Best title of the conference: “Salmon, Submerged Religion and the Dreaming of Place” by @mdborthwick.bsky.social
A fascinating paper on human-salmon relationships, considering myths, scripture, historical religious practices, and enduring legacies in law, ethics and place…🐟 #BASR2025
Through a consideration of local media debates, Aheli Moitra examines how urban spaces in the peripheries of nation states such as India are shaped at the intersection of indigeneity, religion and rights #BASR2025
Joanna Tan explores how Vietnamese refugees in Hong Kong encountered the influence of religion (Catholicism) in their resettlement, acting as trans-national supportive advocates who helped to influence and mediate refugee inclusion #BASR2025
This afternoon’s panel focuses on Spatial Governance #BASR2025
Suzanne Newcombe introduces her re-framing of the concept of “New Religiosity” - a helpful concept for understanding the current groups causing public concern as seen in the work of INFORM #BASR2025
…one which can become disconcerting - in part due to an absence of safeguarding. Their findings show that events are very emotional and provide a sense of comfort and closure to attendees, regardless of their beliefs about the authenticity of the psychic #BASR2025
Before exploring Jehovah’s Witnesses navigation and negotiation of the Protestant/Catholic sectarian binary in Ulster, through the recognition of aesthetic similarities alongside (a)political and doctrinal differences #BASR2025
Joseph Webster opens up his paper on Jehovah’s Witnesses in Northern Ireland with a frequently told joke about religion and race, introducing us to the connection of humour & hate #HumourAndReligion #BASR2025
This afternoon’s first panel is on Religion and the 4 Nations #BASR2025
Finally Kong examines the micro-, meso- and macro-geographies of health(care). Introducing examples of the place(s) and space(s) of healing to help identify the official and unofficial (physical, digital and embodied) spaces of religion and spirituality within places of healing #BASR2025
Lily Kong’s #BASR2025 keynote explores the three dimensions of religion/spirituality, health & medicine and their engagement with matters of life and death. Despite a humanistic turn, religion is often overlooked in healthcare & medicine…
Spending my Friday at this year’s online @thebasr.bsky.social conference on Religion, Space and Place…my ramblings coming your way! #BASR2025
📢 #BASR2025 CfP is still open! Theme: Religion, Space and Place.
Dont forget to apply!
This year’s online, one-day BASR conference (hosted by @OpenUniversity) runs alongside #IAHR2025 in Krakow.
Submit by June 9: basrconference2025@gmail.com
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📢 #BASR2025 CfP is open! Theme: Religion, Space and Place.
This year’s online, one-day BASR conference (hosted by @OpenUniversity) runs alongside #IAHR2025 in Krakow.
Submit by June 9: basrconference2025@gmail.com
As is our usual custom in an IAHR year, we will be running our annual conference for 2025 over a single day. This year we have also chosen to run the conference online, in the hope of widening participation. The theme will be Religion, Space, and Place. #basr2025
basr.ac.uk/2024/01/11/b...
