ASWM Conference May 5-6, Syracuse NY
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4:15-5:45 Friday May 5 (schedule subject to change)
Panel 7: Currents of Mystery: Shapeshifting, Bears, and the Crane Maiden
- Mahealani Ahia, “Kihawahine: Shapeshifting Lives of Hawaiiʻs Reptilian Water Deity”
- Carla Ionescu, “Water, Bears and Rites of Passage – A Walk Through the Forgotten Temple of Artemis at Brauron”
- Brenda Peterson, “The Crane Maiden: A Love Story”
PRESENTERS
Māhealani Ahia (she/we/ʻo ia) is a Kanaka ʻŌiwi artist, scholar, activist, songcatcher, and storykeeper. Her theatre arts, writing, and performance from U.C. Berkeley, U.C. Irvine, and University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as well as her Masters Degree in Mythological Studies from Pacifica Graduate Institute empower her Indigenous feminist decolonial creations, and as editor for Hawaiʻi Review, ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal, and Mauna Kea Syllabus Project.
Dr. Carla Ionescu focuses her work on the worship and ritual of the goddess Artemis, both in the Greek world and the Near East. She spends most of her time teaching in the field of Ancient History and Mythology and developing The Artemis Research Centre. She travels regularly to Europe and the United States as a guest lecturer, and also leads workshops and retreats in the field of Ancient Mythology and World Religions.
Brenda Peterson Through her work as a novelist and nature writer, Brenda’s curiosity about and respect for nature radiates through her 23 books. Her book “Crane Maiden,” illustrated by Ed Young, was created during pandemic isolation. “As Ed was playing with shadows in his collage art of paper and feathers, my crane dreams returned to haunt my midnights. We found solace in these sacred cranes and hope this story comforts all ages, keeps memories alive of those we have lost, but may find again in another world—even another form. With wings.”
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