Identity in Times of Continuous Change

By Christina Bogdanova

The lecture 
“Identity in Times of Continuous Change.
CONSTRUCTION, DECONSTRUCTION AND
RECONSTRUCTION OF THE ORGANISMICITY” 

was one of the well received and remembered keynote presentations given to the 18th EABP Congress in Sofia, 2023 year.

We Bulgarians are one of the oldest nations on our continent, and our entire history is a string of events that have shaped how we live and develop in a context of constant change. And despite the crises and challenges we have gone through as a people, we have managed to preserve our identity as Bulgarians, with our own language and writing, rituals and customs alive today, a distinctive traditional culture and spirituality, a broad knowledge of the world, and a belief in the unseen.

Identity is not only a psychological phenomenon but also a complex bodily experience – sensations, emotions, images, and behaviours united in meaning and significance. That is why, throughout this presentation, you are kindly invited to touch on the Bulgarian identity as a bodily experience.

See the full presentation in English following this link.