Tales of Superstition and Magic

The relationship between science and popular cultural beliefs has long manifested in oppositional terms, delimiting how premonitions or magic can describe reality and produce truth. Recent research provides new ways to relate modern epistemologies and alternative modes of perceiving and describing the world. The symposium offers a platform for discussion, highlighting the importance of thoughtful engagement with these practices. Bridging the gap between ancient wisdom and contemporary knowledge, it explores the power and complexity of belief and the plurality of fields of reality at the edge of the visible.

During the three-day symposium, artists, authors, and researchers gathered to discuss these ideas and explored the ways in which alternative forms of organizing perception were woven into the fabric of everyday life.