Lucy May Constantini
@lucymayconstantini.bsky.social
postdoctoral researcher at the University of Vienna on the ERC 🇪🇺 Synergy MANTRAMS Project
https://mantrams.univie.ac.at/
embodied praxis: dance (contemporary), martial arts, yoga, South Asia, especially Kerala
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https://mantrams.univie.ac.at/
embodied praxis: dance (contemporary), martial arts, yoga, South Asia, especially Kerala
🏴🇫🇷
When I set out to turn my research into a PhD, my hope was that the thesis would be useful to people invested or interested in kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘. So I was touched and thrilled today to find that someone had found it interesting enough to take the trouble to print it out for easier reading.
October 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
When I set out to turn my research into a PhD, my hope was that the thesis would be useful to people invested or interested in kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘. So I was touched and thrilled today to find that someone had found it interesting enough to take the trouble to print it out for easier reading.
A bit about my work on @mantrams.bsky.social
🧾Lucy May Constantini is postdoctoral researcher on Task Force 3 of the MANTRAMS Project, the task force based at the University of Vienna which deals with materiality and mantras.
June 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
A bit about my work on @mantrams.bsky.social
The talk I gave for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies a couple of weeks ago is now on YouTube, for anyone who missed it and would like to catch up. youtu.be/xlqc74S5lC4?...
Lucy May Constantini – The Inner Body in Motion in a South Indian Martial Art
YouTube video by SOAS Centre Of Yoga Studies
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May 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
The talk I gave for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies a couple of weeks ago is now on YouTube, for anyone who missed it and would like to catch up. youtu.be/xlqc74S5lC4?...
I’m giving a talk online for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies on May 19th. It’s free to register and attend, and will be available later on YouTube if the live time doesn’t work for you. @mantrams.bsky.social @istb-univienna.bsky.social
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Lucy May Constantini – Looking For Things That Are Not Visible: The Inner Body in Motion in a South Indian Martial Art - SOAS YogaStudies Online
Join us in-person at SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies for a special evening with the three Principal Investigators of the MANTRAMS project.
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May 9, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I’m giving a talk online for the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies on May 19th. It’s free to register and attend, and will be available later on YouTube if the live time doesn’t work for you. @mantrams.bsky.social @istb-univienna.bsky.social
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Well that was pretty extraordinary. Teyyam in Kannur.
April 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Well that was pretty extraordinary. Teyyam in Kannur.
Hello Kasaragod, aren’t you beautiful? A little awkward, but very beautiful.
April 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hello Kasaragod, aren’t you beautiful? A little awkward, but very beautiful.
The MANTRAMS Project is on Bluesky 🦋 And there’s a free event coming up. Do join.
Special Project launch event (hybrid) at the The SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies with the three Principal Investigators of the ERC Synergy MANTRAMS Project, Carola Lorea, Finnian Gerety, and Borayin Larios. Register for (free) tickets… 1/
March 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The MANTRAMS Project is on Bluesky 🦋 And there’s a free event coming up. Do join.
Happening Thursday. Do come if you're in Vienna!
Join us this Thursday, January 23 for a public talk about kaḷarippayaṟṟ˘, a martial art and medical system from Kerala, South India: stb.univie.ac.at/news-events/...
Lucy May Constantini presents her postdoctoral research with the ERC-funded MANTRAMS project @istb-univienna.bsky.social.
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Lucy May Constantini presents her postdoctoral research with the ERC-funded MANTRAMS project @istb-univienna.bsky.social.
#unvie
The Inner Body in Motion in a South Indian Martial Art
Lucy May Constantini | ISTB, University of Vienna, ERC Project "MANTRAMS"
stb.univie.ac.at
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Happening Thursday. Do come if you're in Vienna!
Things you find while packing. It’s an awkwardly sized certificate, so it had lain upsidedown in a drawer for a while. I’d just forgotten which one.
December 29, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Things you find while packing. It’s an awkwardly sized certificate, so it had lain upsidedown in a drawer for a while. I’d just forgotten which one.
