Women and Worship: New Approaches to Sacred Space seminar – WDS – 16th March 2011
Women and Worship: New Approaches to Sacred Space seminar
Wednesday 16th March 2011, 13.30 – 17.30
City Centre Seminar Room, Department of Geography Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, E1 4NS
Half-day seminar forming the final element of the WDS project looking at women in relation to religious space.
Drawing on the visits to a church, a Buddhist centre and a mosque, and narrative work with women of faith in east London we shall ask:
- * how can we understand different faith spaces as communal and inclusive, if women are excluded from some of these?
* is exclusion designed into religious buildings? Looking at the planning regulations around ‘change of use’ will help us to explore this.
* if so, where is the appropriate space for dialogue? Can we share sacred space?
Speakers will include Dr HaeRan Shin – Lecturer, Bartlett School of Planning, Patrick Anderson – Planning Aid for London, and Dr Ann David – Principal Lecturer at Roehampton University.
The seminar will be followed by a drinks reception.
For full details or to book a free place please contact LWPF Administrator Evelyn Owen by email at e.owen@qmul.ac.uk or the Department of Geography, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS. See http://www.lwpf.org.uk/ for more information about LWPF and this seminar (details to be posted soon).
This project is funded by the Faiths In Action programme, managed by the Community Development Foundation and sponsored by Communities and Local Government
