Synesthesia May Explain Healers Claims of Seeing People’s ‘Aura’

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Researchers in Spain have found that at least some of the individuals claiming to see the so-called aura of people actually have the neuropsychological phenomenon known as «synesthesia» (specifically, «emotional synesthesia»). This might be a scientific explanation of their alleged ability.

In synesthetes, the brain regions responsible for the processing of each type of sensory stimuli are intensely interconnected. Synesthetes can see or taste a sound, feel a taste, or associate people or letters with a particular color.
The study was conducted by the University of Granada Department of Experimental Psychology Óscar Iborra, Luis Pastor and Emilio Gómez Milán, and has been published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition. This is the first time that a scientific explanation has been provided for the esoteric phenomenon of the aura, a supposed energy field of luminous radiation surrounding a person as a halo, which is imperceptible to most human beings.
In basic neurological terms, synesthesia is thought to be due to cross-wiring in the brain of some people (synesthetes); in other words, synesthetes present more synaptic connections than «normal» people. «These extra connections cause them to automatically establish associations between brain areas that are not normally interconnected,» professor Gómez Milán explains. New research suggests that many healers claiming to see the aura of people might have this condition.
The case of the «Santón de Baza»
One of the University of Granada researchers remarked that «not all ‘healers’ are synesthetes, but there is a higher prevalence of this phenomenon among them. The same occurs among painters and artists, for example.» To carry out this study, the researchers interviewed some synesthetes including a ‘healer’ from Granada, «Esteban Sánchez Casas,» known as «El Santón de Baza».
Many local people attribute «paranormal powers» to El Santón, because of his supposed ability to see the aura of people «but, in fact, it is a clear case of synesthesia,» the researchers explained. According to the researchers, El Santón has face-color synesthesia (the brain region responsible for face recognition is associated with the color-processing region); touch-mirror synesthesia (when the synesthete observes a person who is being touched or is experiencing pain, s/he experiences the same); high empathy (the ability to feel what other person is feeling), and schizotypy (certain personality traits in healthy people involving slight paranoia and delusions). «These capacities make synesthetes have the ability to make people feel understood, and provide them with special emotion and pain reading skills,» the researchers explain.
In the light of the results obtained, the researchers remarked on the significant «placebo effect» that healers have on people, «though some healers really have the ability to see people’s ‘auras’ and feel the pain in others due to synesthesia.» Some healers «have abilities and attitudes that make them believe in their ability to heal other people, but it is actually a case of self-deception, as synesthesia is not an extrasensory power, but a subjective and ‘adorned’ perception of reality,» the researchers state.
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Scientific evidence explains why some healers see the ‘aura’ of people

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You may call them ‘healers’, you may call them ‘quacks’, but a scientific study conducted in Spain has shown many of these people display a neuropsychological phenomenon known as «synesthesia» (specifically, «emotional synesthesia»), giving a valuable explanation of their ‘abilities’.

The name ‘synesthesia’ explains the condition pretty good: in Green, ‘syn’ means ‘together’ and ‘aisthesys’ means ‘sensation’. Basically, it is a neurological condition in which one cognitive pattern leads to another cognitive pattern, practically mixing your senses. This way, synesthetes can see or even taste a sound, or they can hear a smell, or associate people with a certain color or song.
This is the first time anybody has ever tried to find an explanation for the esoteric phenomenon of the aura, a supposed energy field of luminous radiation surrounding a person as a halo, imperceptible to most. Of course, nowadays, when somebody claims to see people’s auras, he is immediately classified as a quirk or somebody with a weirder sense of humor, but according to this study published in the prestigious journal Consciousness and Cognition , he is most likely synesthesic.
The University of Granada researchers, which conducted the study, noted that «not all healers are synesthetes, but there is a higher prevalence of this phenomenon among them». Synesthesia is involuntary and automatic, but it affects an extremely low number of people, and it comes in different shapes; in order to see if there is indeed a correlation between the condition and seeing auras, researchers interviewed some well known people, including a healer from Granada «Esteban Sánchez Casas», known as «El Santón de Baza».
Many people attribute paranormal powers to El Santon, but researchers concluded he is obviously synesthesic, to be more clear, he presents face-color synesthesia (the brain region responsible for face recognition is associated with the color-processing region), touch-mirror synesthesia (when the synesthete observes a person who is being touched or is experiencing pain, s/he experiences the same), high empathy (the ability to feel what other person is feeling), and schizotypy (certain personality traits in healthy people involving slight paranoia and delusions) – he is indeed a remarkable case.

