The Body Canvas photography
Body art and modification has been practised for thousands of years across the globe. People have cut, stretched, dyed and pierced their bodies for recognition, relationships, beauty and rites of
passage.
The RAI is launching an international photo competition that seeks to find out more about body modification by exploring questions such as:
- Who is involved in body art and modification communities?
- Why do people permanently alter their bodies?
- What are the symbols, meanings, and relationships attached to body alterations?
- Where do practitioners, artists, doctors congregate?
-What type of tourism has this diverse industry created?
THE BODY CANVAS
The Body Canvas photography contest forms part of the RAI’s Discover Anthropology Outreach Programme http://www.discoveranthropology.org.uk
The contest aims to:
• promote public engagement with the RAI’s Education Outreach Programme
• provide a platform for people to share their work and become actively involved in anthropology
• develop an understanding for the personal, social and political reasons why people undergo permanent body modification
• explore the many ways in which communities around the world develop and express relationships with their bodies
• explore the industry of body modification, the artists, doctors and craftsmen who practise their trade
Engaging photographs that explore biological, cross-cultural and social elements of body art and modification in relation to these categories:
1) Tattoos and Scarification
2) Piercings and Body Reshaping
Below are themes that could be visualised under each category. They are meant to be illustrative and not restrictive. Applicants are encouraged to think creatively about how they can communicate
these categories and relate their photographs to anthropological themes. Photographs can include aspects related to body modification such as media and advertising, rituals, material objects,
technological advancements, forensics.
Category 1: Tattoos and Scarification
- the commercialisation and commodification of body art and modification
- the growing industry of tattoos (parlours, conventions, festivals, TV programmes, films)
- the relationship between tattoos/scarification and metamorphosis (self-development, discovery and growth as an individual)
- tattooing as a discipline where well-known professionals are respected for their craftsmanship
- the community of body modification artists and cross-pollination of ideas and practises
- tourism generated by the artists/trade and practitioners
- body modification as a means of expressing one’s spiritual/religious beliefs
- body modification and controversy, social exclusion or stigma
- body modification as a means of expressing group identity and reaffirming social ties and status
- tattooing as an addiction- adrenaline, pleasure, thrill and excitement
- body modification and exhibitionism
- body modification and rites of passage
- tattoos and forensic anthropology
- cultural interpretations of beauty and aesthetics
- tattoos and art
- tattoos carrying protective elements against disease, illness, evil spirits and possession
Category 2: Piercings and Body Reshaping
- pushing the body to its physical extremes, dealing with fear, emotion and pain
- body reshaping and perceptions of strength, beauty, and attractiveness
- body building, fitness and popular culture
- plastic surgery and perceptions of beauty, age and social status
- reconstructing the body after accidents, illness,
- body reshaping and the media
- body modification as a means of expressing group identity and reaffirming social ties and status
Who can participate:
The competition is free to enter and is open to anyone within the UK and abroad who is interested in anthropology, photography and the body. Both professional and amateur photographers are
welcome.
Guidelines for submissions:
• All applicants must fill in the registration form which can be found on the following website: www.discoveranthropology.org.uk
**Participants must complete a separate form for each of their submissions**
• To be considered for the photo competition, each photograph must be accompanied by a title and text of 50-150 words to be included in the registration form.
• Participants can submit a maximum of four photographs to EACH of the categories: 1) Tattoos and Scarification 2) Piercings and Body Reshaping . Composite images can be entered as well
• Photographers may not submit the same image to more than one category
• Once a photograph has been submitted, it is final and may not be replaced by another photograph.
• Photographs need to be submitted in high resolution JPEG/ TIFF or PNG format and sized less than 10MB. Please send submissions to Nafisa Fera, the RAI Education and Communications Officer at
education@therai.org.uk
• Submissions must be suitable for all audiences. We will not accept R-Rated photographs including adult themes, sexually-oriented nudity or genitalia.
