IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 622: Memoria, Mnemonics, and the Multisensory in Birgittine Monasticism: Observations from Neuroscience
Tuesday 3 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Extraordinary Sensescapes Working Group |
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Organiser: | Corine Schleif, School of Art, Arizona State University |
Moderator/Chairs: | Corine Schleif, School of Art, Arizona State University Karin Strinnholm Lagergren, Institutionen för musik och bild, Linnéuniversitetet, Växjö |
Paper 622-a | Color, Adrenalin, and Memory: The Birgittine Monastery as a Historical Laboratory (Language: English) Index terms: Archives and Sources, Art History - General, Medicine, Monasticism |
Paper 622-b | In Tact and in Sync: Birgittine Processional Chant and Memory (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Liturgy, Monasticism, Music |
Abstract | Reliving, remembering, reconnecting were the center of every Birgittine nun's daily routine. These activities were planned, coordinated and communal. The scholars in this session will explore the various multisensorial strategies that enabled the nuns to move together through time and space in order to re-sense the memoria passionis. Applying neuroscientific analyses and suggesting new means for extrapolating from historical data, presenters will show how the senses worked together mnemonically, serving to create memories of the past and to influence the memories of Birgittines and their benefactors for the future. |