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This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the
sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search
for meaning in life. As the process of urbanization of society is
accelerating thus giving an increasing importance to cities and the
'metropolis', it is relevant to investigate the social or cultural
cohesion that these urban agglomerations manifest. Religion is
keenly observed as witnessing a growth, crucially impacting
cultural and political dynamics, as well as determining the
emergence of new sacred symbols and their inscription in urban
spaces worldwide. The sacred has become an important category of a
new interpretation of social and cultural transformation processes.
From a unique broader perspective, the volume focuses on the
relationship between the city and the sacred. Taking a
multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise of
philosophers, historians, architects, social geographers,
sociologists and anthropologists, it draws a nuanced picture of the
different layers of religion, of the sacred and its diverse forms
within the city, with examples from Europe, South America and the
Caribbean, and Africa. >
This book reflects the way in which the city interacts with the
sacred in all its many guises, with religion and the human search
for meaning in life. As the process of urbanization of society is
accelerating thus giving an increasing importance to cities and the
'metropolis', it is relevant to investigate the social or cultural
cohesion that these urban agglomerations manifest. Religion is
keenly observed as witnessing a growth, crucially impacting
cultural and political dynamics, as well as determining the
emergence of new sacred symbols and their inscription in urban
spaces worldwide. The sacred has become an important category of a
new interpretation of social and cultural transformation processes.
From a unique broader perspective, the volume focuses on the
relationship between the city and the sacred. Taking a
multidisciplinary approach, combining the expertise of
philosophers, historians, architects, social geographers,
sociologists and anthropologists, it draws a nuanced picture of the
different layers of religion, of the sacred and its diverse forms
within the city, with examples from Europe, South America and the
Caribbean, and Africa.
The invisibilization of political violence, its material traces,
and spatial manifestations, characterizes conflict and
post-conflict situations. Yet, artists, writers, and human rights
activists increasingly seek to challenge this invisibility,
contesting the related historical amnesia through counter-semantics
and dissonant narratives. Adopting "performance" as a concept that
is defined by repetitive, aesthetic practices-such as speech and
bodily habits through which both individual and collective
identities are constructed and perceived-this collection addresses
various forms of performing human rights in transitional situations
in Spain, Latin America, and the Middle East. Bringing scholars
together with artists, writers, and curators, and working across a
range of disciplines, Performing Human Rights addresses these
instances of omission and neglect, revealing how alternate
institutional spaces and strategies of cultural production have
intervened in the processes of historical justice and collective
memory.
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