Deadline: 31 May 2011
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Center for Babaylan Studies 3-day symposium/retreat, Decolonization and Indigenization as a Path to the Sacred, on August 5th - 7th, 2011 at Sonoma State University featuring Professor Felipe De leon, Jr., Commissioner, National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Professor of the Humanities, University of the Philippines. He will present different indigenous knowledge systems, practices or modalities of the Philippines, as is manifest in Schools of Living Traditions.
This will be a focused three-day interactive symposium limited to 30 participants:
Day 1 will focus on Decolonization: Naming our Grief
Day 2 will focus on Indigenization: The Wisdom of our Ancestors
Day 3 will focus on Kapwa: Our Wholeness, Our Service
The symposium activities will include ritual, sharing circles, talks on indigenous knowledge systems, storytelling, Kapwa jamming, artistic/creative expressions, and more.
On the last day of the weekend we will focus on integrating and sharing the learnings from the first two days, We will strengthen our community ties by being witness to individual and shared vision and support each other in fulfilling our personal commitments to Kapwa to the benefit of our communities.
Kapwa - Shared Self/Spirit. You and I are One.
Pakikipagkapwa - Sacred interconnection of people and all of Creation.
If you feel the call of the Ancestors to look more deeply into Filipino Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, we invite you to request an application via email to contact@babaylan.net. We will send you an application form upon receiving your inquiry.
Due to the limited number of participants we can accommodate at this symposium/retreat, we invite you to apply. Applications will be screened based on the applicant’s responses to questions in an application and the overall relevance to the impact and or contribution of the symposium to their future work in their respective communities.
Dates: August 5-7, 2011
Tuition: $200 (includes breakfast, lunch, and materials) (25% discount for students and seniors)
Lodging at the SSU Tuscany Townhouses (http://seawolfsuites.sonoma.edu/) is approximately $30/night (kitchen facilities included)
Once you receive the application form, please fill it up and send it back to CFBS via email: contact@babaylan.net by May 31st.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: contact@babaylan.net
For submissions: apply via contact@babaylan.net
Website: http://babaylan.net/
It is our pleasure to invite you to the Center for Babaylan Studies 3-day symposium/retreat, Decolonization and Indigenization as a Path to the Sacred, on August 5th - 7th, 2011 at Sonoma State University featuring Professor Felipe De leon, Jr., Commissioner, National Commission for Culture and the Arts and Professor of the Humanities, University of the Philippines. He will present different indigenous knowledge systems, practices or modalities of the Philippines, as is manifest in Schools of Living Traditions.
This will be a focused three-day interactive symposium limited to 30 participants:
Day 1 will focus on Decolonization: Naming our Grief
Day 2 will focus on Indigenization: The Wisdom of our Ancestors
Day 3 will focus on Kapwa: Our Wholeness, Our Service
The symposium activities will include ritual, sharing circles, talks on indigenous knowledge systems, storytelling, Kapwa jamming, artistic/creative expressions, and more.
On the last day of the weekend we will focus on integrating and sharing the learnings from the first two days, We will strengthen our community ties by being witness to individual and shared vision and support each other in fulfilling our personal commitments to Kapwa to the benefit of our communities.
Kapwa - Shared Self/Spirit. You and I are One.
Pakikipagkapwa - Sacred interconnection of people and all of Creation.
If you feel the call of the Ancestors to look more deeply into Filipino Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being, we invite you to request an application via email to contact@babaylan.net. We will send you an application form upon receiving your inquiry.
Due to the limited number of participants we can accommodate at this symposium/retreat, we invite you to apply. Applications will be screened based on the applicant’s responses to questions in an application and the overall relevance to the impact and or contribution of the symposium to their future work in their respective communities.
Dates: August 5-7, 2011
Tuition: $200 (includes breakfast, lunch, and materials) (25% discount for students and seniors)
Lodging at the SSU Tuscany Townhouses (http://seawolfsuites.sonoma.edu/) is approximately $30/night (kitchen facilities included)
Once you receive the application form, please fill it up and send it back to CFBS via email: contact@babaylan.net by May 31st.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: contact@babaylan.net
For submissions: apply via contact@babaylan.net
Website: http://babaylan.net/
