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To whom it may concern:

Call for papers for the International Conference *The Re/theorisation of
Heritage Studies *in Gothenburg, Sweden, in June 5-8, 2012.

Panel* - Elective affinities. Critical approach of religious
heritage-making in the Mediterranean

*
S*hort abstract
*This workshop focuses on the relationships between religion and heritage
in the Mediterranean. It aims to study the entwining of these two phenomena
and reveal the eventual particularities of religious heritage-making, as
well as to discuss the conceptions of heritage embedded in the monotheist
religions, and re-examine the cultural matrix that religion and heritage
share, redefine or negotiate through memory practices.
 *
Extended Abstract*
Historically, the three monotheistic religions in the Mediterranean area
appear related to various heritage objects and phenomena, such as
archaeological ruins, architectural works, places of worship, museums,
organised itineraries, and religious tourism. In this respect, the
Mediterranean could be represented through an open-air museum conserving
the three confessions embedded in the archaeological landscape of the
Antiquity. Moreover, the history of religious diffusion, the superposition
of political and religious power, and the colonial history of heritage
intervention have blurred the frontiers between heritage, politics and
religion with regard to objects, practices and buildings viewed as
patrimony. Nowadays, the Mediterranean is also marked by cultural practices
aiming to define and preserve the religious heritage of alternative
religious confessions or movements, such as Sephardic, ex-colonial
Catholic, Soufi, Gnawa, or Protestant communities. Therefore, the
Mediterranean is a rich field to investigate the links between religion and
heritage both in the longue durée and in the contemporary heritage-making.

This workshop aims to discuss the relationships between religion and
heritage in the Mediterranean area, and discuss the conceptions of heritage
embedded in the monotheist religions, while dealing with questions such as:
Why and how does believers construct heritage? Which are the heritage tools
they adopt or reject from the world of the museums? What are the modalities
of collaboration between believers and curators? And, conversely: What do
heritage practices adopt from the religious world? How do the
(dis)agreements between dogma, memory and amnesia become manifest in the
world of heritage? Does the ecumenical dialogue fit with heritage-making
and memory-making processes? How does the global structure of religions
deal with localised purposes and determinations, both at the institutional
and personal level? In multi-confessional contexts, what are the effects of
one confession heritage policy on the other(s)? And, what are the links
between public heritage institutions and religious authorities?

Ethnographic case studies are especially welcome but inquiries into theory
are also expected. Main topics and objects of study include religious World
heritage sites, museums, heritage initiatives, religious tourism, heritage
performances and discourses of confessions oriented groups and lobbies, as
well as social and political uses of religious heritage.

*Convenors**:
*Cyril Isnart, Cidehus/Universidade de Évora, Portugal, [log in to unmask]
Luís Silva, CRIA/FCSH-Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal,
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To apply for this panel, before *January 31,* please send a paper abstract
with around 250 words length to:

Bosse Lagerqvist ([log in to unmask]) or John Giblin (
[log in to unmask]) and to the convenors ([log in to unmask] &
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Thank you for the attention,
Best Wishes,

Luís Silva
Post-doctoral Fellow
Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA / FCSH - UNL)
Portugal




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Luís Silva
Post-doctoral Fellow
Centre for Research in Anthropology (CRIA / FCSH - UNL)
Portugal

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