Routes by native North America. Trips, rituals and life
On the occasion of the exhibition Northern Traces. Ancient North America, the museum offers a series of lectures by prestigious international specialists who will talk about the main cultural areas of North America. The series will finalize with a tribute to Dr. Edward K. Flagler, a renowned North American ethnohistorian .
Lecture series Routes by native North America. Trips, rituals and life
October 04, 2010. d'18:00h a October 27, 2010. 20:15h
Location: Fundació Institut d'Estudis Nord-americans. Via Augusta, 123, 08006 Barcelona
Price: Lectures are free
Information and reservations: - 93 310 45 16
Reflection about the role of art as an object of memory in the oral African arts and the function of the museum as a place for conserving traditional knowledge.
On the occasion of the installation of the Altar of the Dead in the museum, a cycle of three talks will take us into the world of this PreColumbian tradition that has lasted until the current day:
The Association of Friends of the Barbier-Mueller Pre-Columbian Art Museum and the University Institute of Culture of the Pompeu Fabra University organise for the third year in a row the Art and myth in primitive cultures Conference, with the aim on this occasion of reflecting on the primitive cultures in two areas of the American continent: Amazonia and the north- eastern coast of North America.
Simposi internacional organitzat per la Sociedad Española de Estudios Mayas, la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, el Centro Peninsular de Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales i la Universidad Autónoma de México.
Talk given by the historian Andrea Gatti within the cycle Saturdays at the Barbier-Mueller.
On the occasion of the celebration of the Poetry Week, the courtyard of the Palau Nadal will hold a recital of poetry with verses by Octavio Paz and other from the Aztec literature. Recitals given by Elisabeth Hernández and Manel Solàs.
Talk given within the cycle Saturdays at the Barbier-Mueller organised by the Friends’ Association of the Museum.
The 1st Art and Collections Conference” under the title of Visions of the Art of Africa, is a first-time cultural meeting aimed both at experts and collectors, as well as a broader public interested in art.