• Submissions that infringe copyright agreements, are unethical or disrespectful of anyone will disqualify the photographer from the contest.
• The RAI is not responsible for any late, misrouted, lost or damaged entries
• All decisions made by the judges are final
• The prize is non-exchangeable
How will the submissions be judged?
The Royal Anthropological Institute has appointed a panel of judges who will assess the photos based on the following criteria:
- creativity and originality of the photograph
- quality of the written text and its incorporation and exploration of anthropological themes
- technical quality of the photograph
To get some ideas of other RAI photo contests take a look at our Flickr webpage: www.flickr.com/photos/raieducation
Deadlines for submission
The deadline for submissions is 30th September 2012
The RAI will notify the applicants of the panel's decision by November 2012.
Prizes
All short-listed contestants will be published in RAI educational materials. In addition, the winning photograph from each category will receive a £100 Amazon gift voucher.
Copyright and Data Protection
All images submitted for consideration to the RAI’s Body Canvas Photo Competition remain the sole property of the photographer. By submitting to the contest the entrants agree that the RAI has
the right to use and display their work for the RAI’s online and printed materials or for further use (as the RAI deems appropriate) without requiring additional compensation. The RAI will cite
entrants as copyright holders of their work in its own publications, but takes no responsibility for any third party usage of photographs.
Any personal data acquired will be used primarily in connection with the RAI’s Body Canvas Photo Contest to facilitate communication with the entrant and for consideration of future RAI
activities, competitions and events. The data will not be passed on to third parties without the prior consent of the entrant.
For further enquiries
Please contact the Royal Anthropological Institute’s Education & Communications Officer Nafisa Fera at education@therai.org.uk or 020 7387 0455 with any further enquiries.
Sources of Information and Inspiration
For more information about body art and modification take a look at these great online resources:
Pitt Rivers Museum Body Arts website
Penn Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology Body Cultures website
The Body Canvas photography competition forms part of the RAI's Discover Anthropology Programme.
Sessualità in divenire. Adolescenti, corpo e immaginario
Una ricostruzione articolata del processo di sviluppo della sessualità individuale, partendo dall'infanzia fino alla tarda adolescenza. Il volume – attraverso il ...
La sessualità, oggi, si "vede" ovunque, non occorre andarla a cercare; ci troviamo di fronte ad un flusso costante di immagini più o meno velatamente riferite al sesso ma di sessualità non si
parla. Forse la si balbetta, pressappoco, nelle pagine delle riviste, nelle conversazioni tra pari, nelle chat e nei forum. La reticenza nel riconoscere il giusto spazio ad un argomento come la
sessualità è il sintomo di un disagio diffuso, che diventa malessere nel momento in cui viene associata all'adolescenza.
Il volume propone una ricostruzione articolata del processo di sviluppo della sessualità individuali, partendo dall'infanzia fino alla tarda adolescenza.
La riflessione condotta in queste pagine, incentrata sul contesto italiano ma con costanti raffronti ad altre realtà sociali, culturali e storiche, si sviluppa partendo da un insieme di
testimonianze raccolte sul campo, attraverso la conduzione di interviste, focus
group e
l'analisi di materiale etnografico online. Lo scopo è dare la parola agli adolescenti per mostrare dall'interno il mutamento in atto; un cambiamento che, per certi versi, sta portando al
superamento delle tradizionali dicotomie di genere.
Alessandro Porrovecchio è
dottore di ricerca in Scienze Umane e Sociali presso l'Università degli Studi di Torino, dove insegna Elementi di Sociologia e Sociologia della Comunicazione e dell'Informazione. I suoi interessi
di ricerca si rivolgono, in particolare, alle culture del corpo, alla sociologia della sessualità, alla sociologia dello sport e al tema della medicalizzazione dei corpi
PRIMER SIMPOSIO DANZA EN CUERPO Y ALMA
SIMPOSIO INTERNACIONAL DE DANZA, MEXICO
PRIMER SIMPOSIO DANZA EN CUERPO Y ALMA
PRIMER SIMPOSIO DANZA EN CUERPO Y ALMA 22 de octubre de 2012. Sede: Ápeiron Teatro Monterrey 319, Col. Roma Sur, C.P. 06760. México, D.F.