«These capacities make synesthetes have the ability to make people feel understood, and provide them with special emotion and pain reading skills», the researchers explain.
In light of these recent conclusions, researchers now believe healers place a significant placebo effect on patients, especially as «some healers really have the ability to see people’s auras and feel the pain in others due to synesthesia». But as well as tricking the patients into healing themselves, scientists believe healers are also deceiving themselves.
«[They] have abilities and attitudes that make them believe in their ability to heal other people, but it is actually a case of self-deception, as synesthesia is not an extrasensory power, but a subjective and ‘adorned’ perception of reality».

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Synesthesia May Explain Healers Claims of Seeing People’s ‘Aura’

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Researchers in Spain have found that at least some of the individuals claiming to see the so-called aura of people actually have the neuropsychological phenomenon known as «synesthesia» (specifically, «emotional synesthesia»). This might be a scientific explanation of their alleged ability.

In synesthetes, the brain regions responsible for the processing of each type of sensory stimuli are intensely interconnected. Synesthetes can see or taste a sound, feel a taste, or associate people or letters with a particular color.

The study was conducted by the University of Granada Department of Experimental Psychology ?scar Iborra, Luis Pastor and Emilio Gomez Milan, and has been published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition. This is the first time that a scientific explanation has been provided for the esoteric phenomenon of the aura, a supposed energy field of luminous radiation surrounding a person as a halo, which is imperceptible to most human beings.

In basic neurological terms, synesthesia is thought to be due to cross-wiring in the brain of some people (synesthetes); in other words, synesthetes present more synaptic connections than «normal» people. «These extra connections cause them to automatically establish associations between brain areas that are not normally interconnected,» professor Gomez Milan explains. New research suggests that many healers claiming to see the aura of people might have this condition.

The case of the «Santon de Baza»

One of the University of Granada researchers remarked that «not all ‘healers’ are synesthetes, but there is a higher prevalence of this phenomenon among them. The same occurs among painters and artists, for example.» To carry out this study, the researchers interviewed some synesthetes including a ‘healer’ from Granada, «Esteban Sanchez Casas,» known as «El Santon de Baza».

Many local people attribute «paranormal powers» to El Santon, because of his supposed ability to see the aura of people «but, in fact, it is a clear case of synesthesia,» the researchers explained. According to the researchers, El Santon has face-color synesthesia (the brain region responsible for face recognition is associated with the color-processing region); touch-mirror synesthesia (when the synesthete observes a person who is being touched or is experiencing pain, s/he experiences the same); high empathy (the ability to feel what other person is feeling), and schizotypy (certain personality traits in healthy people involving slight paranoia and delusions). «These capacities make synesthetes have the ability to make people feel understood, and provide them with special emotion and pain reading skills,» the researchers explain.

In the light of the results obtained, the researchers remarked on the significant «placebo effect» that healers have on people, «though some healers really have the ability to see people’s ‘auras’ and feel the pain in others due to synesthesia.» Some healers «have abilities and attitudes that make them believe in their ability to heal other people, but it is actually a case of self-deception, as synesthesia is not an extrasensory power, but a subjective and ‘adorned’ perception of reality,» the researchers state.

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‘Seeing’ auras is really synesthesia, say Euro scientists

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Spanish researchers say that healers who claim to be able to see the auras surrounding people are actually suffering synesthesia, the neuropsychological phenomenon where senses become intermingled in the brain. In synesthetes, the brain regions responsible for the processing of each type of sensory stimuli are cross-wired; they may see or taste a sound, feel a taste, or associate people with a particular color.

This is the first time that a scientific explanation has been provided for the esoteric phenomenon of the aura, a supposed energy field of luminous radiation surrounding a person as a halo. The study was conducted by University of Granada researchers Óscar Iborra, Luis Pastor and Emilio Gómez Milán, and was published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition.

