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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 [log in to unmask] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * '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.