COSMIC COUNTERREADINGS 30.04. & 02.+03.05.
with Readings & Performances by Wassim Z. Alsindi, Margarita Athanasiou, Emily Hunt, Dera Luce, Salesforce Child & more guests. Coorganised by the Enchanted Epistemes Research Group.
30 Apr 26, 7.00–9.00 pm
Save the date:
30 April, 7 pm: Walpurgisnacht-Extravaganza
2 + 3 May, from 3 pm: Readings and Performances
About the ENCHANTED EPISTEMES:
Spirituality, esotericism and magic are popular terms often used to subsume non-hegemonic epistemologies. This research collective develops the concept of “enchanted epistemes” as a tool for examining current ways of knowing and worldmaking in group rituals, healing, in digital spaces and material culture, contemporary art, and their intersections with academia.
Examining such contemporary forms and processes of performative (re-)enchantment, the research collective seeks to connect theoretical and methodological approaches from the aesthetics of religion and material religion, sociology of religion and knowledge, history of religions, and gender studies. The research group’s goal is to collectively develop the term ENCHANTED EPISTEMES as a tool for researching contemporary spiritual practices and aesthetics of knowledge.