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SUMMARY:CERES Forschungskolloquium
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DESCRIPTION:\nVortrag von Percy Arfeen-Wegner: Contextualizing Mosques\, C
 hurches\, and Synagogues in the Malabar\n\nHybride Veranstaltung\n\nAbstra
 ct\n\nSacred spaces in the Indian subcontinent have been predominantly cla
 ssified according to religious affiliations\, whereby\, Brahmanical (Hindu
 )\, Buddhist and Jaina spaces are considered ‘Indic’ whilst mosques\, 
 churches\, and synagogues\, are ‘foreign’. Considering epigraphic evid
 ence of the presence of these communities in the Malabar can be traced bac
 k to at least a millennium\, this research questions if sacred spaces can 
 be approached as distinct categories at all\, in a pluralistic society lik
 e that of the Malabar which has witnessed a symbiotic existence of varied 
 religious communities. This presentation aims to contextualize mosques\, c
 hurches\, and synagogues in premodern and early modern Malabar (c. 13th- 1
 7th centuries) vis-à-vis that of the so-called ‘Indic’ sacred spaces.
  The presentation will demonstrate that building traditions of sacred spac
 es were deeply rooted in regional knowledge bases\, that were never divide
 d into categories that could only be accessed through exclusive religious 
 affiliations. However\, considering that the Malabar engaged in sustained 
 maritime trade relations since premodernity\, there is also a remarkable t
 ranscultural influence which is reflected in building traditions of these 
 spaces. These influences cannot be merely described as ‘transfer’ of t
 echnology as each and every technique and style has undergone prolonged ph
 ases of experimentation before being customized to the specific needs of t
 he land\, be it climatic or aesthetic. The presentation will describe one 
 case study to elucidate these networks.\n
LOCATION:CERES-Palais\, Raum "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://ceres.rub.de/de/events/ceres-forschungskolloquium-20-06-2022/
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