Contact information
Name:
Eric Ziolkowski
Phone:
610-330-5181
Email:
ziolkowe@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Wednesday, April 5, 2017 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Where:
Gendebien Room, Skillman Library
Presenter:
James Padilioni, Jr., The College of William and Mary
Price:
Free, with lunch and beverages available
This lecture examines the social media platforms and presentation of Sancista Brujo Luis, a Boston-based sanse and espiritismo practitioner/healer, to demonstrate how Luis uses these Afro-Latin-Caribbean practices both to elaborate the past through the continued inheritance of patron saints and spiritual guides from ancestors while diffusing such spiritual knowledges through engaging 21st century technologies on platforms like YouTube and Facebook.
Sponsored by:
The Department of Religious Studies, through the Lyman Coleman Guest Speaker Fund, and the Africana Studies Program, with support also from the Latin American & Caribbean Studies Program