2018 Seminar and Summer Conference - International Research Institute: Japan

Pérez, Inmaculada Concepción Carpe (Principle researcher)

The Animation Workshop

Description

Seminar and conference summer session from Mind and Life Institute, US . The seminar is focus to share experiences that involve contemplative practice using arts, science -neuroscience- and education, together with Buddhist philosophy.

Key findings

Developing professional network, partnerships and collaborations between institutions. Invitation to the upcoming Unesco Conference 2019. Training through workshops and lectures for all participants ( 75, from all over the world) .

Short title	IRI 2018
Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	01/09/18 → 06/11/18
Links	https://www.mindandlife.org/international-research-institutes/japan-2018/

Collaborative partners

University Polytechnic of Valencia (Project partner) (lead)

Keywords

learning, educational science and teaching
seminar
workshop
lectures

Access Project

Mind & Life International Research Insitute 2018 Japan Certificate of Attendance_Carpe
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As the “cultural heart of Japan,” Kyoto is home to longstanding traditions of contemplative practice, philosophy, and scientific research. Inspired by this setting, and its location at the Zen temple complex Myōshin-ji, the theme for this first Mind & Life International Research Institute is Contemplative Practice in Context: Culture, History, and Science. This five-day immersive program brings together leading scholars in the sciences and humanities, contemplatives, and artists to examine contemplative epistemologies within a variety of contexts. Plenary faculty presentations will consider how contextual forces that include culture, environment, history, and worldviews effect contemplative practices as well as research on meditation. Neuroscientists and psychologists will describe recent research on the science of meditation, and humanists and social scientists will explore secular and cultural adaptations of meditation, including the history of mindfulness, theories of Buddhist meditation, and the emergence of contemplative studies as an academic field.