Body Mapping: Tracing the Embodied Experiences of Your Life

Body Maps in various forms have been used for thousands of years by people searching for a better understanding of their bodies and their place in the world. This weekend intensive combines self-reflection, artistic expression, and an anthropological lens in order to help you develop a visual ethnographic 'map' of your life. In its basic form, Body Mapping involves drawing one's body outline onto a large paper or canvas and then working with paint, charcoal, markers, pictures, symbols, and words to visually chart the texture, terrain and topography of our embodied experiences. Body Mapping is a pathway to both understanding and sharing our lived stories.