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INVIDIA RUMPUNTUR AVES NEQUE NOCTUA CURAT
"The birds are bursting with envy & the owl does not care"
Discovered in a 3rd century Roman villa in El Djem, Tunisia, this enigmatic mosaic displays an Owl wearing a Roman toga. Crescent-staff emblems on each side suggest this was commissioned by a member of the 'Telegenii' -a secretive group who sourced and supplied the animals for Roman venetiones (games and spectacles involving animals). I have argued that this mosaic features numerous pre-Roman (Punic) motifs, reinforcing the probability that the Telegenii likely identified as being of local indigenous or Pre-Roman heritage, acquiring favour as Roman citizens for the role they played in supplying the Roman games.
Personal
I was born in Tunisia with mixed Tunisian
Arab/Amazigh and British/German Jewish heritage and live in southern England (UK), having previously lived, studied and worked in London, Edinburgh and Paris.
ABOUT FARÈS
I am a writer/researcher, cultural heritage consultant, lecturer & occasional arts/events producer.
My research gravitates around understanding the human condition; with an ongoing critical eye on the circumstances of the history which have led to current knowledge paradigms, both popularly and within scholarship. Specific areas of interests include religion; cognition (radical enactivist & embodied cognition); art; intangible heritage; & the intersection of arts/performance & scholarship. I use a Philosophical Anthropological approach to underpin my work; & I am currently working on my first book (based on my doctoral thesis) on how our beliefs concerning the Source of Life relates to our material & ethical values.
I have conducted archaeological & anthropological research in Algeria, Libya, Tunisia, Saudi Arabia & Jordan in the SWANA region (South West Asia & North Africa); in England, Scotland, Albania, Georgia & Italy in Europe; in Nigeria in sub-saharan Africa; & in Uzbekistan in Central Asia; publishing papers (see publications); lecturing; & leading tours (see tours & talks) in some of these regions. I am on the editorial board of the The Historic Environment: Policy & Practice journal & member of the Curation, Engagement & Research committee of the Sussex Archaeological Society.
I have occupied leadership roles for regional, national & international arts & culture organisations & public bodies.
EDUCATION
ARTS
2019-2023
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR / FINANCE MANAGER
Shubbak: A Window on Contemporary Arab Culture, London
2017-19 & 2021-2023
THEATRE DIRECTOR
Strode Theatre, nr Glastonbury
2014-2017
MANAGING DIRECTOR
Ammoun Voyages Cultural Tours, Edinburgh
GOVERNMENT & COMMUNITY
PRE-2010
ASSISTANT HOUSE MANAGER
Royal Opera House (London)
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Cabinet Office (Service First Unit), London
PhD
"Proximity & Form: the correlation between what humans believe and the nature of their relationships to the material world."
University of Southampton
ED by Marie Curie Fellowship
History of Thought
École normale supérieure (Paris)
MSc
Archaeology
University of Edinburgh
HERITAGE
2009-Present
CULTURAL HERITAGE CONSULTANT
Various clients & locations
2007-Present
OCCASIONAL LECTURER
Various Universities & Travel Companies, incl. Andante Travels & The Cultural Experience
2015-2017
TRUSTEE / DIRECTOR - FINANCE & OPERATIONS (part-time)
Leith Theatre, Edinburgh
PRE-2010
COUNCILLOR ELECT (TWICE)
London Borough of Sutton
CHAIR ELECT, FINANCE & SCRUTINY
London Borough of Sutton
CHAIR, LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS REVIEW
London Borough of Sutton
2021
COUNCILLOR (CO-OPTED, INTERIM)
Castle Cary Town Council, Somerset
RESUMÉ
TRUSTEE
Beddington & Wallington Relief Fund for the Sick & Infirm
2011
SURVEY DIRECTOR
Ghadames UNESCO World Heritage Site
2006-present
ARCHAEOLOGICAL & ANTHROPOLOGICAL SURVEYS SUPERVISOR
Numerous projects & locations
2011-Present
ARTS MANAGEMENT, PROGRAMMING & EVENTS/SHOW PRODUCTION
Various clients
BSc (Joint Hons)
Anthropology & Psychosocial Studies