Descrizione del progetto
Esaminare i gurdwara dei sikh nella diaspora
Sebbene sempre più spesso si osservino pratiche religiose in edifici non concepiti per tale uso, il loro impatto sull’interazione sociale e sull’inclusione urbana viene spesso sottovalutato. Sostenuto dal programma di azioni Marie Skłodowska-Curie, il progetto GAP esamina l’influenza dei gurdwara all’interno della diaspora dei sikh dal Punjab in Europa, prestando particolare attenzione all’Italia e a Singapore. In Italia, paese che ospita 58 dei 140 gurdwara presenti nell’UE, i templi sikh sono spesso magazzini riadattati situati in aree industriali. A Singapore, invece, meta storica della diaspora dei sikh dal Punjab, questi luoghi si trovano nel centro della città e riflettono l’architettura tradizionale dei templi sikh. Applicando un approccio transdisciplinare, GAP raccoglierà prove empiriche a sostegno dell’efficacia della governance europea in materia di diversità religiosa.
Obiettivo
Religions increasingly materialize inside secular buildings with aesthetic and architectural characteristics which produce impacts that are still underestimated in the process of social interaction and urban inclusion. The GAP project aims to study these effects by exploring for the first time the opinion of (non-)users regarding the materiality and aesthetics of gurdwaras built in countries concerned by Sikh-punjabi diaspora. The emblematic case of Italy, a country that is home to 58 of the 140 gurdwaras in the EU (after Brexit), will be examined. Here, Sikh temples are pre-existing warehouses located in industrial and artisanal areas that communities are unable to fully convert. To better understand and act on such hybrid materialities, the GAP will also examine the views of (non)gurdwara users in the city-state of Singapore, an early destination of the Sikh-Punjabi diaspora (mid-19th century). Here, they are mostly located in the city center and their architecture resembles the 'iconic' forms of the Sikh temples of Punjab. The research will consider a representative sample of four Sikh temples that will be examined through a trans-disciplinary approach (geography, urban studies and religious studies) and a methodology that integrates traditional qualitative research techniques, including participatory activities, with Digital Humanities. The GAP will provide new empirical material to help build effective European governance of religious diversity in terms of inclusion and social interaction. It will also contribute to the process of legal recognition of Sikhism in Italy. The GAP will be conducted over the course of 36 months at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (prof. Alessandro Saggioro). The outgoing phase will be carried out at Singapore University Management (Prof. Orlando Woods). GAP also provides for an 8-month secondment at the Bruno Kessler Foundation (Italy; prof. Massimo Leone).
Campo scientifico
Parole chiave
Programma(i)
- HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Main Programme
Meccanismo di finanziamento
HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-GF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - Global FellowshipsCoordinatore
00185 Roma
Italia