«In neurological terms, synesthesia is due to cross-wiring in the brain; in other words, synesthetes present more synaptic connections than normal people. These extra connections cause them to automatically establish associations between brain areas that are not normally interconnected,» explained Gómez Milán.

The researchers carried out the study by interviewing a number of synesthetes as well as the Spanish «healer» Esteban Sánchez Casas (also known as El Santón de Baza).

While many people attribute paranormal powers to El Santón, the researchers say it is a clear case of synesthesia. «El Santón presents face-color synesthesia [the brain region responsible for face recognition is associated with the color-processing region]; touch-mirror synesthesia [when the synesthete observes a person who is being touched or is experiencing pain, s/he experiences the same]; high empathy [the ability to feel what other person is feeling], and schizotypy [certain personality traits in healthy people involving slight paranoia and delusions]. These capacities give synesthetes the ability to make people feel understood, and provide them with special emotion and pain reading skills,» Gómez Milán said.

The researchers also note the significant placebo effect involved with healers and aura reading. «Though some healers see people’s auras and feel the pain in others due to synesthesia, [they also] have abilities and attitudes that make them believe in their ability to heal other people, but it is actually a case of self-deception, as synesthesia is not an extrasensory power, but a subjective and ‘adorned’ perception of reality,» the researchers conclude.

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Al-Babtain»s ‘Andalusian Prize’ awarded to Spanish researcher

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Foundation of Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Babtain Prize for Poetic Creativity’s
«Andalusian Prize» was awarded to Spanish researcher Jose Ramirez del Rio, the Foundation announced here Sunday
Del Rio, whose research on Islamic conquests of western Spain won the prize, will be honored in a ceremony to be held on May 21 at University of Granada. The ceremony will see the attendance of poet Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Babtain and Rector of the University Francisco Gonzalez Lodeiro, the Kuwait-based cultural institution said in a statement
Del Rio’s paper indicated that the era of Islamic conquests was the most important in the history of the» Iberian Peninsula. It reviewed political and economic spectrums of the area at that time,» it noted Foundation of Abdul Aziz Saud Al-Babtain Prize for Poetic Creativity was launched in Cairo in 1989.

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Fast Food Diet Increases Risk of Depression by More Than Fifty Percent

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Providing more evidence to the motif ‘you are what you eat’, scientists have found that eating a fast food diet increases the risk for depression by more than fifty percent. The food we eat today will provide the structural network for the cellular matrix that we need to support basic metabolism, cellular regeneration and repair. This is especially pronounced in brain neurons, as grey matter is largely composed of the omega-3 fats, DHA and EPA. When we don’t provide these basic building blocks, especially in the early formative years, the body is forced to use inferior fats such as those provided by hydrogenation, most frequently found in fast and processed foods.

For the third straight year, McDonald’s is making America look big (in every sense of the word) with the release of four new Big America burgers in Japan, including the Grand Canyon Burger pictured left, which his restaurants in late December.

Scientists from the University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the University of Granada, publishing in the Public Health Nutrition journal have determined that eating commercially baked goods (cakes, croissants, and doughnuts) and fast food (hamburgers, hotdogs, and pizza) is linked to a 51 percent increase in the incidence of depression, compared to those who eat little or none of these foods.

Consumption of fast foods and baked goods doubles risk of depression

Researchers conducting the study found that risk of depression could be predicted in a dose-dependent manner. Lead study author, Dr. Almudena Sanchez-Villegas commented «the more fast food you consume, the greater the risk of depression.» The study found that those participants eating the largest amount of fast food and commercially baked goods are more likely to be single, physically inactive and generally exhibit poor dietary habits. Typically these individuals consumed less fruit, nuts, fish, vegetables, and olive oil, and were more likely to smoke or work more than 45 hours per week.

 

High consumption of commercially baked goods or fried foods subjected to the oil degradation process known as hydrogenation results in trans-fats that have been shown to dramatically increase heart disease risk in past studies. This current research demonstrates that these misshapen and synthetically processed trans-fats interfere with the proper function of chemical neurotransmitters in the brain and alter normal electrical activity necessary for intercellular signaling.

