martes, 28 de julio de 2020

Anuncio sobre el programa "Mesas Redondas Mitológicas" (Joseph Campbell Foundation)


IMPORTANTE

En el día de hoy se comunicó con nosotros Monica Martinez, coordinadora para Sudamérica del programa "Mythological Roundtables" de la Joseph Campbell Foundation, con el fin de informarnos que despúes de largas deliberaciones, la Fundación ha decidido dar por concluido su impulso al programa de "Mesas Redondas Mitológicas", que funcionaba en todo el mundo. En la práctica, esto significa que si bien los grupos actualmente operativos siguen teniendo la posibilidad de reunirse y continuar trabajando, ahora de manera reducida, la Fundación ya no va a estimular ni autorizar la creación de nuevos grupos. En Argentina, permanecen a la fecha sólo dos grupos activos: el asociado a nuestra Red de Estudios Religare (desde Febrero de 2018), y el coordinado por Teresa Castellanos en la provincia de Córdoba.

📌 El comunicado oficial publicado en www.jcf.org

In 1996, the Joseph Campbell Foundation (JCF) launched its Mythological RoundTable® program. The program was an “umbrella” under which individuals in a given community could
gather on a regular basis to examine, explore, and engage in conversation about mythological matters and concerns that were impacting their communities, to participate together in
mythologically inflected local events, and to make free use of Joseph Campbell’s Intellectual Property in these pursuits.

Over the years, Mythological RoundTable® groups emerged across five continents. Some came and went, going inactive and eventually dissolving; others continue to flourish now, decades later.

Several dozen Mythological RoundTable® remain active today, although the COVID-19 pandemic has made it impossible for any of them to meet regularly as originally envisioned. Given that this situation will almost certainly prevail for the foreseeable future, JCF has decided now is an appropriate moment for us to sunset our Mythological RoundTable® program.

Therefore, while existing Mythological RoundTable® groups can and will continue to operate, albeit under changed circumstances, JCF will no longer be encouraging or supporting the creation of new groups”.

🙏 Esperamos la oportunidad de volver a reunirnos pronto para seguir compartiendo el legado campbelliano 👋

Juan Manuel Otero Barrigón

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