22 de octubre de 2012
Sede: Ápeiron Teatro
Monterrey 319, Col. Roma Sur, C.P. 06760
México, D.F.
Destinado a: investigadores, docentes, críticos, periodistas culturales, bailarines, coreógrafos
y estudiantes avanzados de la comunidad dancística internacional a participar con ponencias.
1. Dentro de la temática y disciplinas danzarias, los textos serán de tema libre e inéditos, pudiendo estar enmarcados en los géneros artículo, ensayo o testimonio.
2. Un resumen de la ponencia, de una cuartilla de extensión, deberá enviarse a ciadmexico1@gmail.com, antes del 17 de septiembre del año en curso.
3. Se programarán las mesas o sesiones según la concordancia temática de las propuestas y el número de participantes. El programa final se dará a conocer el 8 de octubre de 2012.
4. La entrada al Simposio será libre.
5. La ponencia deberá presentarse en documento electrónico (word), con una extensión de cuatro a siete cuartillas (arial o times, 12 puntos a doble espacio), así como una breve conclusión de la
ponencia. Además, los anexos, aparato crítico o gráficas, en su caso, que no deberán exceder de tres cuartillas.
6. Cada participante tendrá un tiempo de exposición de diez minutos para leer una síntesis de su trabajo al público. La ponencia completa será publicada en las Memorias del evento.
7. La ponencia completa, acompañada de un breve currículum y fotografía del ponente, deberá enviarse a ciadmexico1@gmail.com con copia a lilflomtz@gmail.com , antes del 30 de septiembre de
2012.
8. Se entregarán constancias de participación y se incluirán los textos en la Memoria del evento, que se difundirá vía electrónica a nivel internacional.
Invitan:
La Confederación Interamericana y Consejo Mundial de Profesionales de Danza (CIAD),
la Federación Mexicana de Profesionales de Danza, Danza 3.0
y el Comité Organizador del Concurso Internacional Pasión por la Danza CIAD 2012
The Imaginary Drinker: Bodies and Beverages in Art and Society
39th Annual Association of Art Historians Conference and Bookfair, University of Reading, April 11-13, 2013
Deadline: November 12, 2012
The Imaginary Drinker: Bodies and Beverages in Art and Society
19 Jun 2012 – The Imaginary Drinker: Bodies and Beverages in Art and Society. Session convenors: Frédérique Desbuissons et Edward Payne. Drinks and ...
