[Bilimsel Haber] Spatializing the Missionary Encounter

[Sule Tarakcioglu]

*EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE - Spatializing the Missionary Encounter.
The Interaction between Missionary Work and Space in Colonial Settings.*
*Location:* 	Belgium
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Extended submission deadline: now *19 January 2007 *

While research on colonial architecture and space has found a broad
academic interest during the past several decades, research on the
architectural staging and spatial implications of the worldwide
expansion of religion has found much less concern. Nonetheless, the
development of colonial empires in the nineteenth and twentieth century
went hand in hand with a missionary revival sending Christian
missionaries to every corner of the world. As those missionaries
generally were in closer contact with the local population than colonial
officials, studying their spatial practices and strategies offers high
potential for analysing the dynamics of intercultural interaction in the
imperial encounter.

We invite papers that explore the possible lines of a nuanced analytical
scheme to study this interaction between missionary work and space.
Critical in this scheme is an approach to missionary architecture and
space not so much as a backdrop for the missionary encounter, but as an
essential part of this encounter in itself. Moreover, we explicitly call
for papers that explore the roles of the different actors involved in
creating meaning and performing practices in these spaces.

In general, the scientific committee welcomes all papers that shed light
on the complex and plural realities surrounding the interaction between
missionary work and space in colonial settings. The workshop focuses on
missionary work of all denominations in colonial settings between
roughly 1800 and 1960. We aim at bringing both an overview of existing
research and exploring new ways of studying this interaction. Papers
exploring new methodologies are particularly encouraged. We explicitly
strive to include research coming from a multitude of disciplines
(architectural history, history, mission history, anthropology,
geography, cultural studies).

A more detailed call for papers - outlining possible research questions
- and additional information on this workshop can be obtained with Bram
Cleys (bram.cleys at asro.kuleuven.be).

If interested, please submit a 250 words abstract and a c.v. by *19
January 2007* to Bram Cleys (bram.cleys at asro.kuleuven.be). Final papers
are due for pre-circulation on 31 October 2007.

Venue: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), 22-24 November 2007

Scientific Committee: Bruno De Meulder (Dept. of Architecture, Urbanism
and Planning, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Jan De Maeyer (KADOC –
Documentation and Research Center for Religion, Culture and Society,
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), Nicholas Bullock (Department of
Architecture, University of Cambridge), Sabine Cornelis (Department of
History, Royal Museum of Central Africa), Johan Lagae (Department of
Architecture and Urban Planning, Ghent University)

	Bram Cleys
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium)
Department of Architecture, Urbanism and Planning
Kasteelpark Arenberg 51
B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Phone: (0032) 16.32.13.39
Fax: (0032) 16.32.19.81
Email: bram.cleys at asro.kuleuven.be <mailto:bram.cleys at asro.kuleuven.be>