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Pilgrimonics
Приєднався 31 січ 2023
PILGRIMONICS: Integrative Analyses of Global Pilgrimage and Circuits of Exchange
A Leverhulme Trust funded project by the Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex
The research provides pioneering, comprehensive and systematic analyses of global pilgrimage where pilgrimage is influenced by a complex of religious, socio-cultural, political and economic relations. Of particular interest are relations between religion, pilgrimage and economics - pilgrimonics - which is implicated at several levels: individual and household aspirations and spending; travel and service provision; and expanding infrastructures and investments in pilgrimage sites due to increasing visitor numbers. The main focus is on diverse Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Catholic communities in Birmingham along with their conceptual, material and physical mappings of pilgrimage sites in South Asia, Middle East and Europe.
A Leverhulme Trust funded project by the Department of Anthropology, University of Sussex
The research provides pioneering, comprehensive and systematic analyses of global pilgrimage where pilgrimage is influenced by a complex of religious, socio-cultural, political and economic relations. Of particular interest are relations between religion, pilgrimage and economics - pilgrimonics - which is implicated at several levels: individual and household aspirations and spending; travel and service provision; and expanding infrastructures and investments in pilgrimage sites due to increasing visitor numbers. The main focus is on diverse Sikh, Hindu, Muslim, Jewish and Catholic communities in Birmingham along with their conceptual, material and physical mappings of pilgrimage sites in South Asia, Middle East and Europe.
Mitzvah Day 2023 Gabriele Shenar
Mitzvah Day is a short film documenting a Jewish-led day of social action at Redditch's Alexandra Hospital. Volunteers from various faiths and backgrounds came together to form partnerships and share ideas for local initiatives, including an upcoming exhibition on global pilgrimage. The Hebrew word "Mitzvah" means commandment and refers to a meaningful individual act.
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Sukkot between Jerusalem and Birmingham
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This film highlights the tangible aspects of preparing for the Jewish pilgrimage festival of Sukkot and how these elements are utilised throughout the celebration. Materials sourced from global markets are repurposed for the festival, while ritual objects like the Etrog and Lulav make their journey from Israel to Jewish communities around the world, including Birmingham.
URBAN TRANSCENDENCE JERUSALEM & TEL AVIV
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The film is a video collage of various material practices performed in the urban environments of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv before and during Rosh Hashana - the Jewish New Year. The film evokes the theme of repentance through ritualised action performed during Selichot (prayers of penitence) in Jerusalem and Tashlich in Tel Aviv. Tashlich is a customary atonement ritual during which Jews symbolical...
LOOK UP JULY 2024
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At street level, during the summer 'pilgrimage season', Lourdes is busy and bustling with pilgrims shopping for souvenirs, or eating and drinking at the numerous cafes and bars. But if you look up, you see the ruins of derelict hotels - reminders of economic decline. In the evenings pilgrims gather at the shrine to join in with the Eucharistic procession. Like the town streets, it is busy and b...
The Water of Lourdes
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The Catholic shrine of Lourdes was established after Bernadette Soubirous, in 1858, received visions of Our Lady the Virgin Mary in a cave, or Grotto, just outside the French Pyrenean town of Lourdes. During one of these visions, Our Lady revealed a freshwater spring, that became an important feature of the shrine, and continues to flow. This short film explores the theme of water, from the rai...
You have made Jerusalem beautiful, more beautiful than all of Europe. If it were in the hands of the Arabs, they would have made it like Somalia, or the camps of Jordan, or Baghdad, or Beirut, or Yemen. The origin of the Arabs is the smell of sewage, pollution, and desertification.