Name: Shamans: The Visual Culture of Animism- Max Carocci
Start: 2026-01-22T17:00:00Z
End: 2026-01-22T18:00:00Z
Location: Watkins Books

A visually compelling and panoramic analysis of the eclectic culture of shamanism, animism, healing and journeys to the other planes.

Entering trance states, healing body and soul, invoking animals as spirit guides and journeying to incorporeal realms – these skills have been central to shamanism over thousands of years and across much of the world, from the Evenki shamans of northern and central Asia to contemporary Neo-Shamans of the West. Join cultural and social anthropologist Max Carocci as he explores an eclectic array of shamanic artefacts and images, decoding the symbolism and explaining their extraordinary shamanic ritual practices. Marvel at the adornments of a Siberian shaman’s coat; examine the prehistoric rock art that depicts mystical transformations of shamans into animals; and discover the psychotropic plants that open our minds to interdimensional journeys of healing and wisdom.

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With a career that spans over three decades, Max Carocci has covered several roles in academia, museums and private consultancies. The variety of positions held over the years has allowed him to gain a full-rounded and comprehensive understanding of the museum and curatorial world, from purchasing collections and their display to educating the public and sector specialists in the meanings, ethics, and politics of exhibitions and representation.

Max received his Laurea in Cultural Anthropology at the University of Rome, La Sapienza in 1991. He then proceeded to get an MA in Cultural Studies and History after moving to London (University of East London, 1996). After a sabbatical period when he travelled through Mexico (1997), he continued his studies enrolling on a PhD in Social Anthropology, which was obtained from Goldsmiths College, the University of London in 2006. In addition to these qualifications, since 2011 Max holds the certificate PTTLS; Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (licence to teach to adult learners

Between 2002 and 2014 Max Carocci has been teaching and programming the World Arts programme for Birkbeck College in partnership with the British Museum (Art History, University of London, 2002-2014), while also lecturing on his own course on Ethnographic Museums and Collections designed and tailored for the MA Museum Cultures in the same university (Birkbeck College, 2012-2013). During the same period, he held workshops at University College London (MA Ethnographic Museums and Collections, 2010-2012). He then moved on to teaching at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (MA Native American Studies 2014-2015), and was offered a five-year contract at Chelsea College of Arts, London where he taught on the MA Museum and Curating as Associate Lecturer (University of the Arts, 2015-2020). He has also taught short courses for Goldsmiths College (Anthropology and Art: Galleries, Museums and Globalisation, 2018-2021), and lectures in anthropology and ancient arts and civilisations for the City Literary Institute in London (adult learning). Max is currently Associate Professor in Art History and Visual Cultures at Richmond the American University in London (MA World Arts, MA Curating, and BA Non-Western Visual Cultures, Working in the Art World, and Visual Thinking).

Over the years Max has been the recipient of several awards and honorary positions. He held a research residency at UC Davis, California while doing his PhD (2001-2002), and honorary research posts at Birkbeck College’s Art History Department (2010-2012), and the British Museum’s Anthropology Library and Research Centre (2006-2008). He received grants from the Royal Anthropological Institute (2004), the Esperanza Trust (2008), the Thaw Foundation (2008), and the British Academy (2012-2014). Most recently, the Sainsbury Research Unit at the University of East Anglia offered him a grant to conduct research on representations of the face in Native North American art (2016). Max sits on advisory and editorial boards of numerous institutions and specialised magazines.






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