Scaling Conques – The Frames of Reference in Understanding an 'Abbey in a Shell'

International Conference

Public event without registration
Beginn: 10.10.2024
Ende: 11.10.2024
Vortragende(r): International Conference
Ort: Villino Stroganoff, Via Gregoriana 22, 00187 Rome and online
Kontakt: raffaele.rossi@biblhertz.it

Scaling Conques – The Frames of Reference in Understanding an 'Abbey in a Shell'

This conclusive conference of the project “Conques in the Global World” [Link: https://www.biblhertz.it/en/dept-michalsky/conques] aims at reviewing the question implicit in the projects main title: How is the knowledge we generate about Conques conditioned by the frames of references we apply and what is the right scale of observation to answer our research questions? How does the choice of scale predetermine the results?

Locating medieval Conques within a network of abbeys characterized by administrative, political or artistic relations; understanding Conques’ treasury as a means to manifest claims connecting the abbey to the major centers of Christianity; studying the long durée of Conques’ heritage within the broader framework of 19th century national heritage building as well as that of the 20^th century tourism industry; analyzing the architecture of the abbey as a complex organism whose transformations are conditioned by the period eye of each historical phase – these are just four examples of “Scaling Conques”. In continuity with the last conference highlighting interdisciplinary perspectives we will reflect on the design of our research in order to understand what it means to position Conques in the Global World as well as in a timeframe ranging from the central middle ages until today.

This conference is organized as a part of the project "Conques in the Global World. Transferring Knowledge: From Material to Immaterial Heritage" (H2020_ MSCA-RISE 101007770) https://conques.eu/

The full program will be published here further on.

Scientific Organization: Tanja Michalsky and Adrian Bremenkamp