Dear friends and colleagues,
With apologies for cross-posting, we warmly invite abstracts for our
roundtable on '*Urban religious architecture and the pursuit of security*',
part of RC21 @ Delhi <https://rc21delhi2019.com/>, 18-21 September 2019. We
envisage a dynamic roundtable format: participants will be asked to reflect
on pre-circulated questions in relation to their own research, followed by
a wider discussion. We look forward to receiving your abstracts, detailing
the case study that would form the basis of your intervention, by *4
February 2019*.
Best wishes,
Carrie and Zoë
*Urban religious architecture and the pursuit of security*
How do urban hopes and anxieties materialise in religious architecture?
What ideas about the city’s past, present and future motivate the design of
mosques, temples and churches? Debates about what a religious space should
look like and where it should be erected involve a wide range of actors,
from urban planners and municipal authorities, to architects, engineers,
local residents, politicians and voters, not to mention the actual or
potential congregants. Literature on religious architecture examines the
tensions these buildings embody, and the various ways in which notions of
insecurity shape the design process (Valenta 2013; Verkaaik 2012). Building
on this and moving beyond explicit technologies of insecurity (such as CCTV
cameras or metal detectors), this roundtable seeks to explore how ideas
about in/security manifest in the ‘bricks and mortar’ of urban religious
edifices.
We invite contributions that examine how in/security materialises in the
design, construction, use, or perception of mosques, temples, churches and
other sites of piety. We understand in/security expansively and look
forward to exploring questions such as:
-How do urban residents imagine links between a building’s features and the
city’s futures, and in what ways do religious edifices embody social,
political and/or temporal tensions?
-What security rationales motivate state authorities, city planners, or
congregations in the construction, demolition or design of religious
buildings, and how do these manifest architecturally?
-In what ways do building designs reflect a confluence of local and
geopolitical anxieties, religious debates and material aspirations?
Please send abstracts to:
[log in to unmask]
and
[log in to unmask]
by *4 February 2019*.
--
Dr. Zoë Goodman
Senior Teaching Fellow in Anthropology
SOAS, University of London
[log in to unmask]
*************************************************************
* Anthropology-Matters Mailing List
* http://www.anthropologymatters.com *
* A postgraduate project comprising online journal, *
* online discussions, teaching and research resources *
* and international contacts directory. *
* To join this list or to look at the archived previous *
* messages visit: *
* https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/Anthropology-Matters *
* If you have ALREADY subscribed: to send a message to all *
* those currently subscribed to the list,just send mail to: *
* [log in to unmask] *
* *
* Enjoyed the mailing list? Why not join the new *
* CONTACTS SECTION @ www.anthropologymatters.com *
* an international directory of anthropology researchers *
To unsubscribe please click here:
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=ANTHROPOLOGY-MATTERS&A=1
***************************************************************
|