Hay Festival Arequipa 2021 – Health
Are you in Arequipa? If you find yourself in the White City, you can see the live broadcasts of all of the events for free, on the big screen, comfortably seated at the Paraninfo de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín, where you can enjoy the talks from 1 to 7 November.
More info at +51 984346405 or infoperu@hayfestival.com
More info at +51 984346405 or infoperu@hayfestival.com
Event 25
Henry Marsh in conversation with Juan Carlos Pérez
A better ending
UNSA (Paraninfo)
Read moreHenry Marsh is an esteemed retired British neurosurgeon and the author of books such as And Finally; Matters of Life and Death, which tells of his own experience as a cancer patient. At this event he will talk about the principles and goals of palliative care, and about the challenges and opportunities that currently exist with regard to access to a dignified death, offering advice and recommendations to help patients and their loved ones face this difficult stage of life with dignity and compassion. In conversation with the BBC journalist Juan Carlos Pérez.
Simultaneous interpretation from English to Spanish available
This event has taken place
With the support of Open Society Foundations
Event 56
Pedro Favaron in conversation with Stefano Varese
South to South: Ancestral medicine
Auditorio Colegio de Abogados
Read morePedro Favaron has a doctorate in Literature from the University of Montreal, is a social researcher into Andean, Amazonian and North American indigenous peoples, and is a lecturer at the PUCP; he works to promote intercultural dialogue between modernity and the ancestral knowledge of indigenous cultures. He has recently published Non Onan Shinan: Los mundos medicinales y la sabiduría de una familia Shipibo-Konibo, written together with the Shipibo-Konibo artist Chonon Bensho. This work of non-fiction reflects on the major cosmic, moral and ethical problems that face our civilisation, and which indicate the paradigm changes needed in order to survive the ecological catastrophe that will come if we continue down the road we are travelling. Pedro Favaron reflects on his background and recent work with Stefano Varese.
This event has taken place
With the support of Open Society Foundations
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