Paleophenomenology
the worshops outlines
The way I have decided to frame the workshops emphasises the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the exploration of complex questions about Truth and Reality in understanding ancient populations; and not only!
By bringing people together in an experiential setting, I intend to create a unique environment that encourages dialogue, reflection, and shared learning.
Both the weekend and two-week workshops offer a rich blend of theoretical insight and practical application, ensuring a fully immersive, experiential learning environment. Participants will benefit from a high standard of delivery, combining rigorous academic knowledge with hands-on engagement in the field. These workshops are designed to be transformative experiences, encouraging deep reflection, personal exploration, and collaborative discovery. Led by the designer of paleophenomenology, each session promises to deliver a unique, multi-disciplinary approach that connects participants with the consciousness of early humans, fostering new perspectives on human evolution and the natural world.
Workshop 1:
one long-weekend
Duration: Friday late afternoon – Sunday mid-afternoon / Residential
Overview: This weekend workshop offers an individual-focused experience, where each participant embarks on a personal journey to explore paleophenomenology and the ways early humans interacted with their landscapes. You’ll reflect on your own creative and perceptual processes, engaging deeply with prehistoric symbolism and the impulse to create.
Objectives:
- To introduce paleophenomenology and how it relates to the consciousness of early humans.
- To provide a personal, hands-on experience of landscape engagement and creative expression.
- To explore symbolic impulses in prehistoric art through an individual lens.
Who Should Attend:
Perfect for artists, archaeologists, anthropologist, psychologists, psychoanalysts or anyone looking to explore the intersection between human consciousness, creative expression, and landscape perception on a personal level.
Learning Outcomes:
- Deepened insight into how landscape influences individual consciousness.
- Personal experience of the creative process, inspired by the symbolic world of prehistoric humans.
- An enriched understanding of your own relationship with the environment and its historical significance.
What’s on Offer:
- Solo / Group phenomenological walks, where you’ll immerse yourself in the landscape and reflect on how it shapes your perception.
- Solo / Group creative sessions, where you engage with the symbolic impulse behind creating marks and symbols.
- Group discussions offering a personal reflection space on your insights and experiences.
Workshop 2:
two weeks away
Duration: 2 weeks / Residential
Overview: This two-week workshop moves beyond the individual focus to incorporate collaborative research and creative practice. The first week is dedicated to individual work, where each participant dives into their own project or research using paleophenomenology to explore consciousness and symbolism. The second week focuses on bringing these individual projects together, encouraging interdisciplinary collaboration to create new, shared frameworks for understanding early human consciousness and landscape interaction.
Objectives:
- To provide participants with the opportunity to work both individually and collaboratively, exploring their own project while contributing to a collective synthesis.
- To facilitate interdisciplinary connections, combining insights from archaeology, psychology, phenomenology, shamanism and other fields.
- To foster the creation of new frameworks that bridge personal research with collaborative findings.
Who Should Attend:
Designed for student, researchers, academics, and practitioners looking to both explore their own research and collaborate with others in fields like archaeology, psychology, analysis, anthropology, fine art and fine art practice and research, and consciousness studies.
Learning Outcomes:
- A solid foundation in paleophenomenology as applied to your individual project.
- Collaborative skills for merging research insights into a larger interdisciplinary framework.
- A deeper understanding of how collective rhizomatic knowledge can illuminate the consciousness of early humans.
What’s on Offer:
- Week 1: Individual fieldwork and research — exploring art, consciousness, and landscape phenomenology through your own lens.
- Week 2: Collaborative think-tank sessions — working together to merge individual findings into new, shared frameworks for understanding early human consciousness.
- Opportunities for group presentations and cross-discipline dialogue, fostering an enriching collaborative environment.
