
Calling Bodies in Lived Spaces
Spatial Explorations on the Concept of Calling in a Public Urban Space
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Published on 13. August 2018
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202 pages
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Kaia Rønsdal combines the perspective of production of space, ethical theory and fieldwork, focusing on the contradictions in lived space, by observing encounters and interactions between different groups of people in everyday public space.
It is an interdisciplinary contribution to the science of diaconia. The interest lies with the lives that diaconia traditionally have been concerned with and the spaces where these lives are lived, exploring the concept of calling through narratives of these lives and spaces. The book challenges and contributes to traditional and contemporary notions of calling as it is understood in the Scandinavian tradition. These notions, stemming from interpretations of Luther, place the calling among humans, as opposed to it being something exclusively divine and ecclesiastical. The discussion on the calling is enriched with concepts stemming from French sociology and human geography, primarily from H. Lefebvre and M. Foucault, as well as phenomenological contributions. These are concerned with the significance of body, space, urbanity, and spatial interpretation as space is a relational, formative phenomenon constituted in practice and interaction. Through methodologies developed from phenomenology and spatial theory, where the researcher subject is an evident embodied participant, detailed accounts from the field form the material, describing everyday life in an Oslo cityscape. From this material, the concept of calling is explored, developing the discussion from the perspective of the spaces of others. The assumption being that it is in the spaces where people meet and bodies respond to other bodies, whether marginalised or not, that calling may manifest itself. Through spatial analysis of the minute details of bodies and socialities in everyday life, new material for ethical considerations is explored. The analysis and discussion may enrich and further deepen the understanding of what takes place in public spaces, recognising them as a source of knowledge in a range of disciplines. These everyday encounters may also be described and analysed as contributions to the development of theory and praxis of diaconia.
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Thesis
Doctoral thesis
2016
Universität Oslo
Language
English
Place of publication
Göttingen
Germany
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
with 14 fig.
Dimensions
Height: 23.7 cm
Width: 16 cm
Thickness: 1.8 cm
File size
2,99 MB
Weight
462 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-525-57091-3 (9783525570913)
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Kaia Dorothea Mellbye Schultz Rønsdal
Calling Bodies in Lived Space
Spatial Explorations on the Concept of Calling in a Public Urban Space
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Dr Kaia S. Rønsdal is a postdoctoral fellow in the research project "NORDHOST - Nordic Hospitalities in a Context of Migration and Refugee Crisis", and is based at The Faculty of Theology at the University of Oslo.