Dear all,
Just a reminder about the next London Women and Planning Forum seminar,
'Women and Worship: New Approaches to Sacred Spaces', taking place at
1.30pm on Wednesday 16th March at Queen Mary, University of London. Full
details below.
There are still a few places left, so RSVP now to participate in what
promises to be a fascinating discussion. Please circulate - all welcome!
Best wishes,
Evelyn Owen
LWPF Administrator
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WOMEN AND WORSHIP: NEW APPROACHES TO SACRED SPACES
Wednesday 16th March, 1.30pm-5.30pm
City Centre Seminar Room, Francis Bancroft Building
Queen Mary, University of London
This half-day seminar forms the final element of 'Women, Worship and
Space', a Women's Design Service project organised together with the
London Women and Planning Forum. Religious practices are often
replicated in social and domestic rituals, but how acceptable space for
women is determined by their faith is poorly understood in the wider
community. This project brings together women from different communities
to create shared space for dialogue, by exploring sacred spaces and how
they are used.
Drawing on previous visits to sacred spaces and narrative work with
women of faith in east London, we shall ask:
- how can we understand different faith spaces as communal and
inclusive, if women are excluded from some of these?
- is exclusive designed into religious buildings?
- if so, where is the appropriate space for dialogue? Can we share
sacred space?
SPEAKERS
Patrick Anderson - Planning Advisor, Planning Aid for London
'Faith, Worship and Town Planning: the Impact of Migration and
Globalisation'.
Dr Ann David - Principal Lecturer, Department of Dance, Roehampton
University
'Gendered Dynamics of the Divine: Issues of Space and Place in Hindu
Groups in east London'
Dr HaeRan Shin - Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning, UCL / LWPF
'Understanding Gendered Mobility and God - From Stories of Korean
Christian Immigrant Women in Los Angeles'
Dr Barbra Wallace - Director, Women's Design Service
Barbra will report back on the WDS visits to faith spaces: St Mary and
Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Bow; Mosque at Ilford Islamic Centre;
and London Buddhist Centre.
To be followed by group discussion and a drinks reception.
The seminar is FREE. To reserve a place, please contact the LWPF
administrator, Evelyn Owen, at [log in to unmask]
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'Women and Worship' is organised by the Women's Design Service (WDS)
together with the London Women and Planning Forum (LWPF), with funding
from the Faiths in Action strand of the Department of Communities &
Local Government. For more information, please see www.wds.org.uk and
www.lwpf.org.uk.
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