Architectures of Healing
Dimitra Kondylatou (ed.)
Today, many feel fettered by insomnia, untouchability, and restrictions on movement. Looking for a more holistic approach to bodily and mental health, this book explores architectures and elementary forms of care and healing in different time periods: from the powers of sleep, touch, and travel in Asklepieia, the ancient healing temples for divine dream encounters alleviating the pain of the ailing pilgrim; to the attentiveness carried through the healing touch from the establishment of Byzantine hospitals till our times; to a pilgrimage center in modern-day Lesbos on a personal search for healing from the traumas of war and patriarchy; to the liberating and self-preserving powers of sleep as a healing response to past and current systems of oppression.
Authors
Milica Ivić, Antigone Samellas, Valentina Karga, and David Bergé
Year
2021
Length
96 pages
Cover
Softback
Binding
Perfect binding
Dimensions
10 x 16 cm.