Depression among children and adults is expanding at an alarming rate, with 121 million people diagnosed worldwide. Antidepressants prescribed to manage depression are largely ineffective and only work to mask the underlying cause of the illness. A wealth of scientific evidence now points to proper nutrition as an effective tool to halt and even reverse depressive episodes. The study team advised against a diet including baked or fried foods, and emphasized the need for whole, natural foods containing plenty of B vitamins, omega-3 fatty acids, and fresh pressed virgin olive oil to significantly lower risk of depression.

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Study Unveils Why Healers See Human Aura

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A team of scientists from the University of Granada in Spain has found that many of the individuals claiming to see the aura of people – traditionally called healers or quacks – actually present the neuropsychological phenomenon known as synesthesia.

The new study, published in the journal Consciousness and Cognition , explains for the first time the esoteric phenomenon of the aura, a supposed energy field of luminous radiation surrounding a person as a halo, which is imperceptible to most human beings.

In neurological terms, synesthesia is due to cross-wiring in the brain of some people called synesthetes. In other words, synesthetes have more synaptic connections than «normal» people.

«These extra connections cause them to automatically establish associations between brain areas that are not normally interconnected», said Prof. Gómez Milán, a lead author of the study. «Many healers claiming to see the aura of people might have this condition.»

In synesthetes, the brain regions responsible for the processing of each type of sensory stimuli are intensely interconnected. This way, synesthetes can see or taste a sound, feel a taste, or associate people with a particular color.

«Not all healers are synesthetes, but there is a higher prevalence of this phenomenon among them,» the scientists explained. «The same occurs among painters and artists, for example.»

In the new study, the team interviewed some synesthetes including the healer from Granada – Esteban Sánchez Casas, also known as El Santón de Baza.

«Many people attribute paranormal powers to El Santón, such as his ability to see the aura of people but, in fact, it is a clear case of synesthesia», the researchers said.

The team found that El Santón has face-color synesthesia (the brain region responsible for face recognition is associated with the color-processing region); touch-mirror synesthesia (when the synesthete observes a person who is being touched or is experiencing pain, she/he experiences the same); high empathy (the ability to feel what other person is feeling), and schizotypy (certain personality traits in healthy people involving slight paranoia and delusions).

«These capacities make synesthetes have the ability to make people feel understood, and provide them with special emotion and pain reading skills», the scientists said.

«Some healers have abilities and attitudes that make them believe in their ability to heal other people, but it is actually a case of self-deception, as synesthesia is not an extrasensory power, but a subjective and adorned perception of reality,» the researchers concluded.

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El embajador de la misión diplomática de Palestina en España, Musa Amer Odeh, en el ciclo ‘Israel-Palestina/Palestina-Israel’

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  • Miércoles, 9 de mayo, a las 12h., organizado por el Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada y la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios

El embajador de la misión diplomática de Palestina en España, Musa Amer Odeh, ofrecerá el próximo miércoles, 9 de mayo, la conferencia titulada ‘La solución del conflicto Palestina-Israel’, conferencia que se inscribe en el ciclo ‘Israel-Palestina/Palestina-Israel’ que organiza el Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la Universidad de Granada y la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios.

La conferencia se ofrecerá a las 12 h. en el salón de actos del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos (c/ Rector López Argüeta. Centro de Documentación Científica. Granada).

Contacto: Instituto de Investigación de la Paz y los Conflictos, Universidad de Granada. Tlf: 958244142. Correo elec: eirene@ugr.es

Convocatoria:

  • Asunto: Conferencia del embajador de Palestina.
  • Día: miércoles, 9 de mayo.
  • Hora: 12 h.
  • Lugar: salón de actos del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos. c/ Rector López Argüeta. Centro de Documentación Científica.

Gabinete de Comunicación – Secretaría General
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
Acera de San Ildefonso, s/n. 18071. Granada (España)
Tel. 958 243063 – 958 244278
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Web: http://newcanalugr.ugr.es

Jornada de Estudio “Cien años de la proclamación del protectorado de Marruecos: 1912-2012”

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  • Miércoles, 9 de mayo, en la sede de la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios
  • Jornada abierta al público hasta completar aforo, organizada por la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios y el Observatorio de Prospectiva Cultural de la UGR
  • Proyecto de excelencia HUM-7827 de la Junta de Andalucía

El miércoles, 9 de mayo, en la sede de la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios, se celebra Jornada de Estudio “Cien años de la proclamación del protectorado de Marruecos: 1912-2012”, organizada por la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios y el Observatorio de Prospectiva Cultural, Universidad de Granada, dentro del Proyecto de excelencia HUM-7827 de la Junta de Andalucía.

