01/07/2026 15:00
- 19:30
HALL: Pola - A103
Contact:
Salerno R.M.
Chair:
Conti G.,
Montanari F.,
Sabato G.,
Salerno R.M.
Religious, cultural, and social inequalities are a structural dimension of contemporary societies, shaped by power relations, belonging, and recognition. Religions, cultures, and territories act as interconnected spheres where meanings, norms, and practices of inclusion and exclusion emerge. The panel adopts sociological and geographic perspectives to explore how religions both reproduce and transform inequalities. From a sociological perspective, religions operate as institutions and symbolic systems that shape norms, values, gender arrangements, and hierarchies. Through rituals, discourse, digital media, and sacred objects, they may reinforce subordination or open spaces for critique and emancipation. From a geographic point of view, inequalities are seen as spatially embedded. Sacred places, devotional geographies, pilgrimages, and urban boundaries show how religions influence access to resources, visibility, and belonging. Concepts such as liminality highlight thresholds—urban margins, shrines, ritual paths—where identities and hierarchies can be renegotiated. Integrating these viewpoints allows for a multidimensional understanding of how religions reshape visibility, recognition, and symbolic redistribution in contemporary societies.
Keywords: Religion, Space, Inequality, Symbols, Digitalization, Pluralism
