Mapping Dissonant Objects
Workshop 1

Engaging with Dissonant Objects: Religiuos Material Agencies Across Space and Time

Conveners: Sabina Brevaglieri, Massimo Carlo Giannini, Lina Scalisi

2.00 PM   Get-together

Opening Session

2.30 PM
Ulf R. Hansson – Istituto Svedese di Studi Classici a Roma. Welcome Address

2.45 – 3.15 PM
Sabina Brevaglieri – Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Universität Wien. Mapping Dissonant objects across space and time. An Introduction

Panel 1. Approaching Material Dissonance
Chair: Anne Mariss – Universität Regensburg, Historisches Kolleg München

3.20 – 4.10 PM
James W. Nelson Novoa – University of Ottawa (Online). Mapping India from Rome: “Indian” material culture in the Apostolic Palace (1572-1758)

4.10 – 5.00 PM
Helena Wangefelt Ström – Uppsala Universitet. “Strange Things” as collection dissonances. Historical categories in collections, religion, and the creation of the Foreign

5.00 – 5.20 PM Coffee-break

 5.20 – 6.10 PM
Licia Bianchi – Università Roma Tre, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. Visual Mapping, relations and spaces: Kircher’s Museum in the stages of production

Position Paper 1
Moderated by Vittoria Vaccaro, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

6.15 – 7.30 PM
Sergio Botta – La Sapienza Università di Roma; Davide Domenici – Università di Bologna; Alessandro Lupo – La Sapienza Università di Roma. Knowledge of Things (KNOT): making American objects in Italy visible and accessible

7.30 PM Garden Dinner

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