Global Dynamic Landscapes: Nature, Culture, and the Pilgrim’s
Body

p 2022

Global Dynamic Landscapes: Nature, Culture, and the Pilgrim’s Body

FOLETTI, Ivan

Basic information

Original name

Global Dynamic Landscapes: Nature, Culture, and the Pilgrim’s Body

Authors

FOLETTI, Ivan

Edition

Landscape, Nature, and Sacred. Site Synergies across the Global Middle Ages, 2022

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Vyžádané přednášky

Field of Study

60400 6.4 Arts

Country of publisher

Denmark

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

Organization unit

Faculty of Arts

Keywords in English

Lanscape; Pilgrim Experience; Conques; Medieval Art; Galvanic skin response; Heart pressure

Změněno: 7/2/2023 16:46, prof. Mgr. Ondřej Jakubec, Ph.D.

Abstract

V originále

In the last decades, the notion of landscape has been increasingly investigated within the fields of cultural geography and visual studies. Its understanding has been, however, often linked either to the representations of landscape only, or to its metaphorical understanding especially developed by the seminal research by Veronica Della Dora. With my research group, we developed an understanding of landscape as a polysensorial experience where the gaze is supplemented by the other senses, including changes of temperature sensible on the skin, the sounds of trees and bells in the distance, or the taste of sweat produced by the tired body. Furthermore, the body itself has been considered as an instrument to better understand the role of the landscape in the perception of cultural monuments. This is true for biological reasons – endorphins, adrenaline, and other hormones are affecting our perception – as well as for cultural aspects inherent to premodern cultures. It is important to remind that all measurements in the premodern world are based on parts of the body: feet, hands, and thumbs are used to create a human-centered order in the understanding of the space. Such practice is transforming the natural environment in a true Anthropocene. On the basis of selected case studies stemming from Conques, Milan, but also Western Asia, the goal of this paper is to propose a general pattern to read the cultural landscape through the body of pilgrims. With a focus on early medieval monuments and texts, it wishes to promote a new framework for the understanding of both premodern “landscape” and its role in the construction of the human experience of culture.

Links

101007770, interní kód MU

Name: Conques in the Global World. Transferring Knowledge: from Material to Immaterial Heritage (Acronym: Conques)

Investor: European Union, MSCA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (Excellent Science)

Citovat

FOLETTI, Ivan. Global Dynamic Landscapes: Nature, Culture, and the Pilgrim’s Body. In Landscape, Nature, and Sacred. Site Synergies across the Global Middle Ages. 2022.

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