Session convenors: Frédérique Desbuissons (Université de Reims / INHA, Paris) and Edward Payne (Courtauld Institute, London)
Drinks and drinkers permeate the history of art. Since the Renaissance, the social, cultural and symbolic functions of drinking have featured widely, in historical and religious painting, genre
scenes, portraiture and independent still-lifes. By representing the bodily act of drinking – simultaneously human necessity, pleasure and social habit – these works constitute a corpus rich in
social, cultural and anthropological implications. The analysis of drinks and drinkers, however, has long been left to food historians. This session seeks to explore the fruitful exchange between
art and food by examining the impact of drinks on the formal analysis of art, on aesthetic theories and notions of creation, as well as on artistic sociabilities and sensory encounters. If we
consider the drink as a global object, then images of drinkers form an ideal perspective from which to investigate not only the relationship between sensory experience and the social and cultural
dimensions of artistic representation, but also the underlying tensions between human production and necessity peculiar to any society. Topics for discussion may include, but are not limited to:
• Divine drinkers: the Feast of the Gods, Bacchic processions, the Last Supper • The vice of intemperance: Noah and Lot • The institution of drinking: social norms and representations • Gendered
drinkers • The materiality of drinks: real and imaginary pleasures and correspondences • Drinking and its associated rituals: eating, smoking, card playing… • Artistic and drinking sociabilities:
corporatist banquets, artist cafes, brasseries, ginguettes, pubs… • Creativity and intoxication: from the Dionysian to the decadent To propose a paper for this session please follow the proposal
guidelines outlined on the paper proposal form on the AAH website: http://www.aah.org.uk/annual-conference/2013-conference
Bodily Cultivation and Cultural Learning
Taipei, Taiwan
May 24th-26th, 2013
Taipei National University of the Arts
CORPUS
INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR THE CULTURAL STUDIES OF THE BODY
&
ACADEMIA SINICA INSTITUTE OF ETHNOLOGY
53 minutes ago – 8th International Symposium of Corpus Bodily Cultivation & Cultural Learning Call for Paper - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), text file (.txt) or
CALL FOR PAPERS
Founded in 2009 after a series of seminars organised between 2001 and 2008 at the EHESS (Paris) and the Autonomous University of Madrid, CORPUS aims at being an effective participant in building
a widely diverse and scientifically-based dialogue on the anthropological aspects of the body. As a cross-thinking forum, CORPUS now brings together more than four hundred researchers from over
sixty-five different countries.
The themes of the preceding symposia were "The Beautiful and the Ugly: Body Representations" (Lisbon, January 2010), "Foreign Bodies: Enhancing & Invading the Human Body" (Moscow, May 2010)
and "Bodies & Folklore(s): Legacies, Constructions and Performances" (Lima, October 2010), "Diets and Food Patterns: Myths, Realities and Hopes" (Tbilisi, July 2011), "Devoted Bodies or Great
Shows? Making Profit on Sacred Areas" (Munster, September 2011), "Genders, Cultures and Citizenships" (San Cristóbal de las Casas, November 2011) and "Parents’ Bodies, Children’s Bodies. From
Conception to Education" (Timisoara, November 2011).
Organized by Academia Sinica and Taipei National University of the Arts, the theme for the Ninth International CORPUS Symposium is “Bodily Cultivation and Cultural Learning.” Almost all cultures
recognize as a means of achieving religious or spiritual goals, cultivating moral and emotional virtue, or transforming ideas into bodily practices. Some of the most common examples include
fasting, meditation, vegetarianism, and qigong or taichi. Rather than focus on these obvious examples, conference attendees will examine culturally driven bodily practices such as proper ways to
walk, sit, and gesture—all of which are often endowed with rich cultural meaning, information about cultural learning, and knowledge about the cultivation of values and merit. Bodily cultivation
can also be analyzed as a channel for learning, manifesting, developing, or shaping cultural concepts and ideals.
Participants will work on defining bodily cultivation in a broader sense, one that encompasses exercise, nurturance, and physical training as special modes of concept construction. Rather than
focus on mind-body dualism/interaction, we will direct our attention to ways that bodily cultivation has been used to internalize cultural ideas, morality, and knowledge. Panels will also discuss
various characteristics such as intentional design versus unintentional programming, professional versus amateur training, spiritual versus secular orientation, and mundane versus
hedonistic/ascetic features.
Attendees are encouraged to propose or submit papers on these panel topics:
Daoist body concept and religious cultivation
Body techniques and skills: expert or novice
Craftsmanship
The athletic body
Everyday forms of discipline
Practice, process and metaphor
Memory and body
Civilization process
Proposals for English-language panels and presentations tied to these themes are welcomed. Proposals must include an abstract (400 words) and a current CV. The deadline for receiving proposals at
corpustaiwan@gmail.com is December 15, 2012. All proposals will be evaluated by an international committee. There is no registration fee. Participants are solely responsible for all
transportation, visa arrangements, travel insurance costs, and accommodations.
