Traditional Arts of the Altered Body
2008 TAAB conference
Shrewsbury,  Shropshire, UK 
May 15 - 16 - 17, 2008

Scheduled lectures
Catharine Hinton, TAAB Director,  TAAB@Hennacat.com

List of confirmed lectures for 'Traditional Arts of the Altered Body' held in Shrewsbury 15th, 16th and 17th May 2008.
List of Evening Events
List of Additional Activites in Shropshire
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Keynote Speech: Body and Place


Woading and  Body Art:

Recreating Celtic Body Art Traditions


woading
Yoga and Rangoli
Yoga: Altering the Physical Body



 History of Henna in Estonia

Jewelery Body, Place and Meaning:
African Beads
Beads
Henna and Hair
History
Chemistry
Techniques
Henna and Hair

Tattooing in contemporary urban society in the Philippines

 - its meanings and significance

Henna  The History of Henna
 
Contemporary Henna Techniques

Tattooed women weavers in Samoki

their meanings and siginificance and their response to the threat of commercialization and globalization.

Tattoo The Altered Body:
Modifications of Body in Place
Body and Place Body and Place
Belly Dance:
Tribal Body and Adornment


 Belly Dance Dancers
North African Women's Traditional Tattooing


tattoo Paint
Evening Events:

The Edible Body (Chocolate mehndi night )

Contemporary expressions of beauty and occasion
(put your glad rags on, do yer hair, do yer make up and hit the town....)

Extra Activities:

Whilst in Shrewsbury there will be a number of extra curricular activities for you to take part in:


1.The Darwin Tour – Tour of Shrewsbury town focussing on Charles Dawin's childhood in Shrewsbury

2.The Shrewsbury Ghost Tour – Historical tour of the town with extra spooky surprises

3.The Cadfael Tour – Tour of the town highlighting the real or imagined places in Ellis Peter's popular 'Brother Cafael' series of novels.
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