"Ireland’s Holy Wells" with Dr. Celeste Ray
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"Ireland’s Holy Wells" with Dr. Celeste Ray
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Around the globe, springs, ponds and lakes have attracted veneration from prehistory to the present. In Ireland, sacred watery sites known as holy wells are nodes of Biocultural Diversity where culture and biology are interrelated and even co-evolved; that is, where particular ecosystems influence spiritual beliefs and practices, and these traditions help protect and maintain ecosystems, habitats, and also particular flora and fauna employed for curative purposes. This talk examines the sacred topographies of holy wells, biomedical applications of "well cures," and the value of ethnography and citizen science in monitoring environmental change.
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Dr. Celeste Ray
Professor and Chair, Anthropology and Director of the Environment Arts & Humanities Program
The University of the South Sewanee
Recorded: October 23, 2025