Entre marzo y noviembre de 1912 fue proclamado el Protectorado hispano-francés sobre el Marruecos jerifiano. Este sistema de colonización pretendía respetar el viejo Marruecos, incluido el sultanato, cuya singularidad político-religiosa se percibía, creando un sistema de protección cuya finalidad última era obligar a entrar en la modernidad a una sociedad tradicionalmente cerrada a Europa.

Este sistema derivado del modelo colonial británico era la constatación para Francia del fracaso de su política anterior de colonias de población aplicada a Argelia. España se limitó a imitar esa política, dado que ambas naciones se habían repartido, con el acuerdo de la comunidad internacional, las áreas de influencia en Marruecos en la conferencia de Algeciras de 1906. El Protectorado que duró hasta 1956 ha dejado una huella indeleble en la modernización marroquí, así como la impronta del “dolor colonizador”.

Esta jornada pretende analizar ese doble dispositivo, pleno de claroscuros con motivo del centenario de la proclamación protectoral.

PROGRAMA – Miércoles, 9 de mayo

  • 16’30 h. Palabras de apertura: Pilar Aranda Ramírez, secretaria ejecutiva de la Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios.
  • 16’45 h. Conferencia: Víctor Morales Lezcano (UNED, Madrid): “Los protectorados mediterráneos en la política internacional del siglo XX”.
  • 18 h. Conferencia: José Antonio González Alcantud (Universidad de Granada): “La organización del Protectorado francés. Los primeros pasos de Lyautey: telegrafía y ferias comerciales”.
  • 19’15 h.-Conferencia: Eloy Martín Corrales (U. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona): “El movimiento obrero en el Protectorado español de Marruecos, 1912-1936”.
  • 20 h.-Mesa redonda: “Conmemorar como ejercicio de crítica: ¿Era necesario el Protectorado impuesto de 1912-1956?”.
    • Coordina: Sandra Rojo Flores (Universidad de Granada). Participan: Víctor Morales Lezcano, Eloy Martín Corrales, J. A. González Alcantud

Jornada abierta al público hasta completar aforo.

Contacto: Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios. San Jerónimo, 27. 18001 Granada. Tlf. 958206508. http://www.fundea.org

Convocatoria:

  • Asunto: Apertura de la Jornada de Estudio “Cien años de la proclamación del protectorado de Marruecos. 1912-2012”.
  • Día: miércoles, 9 de mayo.
  • Hora: 16,30 h.
  • Lugar: Fundación Euroárabe de Altos Estudios. c/ San Jerónimo, 27.

Gabinete de Comunicación – Secretaría General
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
Acera de San Ildefonso, s/n. 18071. Granada (España)
Tel. 958 243063 – 958 244278
Correo e. gabcomunicacion@ugr.es
Web: http://newcanalugr.ugr.es

El presidente de ATTAC-España interviene en el ciclo “Miradas al mundo”, organizado por el Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos

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  • Conferencia impartida por Carlos Martínez García: “De la crisis económica mundial a la crisis geopolítica. Hacia un mundo nuevo”
  • Miércoles, 9 de mayo, a las 18,30h., en el Salón de Actos del Centro de Documentación Científica

El miércoles, 9 de mayo, a las 18:30 h., se ofrece la siguiente sesión de los Seminarios “Miradas al mundo”, que al igual que las cuatro últimas, se organiza como una colaboración del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la UGR y el Grupo de Contenidos de la UGR vinculado al movimiento 15M (Grupo Contenidos UGR-15M):

Sesión 7ª: “De la crisis económica mundial a la crisis geopolítica. Hacia un mundo nuevo”. Será impartida por Carlos Martínez García, politólogo y presidente de ATTAC-España de 2008 a 2011.