December roses for all of us flowering in adversity. The bud somehow survived Storm Darragh.
December 11, 2024 at 1:28 PM
December roses for all of us flowering in adversity. The bud somehow survived Storm Darragh.
Hakama cleaning and folding rituals after yesterday’s British Aikido Federation course in Cardiff. These (totally impractical) training garments stand both for relative status (or gender) and also submission to the system. A beautiful day after the storm, fallen tree before the dojo, and fun.
December 9, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Hakama cleaning and folding rituals after yesterday’s British Aikido Federation course in Cardiff. These (totally impractical) training garments stand both for relative status (or gender) and also submission to the system. A beautiful day after the storm, fallen tree before the dojo, and fun.
My favourite commentary so far on the ‘middle class women of a certain age’ debacle.
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Milestones or millstones for Keir Starmer?
Podcast Episode · Electoral Dysfunction · 06/12/2024 · 28m
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December 7, 2024 at 4:19 PM
My favourite commentary so far on the ‘middle class women of a certain age’ debacle.
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2 Exciting PhD opportunities on the ERC MANTRAMS Project for sound studies specialists, sensory anthropologists or related. In beautiful Tübingen, which I can heartily recommend.
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2 PhD Positions in the MANTRAMS Project (m/f/d, E13 TV-L, 65%)
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December 2, 2024 at 4:41 PM
2 Exciting PhD opportunities on the ERC MANTRAMS Project for sound studies specialists, sensory anthropologists or related. In beautiful Tübingen, which I can heartily recommend.
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
uni-tuebingen.de/en/universit...
Lovely evening at SOAS last night watching and discussing The Wrestler’s Cane. Mesmerising!
November 28, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Lovely evening at SOAS last night watching and discussing The Wrestler’s Cane. Mesmerising!
Film screening happening tomorrow at SOAS. I'll be talking to director Philippa Frisby about The Wrestler's Cane, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Join us!
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The Wrestler's Cane - Film Screening - SOAS YogaStudies Online
Remember, this is an in person only event with the SOAS Centre of Yoga Studies. There will be no recording of these proceedings.
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November 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Film screening happening tomorrow at SOAS. I'll be talking to director Philippa Frisby about The Wrestler's Cane, followed by a Q&A with the audience. Join us!
yso.soas.ac.uk/courses/the-...
yso.soas.ac.uk/courses/the-...
Yay! Great people to add to my (very sparse) Yoga & Embodiment Studies list @ruthwestoby.bsky.social @ameliawood.bsky.social @theowildcroft.bsky.social Any more out there?
November 21, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Yay! Great people to add to my (very sparse) Yoga & Embodiment Studies list @ruthwestoby.bsky.social @ameliawood.bsky.social @theowildcroft.bsky.social Any more out there?
Late night digging through some references for thesis amendments and came upon this glorious voice and artist (she writes too). #vidyarao
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbuf...
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'Koi Prem Ke Penge Jhula De' by Vidya Rao
YouTube video by ajab shahar - kabir project
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November 19, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Late night digging through some references for thesis amendments and came upon this glorious voice and artist (she writes too). #vidyarao
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbuf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbuf...
Useful to know. And a bit reassuring.
November 16, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Useful to know. And a bit reassuring.
Reposted by Lucy May Constantini
Just published!
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November 14, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Just published!
Info & order at 25% off quoting code RELIGION:
bit.ly/3UPJtB0
Editors' Preface free to view:
bit.ly/3YMunNO
Info & order at 25% off quoting code RELIGION:
bit.ly/3UPJtB0
Editors' Preface free to view:
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The clouds finally parted so I’m sitting next to a ladybird stealing a moment between studio and laptop.
November 14, 2024 at 1:37 PM
The clouds finally parted so I’m sitting next to a ladybird stealing a moment between studio and laptop.
Just out. I have a chapter in this on kaỊari, its relationship to performance and South Indian contemporary dance. ✨
November 14, 2024 at 1:37 PM
Just out. I have a chapter in this on kaỊari, its relationship to performance and South Indian contemporary dance. ✨