Contacts:
CORPUS General Coordinator
Frédéric Duhart
frederic.duhart@wanadoo.fr
8th Symposium
Coordinator
Shuenn-Der Yu
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8th Symposium
Sc. Com. Coordinators
Meiling Chien
mlchien@faculty.nctu.edu.tw
mmmchien@mail2000.com.tw
Salomé Deboos
salome.deboos@googlemail.com
José Luis Grosso
jolugros@gmail.com
For more information on CORPUS and its activities, please visit http://corpus.comlu.com
http://corpus.comlu.com
Homo eroticus
Des communions émotionnelles

Alchimies festives, culte du plaisir, retour en puissance des affects et des émotions : Eros triomphe, et nous enseigne que la profondeur se cache toujours à la surface des choses, dans la banalité de notre quotidien. Triomphe de la raison sensible sur le vieux rationalisme scientiste, du vouloir- vivre collectif sur l’individu, de la joie dionysiaque sur les morales arides qui stérilisent l’action. Triomphe des pulsions et de l’imaginaire sur le progressisme empesé de nos élites et la pruderie de nos bien-pensants.
Attentif aux humeurs et aux enthousiasmes sécrétés par le corps social, cernant au plus près les vibrations du monde, Michel Maffesoli signe une oeuvre essentielle, aboutissement de trente ans de réflexion, livre-manifeste qui chante l’éternelle jeunesse du monde et annonce une rupture épistémologique destinée à renouveler en profondeur les conditions de la pensée philosophique.
Bert, J.-F., "Les Techniques du corps" de Marcel Mauss.
Bert, J.-F., "Les Techniques du corps" de Marcel Mauss. Dossier critique, Paris, Publications de la Sorbonne, 2012.
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La conférence de Marcel Mauss sur les "Techniques du corps" (1934) est l’un des textes |
La relation Homme-Animal
Les Ateliers de l’I.F.E. « Institut Francilien d’Ethologie »
La relation Homme-Animal - les 26, 27 et 28 septembre 2012
Les journées se dérouleront :
* sur le site de l’Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense.
(Station Nanterre Université, à 20 minutes de Paris centre, par le RER A (direction St Germain en Laye) ou une ligne SNCF (depuis la gare St Lazare).
* en Amphi A1, Rez de Ch. du Bât. A
MERCREDI 26 SEPTEMBRE
14h00 : Ouverture des ateliers, par le président et/ou le VP recherche de Paris Ouest, le dir de ‘l’Ecole Doctorale et la présidente de l’IFE.
« Points de vue sur l’animal, par les sciences sociales, humaines et juridiques »
Modérateur: Michel KREUTZER
14h20 : Bernard ANDRIEU
Professeur d'Epistémologie du corps et des pratiques corporelles à l'Université de Lorraine
L’animal en première personne : vers une éthologie immersive ?
14h50 : Eric BARATAY
Professeur d’histoire contemporaine à l’université de Lyon
Pour une histoire éthologique et une éthologie historique
15h20 : Jocelyne PORCHER
Chargée de Recherche, INRA, UMR Innovation, Montpellier
Travail animal ?
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15h50-16h15: Pause café
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Modératrice: Dalila BOVET
16h15: Sonia DESMOULIN-CANSELIER
Docteur en droit, Chargée de recherche au CNRS, UMR de Droit comparé, Université Paris 1
Le droit et l’animal
16h45 : Franck PERON
Docteur vétérinaire et des universités. Research fellow, Lincoln University, GB
Recherche scientifique, un compromis entre résultats et bien être animal
17h15: Florent KOHLER
Maître de conférences à l'université de Tours, directeur de recherche en anthropologie au Centre de Recherche et Documentation sur les Amériques.
