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[Published] Religion in Representations of Europe: Shared and Contested Practices

by adminPrevious Projects, Projects, Publications May 12, 2023May 12, 2023No Comments

We are pleased to announce that the outcomes of our last research project “Imagining Europe” has now been published as open source book with Nomos. Abstract What is Europe exactly? How are ideas of Europe represented? What do we think of when we speak about religion in representations of Europe? And how does religion shape …

Published: Highgate Cemetery: Image Practices in Past and Present

by adminPrevious Projects, Projects, Publications March 12, 2021May 12, 2023No Comments

Our “Highgate Cemetery: Image Practices in Past and Present” project just got published with Nomos, ed. by Marie-Therese Mäder, Alberto Saviello, Baldassare Scolari. The book is full open access and we hope you enjoy reading it!

The Highgate Cemetery in London. Images as a Socio-Religious Practice

by adminCurrent Projects, Previous Projects, Projects September 1, 2016September 9, 2016No Comments

Duration: 2014–2018 The study of Victorian Highgate Cemetery in London, which remains in use, is our recent research project of the network International Exchange on Media and Religion and with Heythrop College at the University of London, UK, T. The central questions concern the performativity of images – the (re)- presentation, (re)-production, use and reception …

Published: Religion in Cultural Imaginary. Explorations in Visual und Material Practices

by adminPrevious Projects, Projects, Publications September 10, 2015September 3, 2019No Comments

The members of the Imaginaries Network published their Religion in Cultural Imaginary findings. Here you can find the Table of Contents and the paper abstracts: Religion in Cultural Imaginary. Explorations in Visual und Material Practices Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati (ed.), Nomos: Baden-Baden, 2015. Publisher Website Nomos Buy on Amazon .com / .co.uk / .de You can also …

Religion in Cultural Imaginary: Explorations in Visual andMaterial Practices

by adminPrevious Projects, Projects September 1, 2015September 1, 2016No Comments

In 2011, the research network Religious Images and Cultural Imaginaries started to meet for regular seminars to discuss the central question to what extent the category “imaginary” might be a helpful heuristic tool to engage with the complexity and plurality of meanings and meaning-making processes in society. In particular, we are interested in how the …

Published: Approaches to the Visual in Religion

by adminPrevious Projects, Projects, Publications September 26, 2013September 3, 2019No Comments

The aim of this project was to discuss different methodological approaches to visual media. One of the main tasks of the seminar was the critical characterisation of the different approaches to images, considering their focuses and limits. Being an interdisciplinary exchange, the concern is to find coherence within the project, while leaving space to different …