PilNet

There is an interesting session at EAA Conference Rome 2024 on 'Churches as Resources for Society', check it out...

We have extended the deadline for applying to the conference "The Sacred Sea: Religious Practices in Maritime Context"
The new deadline is February 1st.
We hope to see you in Zadar in May 2024!

The team of Pilgrimage Studies Network (PilNet) of European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA) wishes you a happy new year!

We are also glad to invite you to discover the Call for Papers for the Pilnet panel at EASA2024 Conference in Barcelona (July 23-26): Doing and Undoing with Anthropology:

>> Panel P117: Doing anthropology of pilgrimages through images (PilNet): https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easa2024/p/14633

In short, this panel proposes to explore new ways of studying the polysemous phenomenon of pilgrimages through the mediation of still and moving images. It focuses on images – in a broad sense – produced by both social actors (e.g. pilgrims) and anthropologists.

Please circulate this call to your colleagues and students.

The call closes at 23:59 CET on 22 January 2024.

Looking forward to see you in Barcelona!

Convenors: John Eade and Manoël Pénicaud

P117: Doing anthropology of pilgrimages through images [Pilgrimage Studies Network (PilNet)] This panel proposes to explore new ways of studying the polysemous phenomenon of pilgrimages through the mediation of still and moving images. It focuses on images – in a broad sense – produced by both social actors (e.g. pilgrims) and anthropologists.

Pilgrimage Studies Network (PilNet) of European Association of Social Anthropologists (EASA)

Invites you to join us on

Thursday, 14 December 2023, 18:00 CET

Book Launch

Approaching Pilgrimage Methodological Issues Involved in Researching Routes, Sites, and Practices

With Marion Bowman, Simon Coleman, John Eade, and Mario Katić.

Here is the Zoom link:

Topic: Book Launch Approaching Pilgrimage
Time: Dec 14, 2023 06:00 PM Sarajevo, Skopje, Zagreb

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84488094768

https://www.indcatholicnews.com/news/47620

Pilgrimage and miracles under sail | ICN There was not much room below the deck of the 34ft yacht as I bowed my head to follow Russ Fairman down into the cramped cabin of Mintaka. The cabin was smaller than that of Héloïse, our own yacht moored further down the pontoon in Oban Marina, and I wondered how Russ and his rotating...

2nd day of the 3th Pilnet Workshop

1st day of 3th PilNet workshop!

PilNet is co-organising a new workshop!
The workshop titled From Antistructure to Infrastructure: New Materialities in Pilgrimage Studies, conveyed by Simon Coleman, will be held at Richard Eden Suite, Clare Hall, Herschel Road, Cambridge, on 26th and 27th May 2023!
Check out the programme.

EASA Pilgrimage Studies Network Network aims to develop pilgrimage studies and encouraging cooperation between European anthropologists and strengthen the connections between European anthropologists and in other areas of the world.

A new volume on pilgrimage edited by our member:
https://brill.com/edcollbook-oa/title/62113?language=en

https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/outdoors/arid-41060681.html?fbclid=IwAR0Gz_UXG96tuVQWVMgTrZSagXbkCTW5n7i_JlGXIKE79qaGdb6FVyTQ5Jw

Ancient pilgrim trail is Ireland's answer to the Spanish Camino Linking Cashel with Ardmore, this trail follows the route taken by St Declan on his way to meet St Patrick

After different versions at the Mucem (Marseille), the Bardo Museum (Tunis), the Musée national de l’histoire de l’immigration (Paris), The New York Public Library, Depo (Istanbul), and CerModern (Ankara), a photographic version of the exhibition Shared Sacred Sites - Lieux Saints Partagés is presented at the École française de Rome until January 19, 2023. "LUOGHI SACRI CONDIVISI. UN PELLEGRINAGGIO FOTOGRAFICO NEL MEDITERRANEO" is curated by the anthropologists Dionigi Albera and Manoël Pénicaud (CNRS, Idemec), both members of PILNET.

"How can a place be both holy and shared? It is often believed that a sanctuary can only be inhabited by one religion. This exclusivity seems even more demanding in the context of the three monotheisms. However, it is not uncommon for the faithful to temporarily cross religious boundaries to go and pray in the place of the other. Without any desire for conversion, they are in search of grace and will call upon common holy figures (Abraham, Mary, Saint George, the Seven Sleepers...). Beyond theological divergences and inter-religious conflicts, this photographic exhibition makes us (re)understand the phenomenon of the frequentation of the same sanctuaries by the faithful of different religions."

Exposition "Lieux saints partagés - Un pèlerinage photographique en Méditerranée" Exposition photographique, 6 décembre 2022 - 19 janvier 2023, Rome

During the EASA Belfast conference we also had a Pilnet meeting where we talked about past year activities but also made some plans for the upcoming year. We thank all who participated!

During the EASA Belfast conference Pilnet had a very inspiring panel titled The Transformation of Pilgrimage Studies: Moving Beyond Dominant Paradigms. We thank all who contributed!