L’observation participante appliquée à l’étude des sociétés animales
JEUDI 27 SEPTEMBRE
« Le quotidien de la relation homme-animal: problématiques et applications »
9h00 : Accueil
Modérateur: Christophe FERON
9h30 : Isabelle VIEIRA
Société européenne d’éthologie vétérinaire des animaux domestiques - SEEVAD
Entre l'homme et le chien, ce que tenir compagnie veut dire
10h00 : Marc AUBRY
Ecolab Pest France S.A.S.
Prévention des rongeurs urbains: importance des facteurs éthologiques
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10h30-1100 : Pause café
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11h: Jérôme GUILLOSSOU
Aéroports de Paris CDG
Le péril animalier sur l’aéroport Paris Charles de Gaulle
11h30-1200 : Thierry BEDOSSA
Vétérinaire, Président de l’AVA (Aide aux Vieux Animaux)
L’animal de compagnie sentinelle
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1200-1400 : Pause déjeuner
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Modératrice: Patrizia d'ETTORRE
14h00: Fabienne DELFOUR
Ethologue Parc Astérix
Variations autour du métier d’éthologue
14h30: Table ronde“Qu’attend la société civile de l’éthologie?”
15h30 : Julie PLATEL
Ethologue responsable pédagogique Zooparc de Thoiry
Eduquer l’Homme pour sauver l’Homme: la pédagogie en zoo est-elle une solution?
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16h00-1630 : Pause café
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16h30 : Séverine BELKHIR
Ethologue AVA (Aide aux Vieux Animaux)
Gestion d’une collectivité canine: approche complémentaire entre professionnels et scientifiques
17h00 : Brunilde RACT-MADOUX
Ethologue AVA (Aide aux Vieux Animaux)
Gestion d’une collectivité féline: approche complémentaire entre professionnels et scientifiques
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18h00: Cocktail
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VENDREDI 28 SEPTEMBRE
« Comportement animal en milieu anthropisé »
Modérateur: Gérard LEBOUCHER
9h00 : Anne-Caroline PREVOT-JULLIARD
Conservation des espèces, restauration et Suivi des Populations UMR 7204, MNHN
Relations aux animaux urbains, expériences de nature et perception des enjeux de conservation
9h30 : Anne-Geneviève BAGNÈRES
Institut de Recherche sur la Biologie de l'Insecte, UMR CNRS 7261, Université de Tours
Quand l'histoire de France et l'histoire d'une invasion se rejoignent : le cas des termites parisiens
10h00 : Axel DECOURTYE
Association de Coordination Technique Agricole, UMT PrADE Avignon
Cheminement
d'une approche écotoxicologique chez l'abeille : de "l'insecticide tue
l'insecte" à l'exploration des effets différentiels sur le comportement
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10h30-11h00 : Pause café
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Modérateur: Tudor DRAGANOIU
11h00 : Anders Pape MOLLER
Laboratoire Ecologie, Systématique et Evolution UMR 8079, Université Paris-Sud XI
Les comportements de l'homme et les oiseaux en ville
11h30: Hans SLABBEKOORN
Behavioural Biology Group, University of Leiden
Song and the city; avian flexibility in a noisy world
12h00 : Thierry AUBIN
The Bioacoustics Team CNPS-CNRS UMR8195, Université Paris-Sud XI
Effarouchement acoustique d'espèces aviaires
12h30 : Aline BERTIN
UMR Physiologie de la Reproduction et des Comportements, INRA Tours
Relation homme-animal et effets maternels chez la caille Japonaise
The secret race
At first, Tyler Hamilton was impressed with the power Lance Armstrong wielded in cycling circles, his ability to call the head of the international cycling federation at any time - and call him by his first name.
AP National Writer
At first, Tyler Hamilton was impressed with the power Lance Armstrong wielded in cycling circles, his ability to call the head of the international cycling federation at any time - and call him by his first name.
As time passed, Hamilton saw how that power could work against him, too - for example, when he was summoned to the federation's offices and warned he was being monitored shortly after beating Armstrong in a race.