La Asociación por la Tasación de las Transacciones Financieras y por la Ayuda a los Ciudadanos (ATTAC) es un movimiento internacional que promueve el control democrático de los mercados financieros y las instituciones encargadas de su control mediante la reflexión política y la movilización social.

Tendrá lugar el miércoles, 9 de mayo, a partir de las 18:30 h., en el Salón de Actos del Centro de Documentación Científica (C/Rector López Argüeta s/n, detrás del edificio de la Facultad de CC. Políticas y Sociología).

Más información, en la página del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos de la UGR, en la sección dedicada a los Seminarios “Miradas al mundo”: http://eirene-ugr.blogspot.com.es/2012/05/proxima-sesion-de-los-seminarios.html

Contacto: Jesús Andrés Sánchez Cazorla. Coordinador de los Seminarios “Miradas al mundo”. Tlf: 958244142. Correo elec: jasanche@ugr.es.

Convocatoria:

  • Asunto: Conferencia del presidente de ATTAC-España.
  • Día: miércoles, 9 de mayo.
  • Hora: 18,30 h.
  • Lugar: salón de actos del Instituto de la Paz y los Conflictos. c/ Rector López Argüeta. Centro de Documentación Científica.

Gabinete de Comunicación – Secretaría General
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
Acera de San Ildefonso, s/n. 18071. Granada (España)
Tel. 958 243063 – 958 244278
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Web: http://newcanalugr.ugr.es

Un congreso internacional reunirá en La Zubia a expertos de todo el mundo para tratar sobre la música y la Constitución de Cádiz

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  • Con el título “La música en torno a 1812” esta reunión, promovida por la UGR, se celebra con motivo del bicentenario de la Constitución de Cádiz, los días 10 y 11 de mayo en el Centro de Promoción Cultural “Carlos Cano” (C/ Joan Miró, 7)

Un congreso internacional reúne en la localidad granadina de La Zubia, bajo el título “La música en torno a 1812”, a expertos de todo el mundo para tratar sobre aspectos musicales relacionados con la Constitución de Cádiz y su contexto. La celebración, con que se conmemora el bicentenario de “La Pepa”, es una iniciativa del Grupo de Investigación Patrimonio Musical de Andalucía – HUM263 y está organizado por la Universidad de Granada, la Diputación Provincial de Granada y el Ayuntamiento de La Zubia, con la colaboración de Cajamar, el Centro de Documentación Musical de Andalucía y el Máster en Patrimonio Musical (UGR/UNIA).

Las actividades tendrán lugar en el Centro de Promoción Cultural “Carlos Cano” (C/ Joan Miró, 7), los días 10 y 11 de mayo de 2012.

Presidido por el profesor de la UGR Antonio Martín Moreno, y dirigido por los también profesores Joaquín López González y Victoriano J. Pérez Mancilla, el congreso cuenta con ponentes invitados de varias universidades del mundo: Lawrence Kramer (Fordham University, New York), Emilio Casares Rodicio (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Antonio Martín Moreno (Universidad de Granada), Miguel Ángel Berlanga Fernández (Universidad de Granada), Celsa Alonso González (Universidad de Oviedo), Francisco J. Giménez Rodríguez (Universidad de Granada), Philip Tagg (Universities of Huddersfield and Salford, UK).

La música y “La Pepa”

En 2012 se conmemora el bicentenario de la proclamación de la Constitución de Cádiz, un documento nacido dos décadas después del comienzo de la Revolución Francesa y en el difícil contexto de la Guerra de Independencia en España. Por entonces, el texto gaditano estableció los principios del liberalismo democrático de soberanía nacional y la separación de poderes, todo ello frente al régimen absolutista anterior. Así, la Constitución de 1812 supuso un cambio en el orden político y social de la época, convirtiéndose en el hito democrático de la primera mitad del siglo XIX que se proyectaría en los movimientos liberales europeos y americanos, hasta el punto de inspirar muchos de los textos constitucionales nacidos en dichos territorios. Por tanto, 1812 y los años alrededor de éste se convirtieron en un periodo clave de la historia occidental, que influyó en todas las facetas de la vida y, por supuesto, en la música.

