Nostos Salon 12

About

Nostos is an intimate afternoon salon series by Anthrōprospective at Smith Street Studio in Collingwood, inner Melbourne. Inspired by the ancient Greek concept of nostos [νόστος]—a longing to return home, this gathering invites us back: to community, to place, to self, and to one another. In a time of disconnection, Nostos is a return to slow, thoughtful conversation and community.

How do I get to Smith Street Studio?

The entrance to the studio is off Little Oxford St, Collingwood – via a small lane between 77 and 79 Little Oxford. Head up the end of the lane and you will find the studio on the far left directly next door to Studio Pancho.

Theme: The Anthropology of witchcraft and everyday rituals of resistance

Our Nostos gathering on the 25th of October (our halloween special) will explore the anthropology of witchcraft, ritual, and resistance, examining how everyday spiritual practices, the small acts of ceremony, gathering, and defiance woven into ordinary life, are quietly reshaping how contemporary Australians confront power, gender, and belonging. In an era marked by a renewed cultural embrace of witchcraft, growing feminist scrutiny of patriarchal structures, and mounting anxiety about identity, agency, and community, this conversation invites us to reflect on how resistance is imagined, and whose practices get to count as political.

Through the lens of anthropology, feminist theory, and interdisciplinary research into embodied practice, we'll explore how people actually…