The 41-year-old, who rode with Armstrong on the U.S. Postal Service team from 1998 to 2001, details the years he spent lying about using performance-enhancing drugs and his relationship with Armstrong in his book, "The Secret Race, Inside the Hidden World of the Tour de France: Doping, Cover-Ups and Winning at All Costs."
He said coming clean about secrets he always swore he'd take to the grave gave him a sense of peace after years "of being so stressed out," even well after he retired.
"The truth will set you free, I'd always heard that term," Hamilton told The Associated Press during an interview Wednesday. "Once in a while, when I was younger, I'd lie, then tell the truth and I'd feel better. But this was like a thousand-pound backpack off my shoulders. I was out of cycling, I was continuing to live my life in my post-cycling career. But I was miserable. There was something wrong."
The book, released Wednesday, is a culmination of a gut-wrenching 18 months for Hamilton, who provided details to a grand jury looking into the Armstrong case, then talked about them during an interview on "60 Minutes." All of his information was used in the case the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency brought against Armstrong.
Armstrong has long denied doping but last week chose not to fight drug charges by USADA, which last month erased 14 years of Armstrong's competitive results, including his seven Tour de France titles.
Wearing a light grey suit and long curly hair that brushed his neck, Hamilton looked and sounded much more relaxed than the halting, hesitant person who appeared on "60 Minutes" in May 2011.
"I don't think I was super-comfortable," he said. "I knew I wanted to do it but it was hard getting the words out."
Married last fall for the second time and now living in Montana, Hamilton said the words come much easier now that he's finished the book.
Hamilton's co-author, Daniel Coyle, said he agreed to write the book only if Hamilton gave him full access to his records and files and gave him the chance to independently verify all of Hamilton's recollections.
He said the day Hamilton was called into UCI was "just an interesting portrait of where we were in the sport at the time."
"It was a way to measure the sheer impact," Coyle said. "You could ask, `Was Lance bigger than the sport?'"
Though many details of the alleged doping that Hamilton writes about were revealed on "60 Minutes," the book also paints a portrait of Armstrong as a power player inside his sport and an intimidating figure, who was not to be crossed.
Hamilton writes about a call he received from the International Cycling Union three hours after a victory over Armstrong, who was no longer his teammate, in Mont Ventoux, France, in the lead up to the 2004 Tour de France. "It felt like being called to the principal's office," Hamilton wrote.
During the 40-minute meeting, UCI officials told Hamilton they'd be watching him closely, but he wrote that the meeting, ultimately, was anticlimactic, "as if the UCI had called me in just to be able to say they called me in."
Hamilton writes that a few days later, Floyd Landis called him and told him the meeting had been engineered by Armstrong but when he confronted Armstrong about it, he denied it".
Landis is the cyclist whose 2006 Tour de France title was stripped. He denied doping for a long time, then admitted he did it and his testimony has also been used in the case against Armstrong.
Armstrong's agent, Bill Stapleton, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
Hamilton said the meeting with UCI sent him an unmistakable message about Armstrong's power. He said he had heard the Texan talking on the phone from time to time in earlier years with former UCI president Hein Verbruggen - a man he and others in the peloton "called Mr. Verbruggen. Lance would call him up and speak to him on a first-name basis."
"I used to think, `This is good, Lance gets things done,'" Hamilton said. "Then, when I was his competitor and our friendship started to dwindle, that's when I felt the wrath."
Coyle said the day Hamilton was called into UCI was "just an interesting portrait of where we were in the sport at the time."
"It was a way to measure the sheer impact," Coyle said. "You could ask, `Was Lance bigger than the sport?'"
Hamilton said he told the story because he needed to get it off his chest and wanted to see changes come about in cycling.
"I did what I had to do for myself," Hamilton said. "The best thing I could do was tell the truth. Unfortunately, there were other names involved. He was the biggest name involved. I can't really worry about that. He's a resilient character. He'll be OK. He's one tough dude."
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