BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.6.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news421@kunstgeschichte.philhist.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230214T181913 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20230309T000000 SUMMARY:Know your place: (Re)Constructing Spaces in Premodern Visual Cultur es DESCRIPTION:Abstract\\r\\nVisual means construct spaces by defining their c haracter and purpose\, and dictating human behaviours within them. Medieva l monuments such as choir screens or market crosses divided ecclesiastic i nteriors and juridical topographies\, and denoted hierarchies. Wall painti ngs shaped domestic environments in ancient Roman houses\, formed inter-me dial dialogues by alluding to textile hangings in pre-modern Central Asian residences\, and established idealised ancestor identities in ancient Egy ptian tombs. Yet the study of these examples – as well as any of the chi maeric entities we here call “premodern spaces” or objects that were e xperienced within them – poses a challenge familiar and common to all di sciplines that focus on material culture\, namely the challenge of reconte xtualization.  \\r\\nDisciplines concerned with the study of premodern c ultures face particularly harsh conditions in attempting to engage with th ese types of visual spaces\, due to loss of evidence\, misleading photo re productions\, and decontextualized museum displays. Yet the growing awaren ess of the significance of the spatial context in the visual cultures we s tudy\, and the introduction of novel approaches\, tools and technologies f or the reconstruction of premodern spaces\, has opened new horizons for re searchers seeking to take up the task of reconstructing the experience of past physical environments. In this workshop we will therefore collect a s eries of early career researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgroun ds\, to bring together different and new ways of approaching premodern spa ces\, discerning the goals of their creation\, discovering the tactics uti lized in their construction\, and sharing our own attempts to reconstructi ng them – in our minds through writing\, in digital virtual and augmente d realities\, and in physical reconstructions. Through such an interdiscip linary discussion\, we hope to bring forward new ways of combining the uni que facets of our research in order to advance our collective approaches t owards understanding the multifaceted experiences of premodern spaces. X-ALT-DESC:

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Visual means construct spac es by defining their character and purpose\, and dictating human behaviour s within them. Medieval monuments such as choir screens or market crosses divided ecclesiastic interiors and juridical topographies\, and denoted hi erarchies. Wall paintings shaped domestic environments in ancient Roman ho uses\, formed inter-medial dialogues by alluding to textile hangings in pr e-modern Central Asian residences\, and established idealised ancestor ide ntities in ancient Egyptian tombs. Yet the study of these examples – as well as any of the chimaeric entities we here call “premodern spaces” or objects that were experienced within them – poses a challenge familia r and common to all disciplines that focus on material culture\, namely th e challenge of recontextualization. \; \;

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Disciplines conc erned with the study of premodern cultures face particularly harsh conditi ons in attempting to engage with these types of visual spaces\, due to los s of evidence\, misleading photo reproductions\, and decontextualized muse um displays. Yet the growing awareness of the significance of the spatial context in the visual cultures we study\, and the introduction of novel ap proaches\, tools and technologies for the reconstruction of premodern spac es\, has opened new horizons for researchers seeking to take up the task o f reconstructing the experience of past physical environments. In this wor kshop we will therefore collect a series of early career researchers from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds\, to bring together different and ne w ways of approaching premodern spaces\, discerning the goals of their cre ation\, discovering the tactics utilized in their construction\, and shari ng our own attempts to reconstructing them – in our minds through writin g\, in digital virtual and augmented realities\, and in physical reconstru ctions. Through such an interdisciplinary discussion\, we hope to bring fo rward new ways of combining the unique facets of our research in order to advance our collective approaches towards understanding the multifaceted e xperiences of premodern spaces.

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