Neurocognition and Action - Biomechanics
Nature Mind Technology
Workshop - Meeting "Nature-Mind-Technology"
Future technology has not only to consider legal and social consequences but furthermore implications for nature at different levels of interaction. The workshop is addressing the links between traditional knowledge about nature and human mind, e.g. saved and provided by native Americans and our scientific understanding of mind and future technology.
16 October 2019, Room 1.204, CITEC-Building
01:30 p.m. - 02:00 p.m. Welcome - Reception
02:00 p.m. - 03:30 p.m. Bridges between Nature, Human Mind and Future Technology
- Thomas Schack & Helge Ritter: Introduction - Nature-Mind-Technology
- Tom Blue Wolf: Living with Nature from the Perspective of Native Americans
- All: Open Discussion
03:30 p.m. - 04:00 p.m. Coffee Break
04:00 p.m. - 05:30 p.m. Nature - and Social Implications for Technology Development
- Alexander Neumann, Ludwig Vogel, Benjamin Strenge, Kai Essig & Thomas Schack: Individualized Assistive Technologies
- Ellen Schack: Nature-Mind-Technology: a Practical Perspective on New Technologies and the Importance of Ethical Values in vBS Bethel
- Benjamin Strenge & Thomas Schack: Nature and Society based Ethical Implications for Technology Development
Native Americans Sweatlodge
Second Part of the "Nature-Mind-Technology" Workshop
Traditional Ways of Human - Nature - Interaction and Healing: Naive Americans Sweatlodge
Introduced and Performed by Tom Blue Wolff
Place: Am Pappelkrug 1, 33619 Bielefeld (Dornberg)
17. October 2019
11:00 a.m. - 06:00 p.m.
Sweatlodges are practiced in different forms by many north american indigenous tribes since thousands of years (e.g. Inuits, Navajo, Lakota, Sioux, Muscogee), has been practiced by former tribes (Atzteks, Olmecs) in America but as well by european populations in the past and they are partially alive in the finish sauna. Native-American Sweatlodges are traditional ceremonies for re-considering the place in our web of life (social network, relationship to others including nature). They are provided for healing and to refresh our relationship to nature.
Native Americans Sweatlodges are different from our sauna at the gym in four important ways. First, saunas are all about the heat, while sweat lodges are focusing intensely on our relationship to others, to life and nature. Second, while it?s recommended to stay in a sauna for not longer than 15-20 minutes, most sweat lodge ceremonies last several hours. Third, sweatlodge ceremonies are located in nature and following a particular structure, like introduction, medicine circle, preparing and lightning the fire, staying four rounds in the lodge in nature, closing ceremonies and a closing common meal with seeds, nuts , fruits and vegetables. Fourth, particpants are dressed with swimwear, shorts, T-Shirts or something similar in the lodge.
Tom Blue Wolf is Founder and Director of EarthKeepers One Tribe Trading Company, an organization dedicated to manufacturing and distributing a broad menu of healing products and educating people the importance of relationship with the earth and each other. He is a charter member of the World Council of Elders, a lifetime member of the Indigenous Healers Association, and travels the world teaching workshops and conducting traditional ceremonies. Tom has written hundreds of articles to present the views of the EarthKeepers Organization and has received numerous awards and acknowledgements for his work with EarthKeepers over the past 40 years.
Publication:
- Schack, T. & Schack, E. (2017) Anticipation in Traditional Healing Ceremonies - The Call from our Past. In M. Nadin (Ed.). Anticipation in Medicine. (pp. 323-335). New York: Springer.
TV Release
Third International and Interdisciplinary Workshop
“Nature-Mind-Society: Technology meets Nature and Traditional Healing”
05.11.2024, Room 1.204, CITEC-Building, Bielefeld University
The best opportunities for a sustainable development of contemporary society are recently under debate. New technologies and different ways of digitalization are changing lives and becoming part of many cultures and everyday life. The workshop discusses the unchartered
perspectives about the links between society and technology, through the lens of the mind and nature. From our perspective, future society has not only to consider legal and social consequences of technology but also the implications for nature at different levels of
interaction.
This workshop addresses the links between traditional knowledge about nature and human mind, with reflections from indigenous identities and the scientific understanding of the mind and future technology/society. Furthermore, the potential future of traditional healing ceremonies would be discussed. Tom Blue Wolf (USA/Cohutta Wilderness), a Native American and the founder and director of Earthkeepers & Society, an organization dedicated to educating people on the importance of the relationship with earth and nature, is guest speaker at the workshop. Roy Bedard (USA), the president from “RBB Systems International” is a well-known expert in combat sport, self-defense and police training will speak about perceptual-cognitive skills and human performance under stress. Medina Srem Sai (Ghana) and Elvis Hagan (Germany/Ghana) are experts in Sport and Health Psychology, with reference to research in anxiety, performance, different dimensions of health and performance enhancement. Other international guests from different countries and continents are also participating.
International Guests:
Dr. Roy Bedard, Sanford, Florida, USA
Dr. John Elvis Hagan, Ghana, Germany
Dr. Medina Srem Sai, Ghana
Tom Blue Wolf (Thomas Goodman), Cohutta Wilderness, Georgia, USA
and more