En concreto, los primeros años del siglo XIX marcaron el paso del Clasicismo al Romanticismo, aunque estos dos términos no deben ser tomados como antagónicos en lo que a música se refiere, sino que más bien están marcados por una continuidad en la que se van desarrollando los cambios estilísticos. No obstante, el movimiento romántico mostraba cierto matiz revolucionario contra las limitaciones del Clasicismo, pero al mismo tiempo aparecía como una evolución y progreso respecto a este último. Además, a principios del siglo XIX las ideas liberales también se consolidaron en cuestiones como la emancipación de los compositores de los mecenas y el cambio en su consideración social. Todo ello hizo que alrededor de 1812 surgiese música de todo tipo, género, estilo y funcionalidad, desde los villancicos que seguían componiendo los maestros de capilla para la celebración de las festividades más importantes del calendario litúrgico, hasta la música para los instrumentos solistas como la guitarra o el piano, pasando por la ópera de corte revolucionario, la música orquestal o el folklore. Por todo ello, el estudio y puesta en común de las nuevas investigaciones sobre la música en torno a 1812 resulta verdaderamente interesante, más aún en la celebración del bicentenario de un documento fundamental para la historia como fue la Constitución de Cádiz, abordando el contexto político y estético, el repertorio, su interpretación, la música popular y las visiones interdisciplinares de la música en la época.

Programa completo, información e inscripciones: http://www.ugr.es/~hccmusica/congreso1812

Gabinete de Comunicación – Secretaría General
UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA
Acera de San Ildefonso, s/n. 18071. Granada (España)
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El Grupo SinTeticas pone en escena “Soneto”, en el “IV Encuentro de Teatro Universitario de Granada”

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  • Tendrá lugar en el Aula Magna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, el miércoles, 9 de mayo, a las 19 horas. La entrada es libre, hasta completar el aforo

El Grupo SinTeticas pone en escena “Soneto”, en el Aula Magna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, el miércoles, 9 de mayo, a las 19 horas, dentro de las actividades del “IV Encuentro de Teatro Universitario de Granada”, organizado por el Aula de Artes Escénicas del Secretariado de Extensión Universitaria de la Universidad de Granada.

El carácter reivindicativo con el que se dio a conocer el año pasado el Grupo SinTéticas recrea lúdicamente un “Soneto”, en una obra de unos 60 minutos de duración.

La entrada será libre, hasta completar el aforo.

En el encuentro, que se celebra los días 8, 9 y 14-18 mayo, participan asimismo la compañía Comotelocuento Teatro, cuyo trabajo fue muy celebrado en ediciones anteriores de los Encuentros y que cerrará el Festival con una comedia farsesca titulada “Qué hace usted cuando nadie le ve”. Igualmente, otras tendencias estéticas estarán representadas en este festival, y entre las que cabe reseñar, por su novedad e interés, la actuación del Grupo de Danza Contemporánea del CAD de la UGR, con sus “Relatos de la frontera”, incursión en el terreno experimental del teatro-danza. De otro lado, “La edad de acuario” (2012), a cargo de la Compañía de Teatro Maktub, o “DON JUAN (versión 8.0)”, se instalan más en el terreno de lo multimedial y la relectura irónica del pasado. Por su parte, el Teatro de la Desidia pondrá en escena un monólogo dramático titulado “Herencia de la desidia”, obra del dramaturgo Antonio César Morón. Las obras se presentan en riguroso estreno, dado que son beneficiarias de la subvención del Aula de Artes Escénicas en la Convocatoria de Ayudas Teatrales del actual año académico, y esta era una de las condiciones para la concesión de la ayuda. Los “IV Encuentros de Teatro Universitario” muestran una vez más la vitalidad e innovación en la práctica de las artes escénicas de las compañías teatrales universitarias granadinas seleccionadas.

Actividad

  • “IV Encuentro de Teatro Universitario de Granada”.
  • Representación teatral: “Soneto”.
  • A cargo de la compañía: Grupo SinTeticas.
  • Día: Miércoles, 9 de mayo de 2012.
  • Lugar: Aula Magna de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras.
  • Hora: 19 horas.
  • Organiza: Aula de Artes Escénicas del Secretariado de Extensión Universitaria de la Universidad de Granada.
  • Entrada: Libre, hasta completar el aforo.

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