A Journey to Elsewhere: Spiritual Travel and the Quest for Authenticity Workshop
| Location | lieu: University of Ottawa | Université d'Ottawa |
Workshop Description | Description de l'atelier:
The aim of this workshop is to consider the phenomenon of yoga travel to India as an instance of a broader genre of 'spiritual travel' involving journeys to places 'elsewhere' which are imagined to offer the possibility of profound personal transformation. These imaginings are tied up in a continuation of the exoticisation of the East, but are not limited to that. We have identified themes of authenticity, suffering, space, material markers and the idea ...