Nomad RSI - Therapeutic diversity and the environment

After 10 years of experiences and working together, in October Nomad RSI has invited some members of its partner teams from the South (two Cambodians and three Ladakhis) to France. These members are working in the fields of health, medical traditions and environmental conservation. They stayed for a full month in France and the month has been dedicated to solidarity and festive meetings dealing with “therapeutic diversity and medicinal plants” as well as health and environmental issues in the context of North/South relationships.

 Download 10 year anniversary Nomad RSI Flyer

Sat 6^th Oct. - arrival of Sorn Sarun and Tri (Nomad Cambodia) and of Karma Namgyal, Karma Chodon and Tsewang Gonbo (Ladakh Society for Traditional Medicines) in Paris

 Meetings with partners
 Visit to the Museum of Natural History
 City visit

NANTES: 11^th to 13^th October

MEETING
Thursday 11^th Oct. at 7p.m, Duplex Municipal Hall – Slide show and presentation of Nomad RSI’s projects in Cambodia and Ladakh (India), with the participation of the Cambodian and Indian partners (Free entrance).

BORDEAUX: 14^th and 15^th October

CONFERENCE
Sunday 14^th Oct., Bordeaux exhibition hall - Exhibition “Himalaya - Tibet, the collision of continents” organised by Cap Sciences. Amchi Karma Chodon (LSTM) presented an overview of the main concepts of Tibetan Medicine. There also were a projection of Martin Saxer’s documentary « Journeys with Tibetan medicine » (2005), tracing the history of a Bouriat healer’s family from Russia to Europe.

MEETING
Monday 15^th Oct. at IUT “Management of development projects”, Pierre Rabelais University- Bordeaux.. Discussions held on international solidarity between the students and the Indian and Cambodian partners.

PYRENEES ORIENTALES : 21^st to 23^rd October

Sunday 21^st Oct., Workshop with Miss Karine Chevrot, project coordinator of the “Medicinal Plants and knowledge conservation” project in Cambodia.

Monday 22^nd and Tuesday 23^rd Oct., Workshop with the theatre troupe Volubilis (Elne) and Elise Artidel – Awareness-raising techniques for environmental and health issues.

TOULOUSE : 22^nd to 28^th October

DEBATE Monday 22^nd Oct., 6.30pm at the Bookshop Terra Nova - Radio café-discussion “Nomad sur un plateau”
“Medicinal Plants, local production and import” with Ms Elisabeth Dodinet, ethnobotanist and SIMPLES (MP) Union.

ACADEMIC SEMINAR- Friday 26^th Oct., EHESS Toulouse - Nomad RSI Research Unit Seminar “Therapeutic Knowledge and Medicinal Materials in the Tibetan World. Perspectives in Social Sciences", with the support of the French Institute of Pondicherry, EHESS and the University Paul Cézanne (CReCSS).

BOTANICAL WALKS Friday 26^th Oct. at 6pm in Toulouse - “Awareness on wild flora in urban area s” Open to all, €3 to 5

Sat 27^th Oct. at 2pm, Workers gardens – Allotments of Toulouse, “Biodiversity and human / environment relationships”. For children and adults, €3

PROJECTIONS / CONFERENCES with the presence of Laurent Pordié, anthropologist, Nomad RSI President, and the Cambodian and Indian partners, including Amchi Karma Chodon (Tibetan doctor).

Friday 26^th Oct. at 7.30pm at the FRITURE Association office - “Confluences of medicines: North / South relationships” and projection of extracts of “Dunia” documentary “Traditional Medicines and health” edited by the RTBF (1999).

Sunday 28^th Oct. at 11am, The Cinema Utopia, Tournefeuille – “Therapeutic diversity in the South: when the North learns from the South” and Martin Saxer’s documentary « Journeys with Tibetan medicine » (2005).

EXHIBITION / MEETING / CONCERT

Tuesday 23^rd Oct. at 6.30pm, Etymon Association Office (36, rue B. Mulé, Toulouse) - Opening of the photographic exhibition “Medicinal Plants and healer-patient relationships in Ladakh and Cambodia”. Follow by a concert.

Saturday 27^th Oct., 6.30 pm, Etymon Association hall - Closing of the photographic exhibition, story-telling and tastes of Cambodian and Ladakhi special dishes with the presence of the Cambodians and Indians partners

Saturday 27^th Oct. from 9.30pm at the Association Amanita Muscaria hall (4 rue Viguerie. Toulouse) - Nomad family and friends in concert: world music from Brittany and beyond. The Toulousan band “Coupés Décalés” (voice, clarinet and klezmer violin); ethnic Jazz and down tempo electro (Le Jardinier from Paris / Moja Moja Sound System and Tradikal from Pondy), Jam session €5.

PARIS: 3^rd to 6^th October

MEETING
Monday 5^th Nov., Master of International Relations (Paris1 - Sorbonne) - Discussions between the students and the Indian and Cambodian partners on international solidarity.