‘The theater and the party’, a conference of scholars in Palermo

An important opportunity to get to know our historical-anthropological heritage better and understand what needs and questions of meaning the sacred representations respond to: this is the one that the Ignazio Buttitta Foundation, in collaboration with the Humanismus Heute Foundation, the Association for the conservation of popular traditions, the Department of Cultures and Society of the University of Palermo, the Federico II Foundation, the Center for Research and Studies on Carnival, Mask and Satire of Putignano, the ERSU of Palermo, organizes, from 16 to 18 November, with the international study conference “Theater and party. The temple, the square, the scene “. The meeting – which will take place at the Antonio Pasqualino International Puppet Museum, in Piazzetta Pasqualino, 5 in Palermo – aims to analyze the different aspects of the different scenic and performative traditions of religious content in the ancient and modern world, with particular attention to the ritual aspects of the representations. The scenic space is also of interest, be it a sacred place, an urban or extra-urban public space, and its configuration and sacralization. The Scientific Committee, composed of Ignazio Buttitta, Rosario Perricone and Bernhard Zimmermann, has entrusted the reports to demologists, anthropologists, historians, sociologists and scholars of the literary tradition who have dedicated their attention to the forms of ceremonial dramatization, from the Templar rite to the sacred theater , from ritual dances to figurative processions. The international study conference is part of the Morgana Festival – now in its 46th edition -, which this year has as its theme “The Mediterranean Image Theater” and will be held from ’11 to 21 November. Mandatory Green Pass. Admission with reservations required: https://www.festivaldimorgana.it/2021/proleggio/