I've just been on the website for a nearby Anglican church. Not a dog collar in sight on any of the "team photos". OK, they worship in a 1960s building so I'd be surprised if they were very medieval but it is still an nteresting contrast with this.
Hi, what a fascinating read! Loved it! :) Thanks Emma!
So, on to the questions! :D
(Context) If the meaning of the word/metaphor, medieval, is often constituted so strongly in opposition to "the other" metaphor, modern, and as a supplement today (just like the metaphor "East" in Orientalism, as you say) I am guessing that pageant and mockery are a useful way of subverting such a binary constructed meaning, creating a possibility of emancipating those who are defined by, or identify with, the supplementary metaphor.
(Question 1) Is your fascination with the "naughty bits" in the medieval period originate from the recognition of this emancipatory potential?, i.e. can these naughty bits be considered a form of subversion of some dichotomic thinking prevalent during the medieval period, e.g. the clergy vs. the common folk?
(Question 2) If the answer to the above question is yes, is dichotomic thinking as such a transcendental feature of humanly thinking applicable both to the modern and the medieval periods?
And, if the answer to the both questions is yes, then I'd say that, yes, we should do more of them draping of ecclesiastical-inspired costumes. This should be useful for effectively starting up a conversation everywhere in the (post)modern, disrupting the continuation of hugely misleading conceptualization of the medieval and, with it, the reconceptualisation of what it means to be alive, to struggle, in the (post)modern world in which we are today all too deeply embedded.
Very insightful questions. Thank you. I’ll have a go at talking them through during the next audio episode.
I've just been on the website for a nearby Anglican church. Not a dog collar in sight on any of the "team photos". OK, they worship in a 1960s building so I'd be surprised if they were very medieval but it is still an nteresting contrast with this.
Hi, what a fascinating read! Loved it! :) Thanks Emma!
So, on to the questions! :D
(Context) If the meaning of the word/metaphor, medieval, is often constituted so strongly in opposition to "the other" metaphor, modern, and as a supplement today (just like the metaphor "East" in Orientalism, as you say) I am guessing that pageant and mockery are a useful way of subverting such a binary constructed meaning, creating a possibility of emancipating those who are defined by, or identify with, the supplementary metaphor.
(Question 1) Is your fascination with the "naughty bits" in the medieval period originate from the recognition of this emancipatory potential?, i.e. can these naughty bits be considered a form of subversion of some dichotomic thinking prevalent during the medieval period, e.g. the clergy vs. the common folk?
(Question 2) If the answer to the above question is yes, is dichotomic thinking as such a transcendental feature of humanly thinking applicable both to the modern and the medieval periods?
And, if the answer to the both questions is yes, then I'd say that, yes, we should do more of them draping of ecclesiastical-inspired costumes. This should be useful for effectively starting up a conversation everywhere in the (post)modern, disrupting the continuation of hugely misleading conceptualization of the medieval and, with it, the reconceptualisation of what it means to be alive, to struggle, in the (post)modern world in which we are today all too deeply embedded.