Regulating Customs – the 12th Annual International Conference of the SIEF Working group “The Ritual Year”, Findhorn (Scotland), 8–12 January 2016 (Scientific Life)

• Main Authors: Thomas McKean, Irina Sedakova
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Romanian Academy 2016-04-01
• Series: Revista Română de Sociologie
• Online Access: http://revistadesociologie.ro/en/sites/default/files/10-viatast_1.pdf

The 12th annual international conference of the SIEF Working group “The Ritual Year” took place in Findhorn, Morayshire, Scotland, 8–12 January 2016 under the general title “Regulating Customs”. The academic event was organized by Thomas McKean, with Frances Wilkins, Athanasios Barbalexis and Marlene Hugoson on the committee, under the auspices of the Elphinstone Institute, University of Aberdeen. The very venue of the conference, The Findhorn Foundation, apart from giving the scholars an opportunity to experience the local Scottish atmosphere, was most interesting from an ethnographic, religious, and folkloric point of view. The Foundation was established in 1964 as a place for spiritual growth; it has its own complex history (https://www.findhorn.org/), with many events related to the ritual year integrated into its calendar