IMC 2020: Sessions
Session 1708: Approaches to Gendered Landscapes, III: Building and Bridging
Thursday 9 July 2020, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Karen Dempsey, School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science, University of Reading Emma Bridget O'Loughlin Bérat, Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
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Moderator/Chair: | Emma Bridget O'Loughlin Bérat, Institut für Anglistik, Amerikanistik und Keltologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn |
Paper 1708-a | Controlling Women: Claiming the Landscape at Barking Abbey (Language: English) Index terms: Gender Studies, Hagiography, Women's Studies |
Paper 1708-b | Women's Landscapes and the Circulation of Material Culture: Crossing Boundaries and Connecting Spaces (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Charters and Diplomatics, Social History, Women's Studies |
Paper 1708-c | Exploring Building Bridges: Women's Ecological and Social Footprints (Language: English) Index terms: Art History - General, Gender Studies, Social History |
Abstract | Interactions with medieval landscapes often appear innately masculine, from Brutus's foundation of the eponymous Britain to patrilineages derived from castle names to metaphorically feminine (virginal and untamed) lands awaiting male domination. But medieval women also shaped, curated, and cared for the medieval landscape. Our three interdisciplinary panels explore how women, both historical and representational, took control of and shaped geographical landscapes and borders at a variety of scales. Our final panel traces the literal and symbolic 'footprints' of women's strategic patronage in terms of self-commemoration within the landscape, whether by building bridges or controlling and crossing borders. |