The Spaces of Religion and Identity

Tania Martin
Professeure agrégée at the École d’architecture de l’Université Laval

Nicola Pezolet
Assistant professor, Department of Art History, Concordia University

Spaces of religion extend beyond the walls of houses of worship. Indeed, religious practice is embodied in all kinds of places revealing the complex imbrication of “public” and “private” realms. Civic and secular life is coextensive with spiritual practice and religious belief, despite the supposed distinction between Church and State, as an examination of a number of case studies reveals. This conversation will explore the ways a given group’s surroundings shape its world views, and inversely, the ways groups construct their physical environment or their perceptions of landscapes and buildings to uphold or subvert dominant dogma.

The speakers are Tania Martin, professeure agrégée at the École d’architecture de l’Université Laval, and Nicola Pezolet, assistant professor at the Art History Department of Concordia University. The conversation will be moderated by Cynthia Hammond, associate professor at the Art History Department of Concordia University.