The Toronto Semiotic Circle organized a symposium on "Earth, Fire, Water: Matter and Meaning in Rituals" held at Victoria College (University of Toronto), Northrop Frye Hall, Room 007, on May 31 – June 1, 2013.
The Toronto Semiotic Circle acknowledges the support of Victoria University, Victoria College’s Principal Office, St. Michael College’s Principal Office, The University of Toronto’s Department of French Studies, and the University of Stockholm’s Department of History of Religions.
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Opening and Introduction
Paul Bouissac (Victoria College, University of Toronto)
Clay, Water,
and Fire: An Experimental and Experiential Approach to the Rituals and
Materiality of Prehistoric Settlements
Dragos Gheorghiu (National University of Arts, Bucharest)
Minute Meditations on Combustive Transformations: Clues to the Ritual
Agency of Fire and its Exegesis
Peter Jackson (History of Religions, Stockholm University)
Water in Christian Narrative and
Rituals
Giulio Silano (St. Michael College, University of Toronto)
Banger bia (frogs’ wedding) in a Time of Drought:
Remembering a Lost Ritual by Neighbourhood Children to Call for Rain in
Bangladesh
Enam Huque (OISE)
Sacred Water or Scared Water?
Andrew Houlson (Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering)
Playing with Water and Fire in Circus Performances: Slapstick as Secular Ritual
Paul Bouissac (Victoria College, University of Toronto)
The New Fundamental Elements of a Contested Planet
Gary Genosko (Ontario Institute of Technology)
Minute Meditations on Combustive Transformations: Clues to the Ritual
Agency of Fire and its Exegesis
Peter Jackson (History of Religions, Stockholm University)
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An international symposium organized by the Toronto Semiotic Circle To honor the memory of Japanese semiotician Masao Yamaguchi (1932-2013)