing Caravans, where this medicine is given to the Community, Chile (2006), Spain (2008), Colombia (2009); Shamanic Psychotherapist, Vibrational Therapist; lovingly expanding the Sintergetica Medicine in Australia.
Facilitator:
Kalpana Ram - Head of the Anthropology department at Macquarie
Background in three disciplines (Philosophy,Sociology and Anthropology) - has published extensively on politics of knowledge, and various forms of knowledge that are marginalised in modernity. She seeks to develop connections between
anthropology, postcolonial critique, feminist theory, and phenomenological philosophy.
5.45pm Drumming Ceremony in Forecourt
6pm Film Starts
7.15 Discussion Starts
7.50 Discussion Ends
Entry will be on a first come, first served basis. No presales.
