Cronogram
Thursday, 30th of May
18:00
Pre-symposium activities (meeting with journalists, editors, book signing session)
Friday, 31st of May
17:30
Reception, registration, delivery of documentation
18:00
Welcome cocktail. Opening of the Exhibition - Art & Sounds, Sounds in Art
19:30
Dinner (guests only)
21:00
Opening ceremony
21:30
Honour lecture by Paul Devereux: Archaeology, Archaeoacoustics and Neuroscience.
Saturday, 1st of June
09:30
Slobodan Dan Paich
(Director of Artship Foundation, San Francisco, USA; Visiting Professor, University of Timisoara, Romania).
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Call and Response - Archeology as Witness. Human perception, imagination and doing and making abilities
10:00
Fernando Coimbra
(AIESMP; Polytechnic Institute of Tomar; Geosciences Centre from the University of Coimbra).
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Rock art and early musical behaviour
10:30
Dragos Gheorghiu
(University of Bucharest)
The Acoustic Symbolism of the Human Body. Archaeological Evidence from the Chalcolithic
11:00
Discussion
11:15
Coffee break
11:30
Georgios Dimitriadis
(Instituto Terra e Memória, Mação)
Depict the Sound: Representations of Musical Instruments in Rock-art
12:00
Paolo Debertolis
(University of Trieste; Super Brain Research Group)
Archaeoacoustics and altered state of mind at Poggio Rota Stone Circle
12:30
Discussion
12:45
Lunch
14:30
Workshop 1: Sound and human brain
1.1 - Introductory theoretical lecture: Jorge Martins
(LIMMIT)
Selfreflexive consciousness: a model for the experimental use of neurofeedback in sensorial immersion in a centre for consciousness knowledge
1.2 – Experimentation: Teresa Pinto
(LIMMIT)
Monitoring the sound of drumming, using prehistoric clay replica, in the human brain trough electroencephalography, with immediate results on screen; hearing the “special” frequency of 110 Hz, analysed with the same methodology.
16:30
Coffee break
16:45
Workshop 2: Meaningful Reconstructions
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Slobodan Dan Paich & Tolga Ayıklar
Interest in music, intentional sound making and performative aspect of social
anthropology; informed training for desiring possible planned acoustic elements of
built environment; rudimentary awareness of Neuroscience and Psychological nexus of
human experience.
18:45
Discussion of both workshops
20:00
Dinner (free)
21:30
Ethnic musical performance (Tibetan bowls, shamanic drums, Chinese gong, chanting, ethnic percussion).
Sunday, 2nd of June
09:30
A. Tolga Ayıklar
(Artship Foundation; Turcologist, Traditional Music Practitioner)
Possible First Musical Instrument – Bow. Documentation and Reflection on the Instrument-Making Reconstruction
10:00
Natalia Tarabella
(PANGEA - Ancient Techniques Research Center; Super Brain Research Group)
Archaeoacoustics at Dolina of Bogumili, Trieste, Italy.
10:30
Fernando Coimbra
(AIESMP, Polytechnic Institute of Tomar; Geosciences Centre from the University of Coimbra)
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Filipe Madeira
(Psychanalyst, AIESMP)
Mental Sounds: building bridges between Psychoanalysis and Archaeoacoustics
11:00
Discussion
11:15
Coffee break
11:30
Sónia Simões
(Independent researcher)
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When the drum plays, the body responds: Percussion Instruments in Religions of African Origin
12:00
Ana Cadima
(AIESMP; PhD Student)
Sound: a metric of the Universe - Effects in our Neuro-Psycho-Physiology
12:30
Discussion
12:45
Lunch
14:30
João Garcia
(AIESMP; Archaeologist)
Archaeoacoustics: contribute of the research in Western Europe
15:00
Anabela Mendes Moreira
(Polytechnic Institute of Tomar)
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The influence of Vitruvius in architectural acoustics of some old public buildings: an overview
15:30
Discussion
15:40
Workshop 3 - Musictherapy: Relation, communication, expression and symbolization
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João Laureano
(Psychologist)
This workshop aims to sensitize the participants to the discipline of music therapy and its potential in opening channels of communication in the context of mental health and human development.
17:15
Conclusions and closing of the Symposium
17:30
Visit to the Convent gardens
18:00
Musical performance (artist to confirm)