WOMEN AND WORSHIP: NEW APPROACHES TO SACRED SPACE. Uni of London
This half-day seminar forms the final element of 'Women, Worship and Space',a Women's Design Service project funded by the Faiths in Action strand of the Department of Communities & Local Government.
Religious practices are often replicated in social and domestic rituals, but how acceptable space for women is determined by their faith is poorly understood in the wider community.
This project brings women from different communities together to create shared space for dialogue, by exploring sacred spaces and how they are used.
Drawing on previous visits to sacred spaces 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?
- if so, where is the appropriate space for dialogue? Can we share sacred
space?
SPEAKERS:
Patrick Anderson - Planning Advisor, Planning Aid for London
Dr Amanda Claremont - Chair, Women's Design Service / LWPF
Dr Ann David - Principal Lecturer, Department of Dance, Roehampton
University
Dr HaeRan Shin - Lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning / LWPF
Dr Barbra Wallace - Director, Women's Design Service
To be followed by group discussion and a drinks reception.
The seminar is FREE. To reserve a place, please contact the LWPF administrator, Evelyn Owen, at
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'Women and Worship' is organised by the Women's Design Service (WDS), with
the London Women and Planning Forum (LWPF).
WDS works to ensure that the design and use of the built environment
reflects the needs and aspirations of women. LWPF is an information network
for planning officers, architects, academics, students and community and
voluntary organisations involved with urban environment and gender equality
issues.
For more information, please see www.wds.org.uk and www.lwpf.org.uk.