Panel: RELIGION, MOBILITY, AND INEQUALITY: RETHINKING SOCIAL BOUNDARIES IN A CHANGING WORLD



131.7 - "THICKNESS OF THE TRAIT": RELIGIOUS MINORITIES AND THE MAKING OF PLACES

AUTHORS:
Casano G. (University of Genoa ~ Genoa ~ Italy)
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Abstract: Focusing primarily on the material dimension and practices related to religious cults, this contribution, through a geographical perspective, highlights some of the mutual relationships that are established between religion and territory. The reflection focuses primarily on Vallega's reflections on the geography of time and geo-semiotics, investigating how "time of existence" is "imprinted" on places and their representation. The aim of this contribution is to investigate to what extent and in what ways the signs in the space of minority religions connote the places where the respective communities live, and what elements help to identify forms of metissage, inclusion, marginalisation and exclusion. The theoretical discussion is accompanied by empirical considerations based on observations made in specific geographical contexts.