This week the readings by González, Bier, and Koliji as well as the class discussions revolved around our attempt to understand the corresponding ways in which abstraction, movement, geometry, mathematics, and philosophy work in composing metaphors of space and place. On Tuesday we developed working definitions of the concepts of abstraction, kinetics, and geometry as …
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This week we are working on trying to understand the correspondences between flesh, bodies, and migration, and how they contribute to the composition and interpretation of sacred spaces. To to that, we are going to expand the discussion we began last week regarding place and the study of religions, as well as the usefulness, or …
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In the assigned readings for this week, Mary MacDonald and Loida Martell present two different, yet related arguments to tease out the role that place play in the constitution of a sacred space. Based on these two readings, you were asked to: 1. Reflect upon the two readings assigned for this week (MacDonald’s and Martell’s), …
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On this first week we read in the “Introduction” (pages 8-11) to the Metropolitan’s guide to Islamic arts how geometry, distances, and calculations in space and designs contribute to the branding of a type of architecture. To understand and read competently the ways in which sacredness and architecture correspond with each other, we read Lang’s …
Welcome to Religion 200 – Sacred Spaces. Religious and Ethnic Branding. In this writing space and time you will have a chance to explore the various inner and outer journeys you will read about and we shall discuss in class. Every week you will be invited by my prompter to write a reflection based …
