Commemoration: Sacred Differentiation of Time and Space in Three World War I Projects

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    Abstract

    This chapter discusses three World War I projects, commissioned to mark anniversaries, through the lenses of Eliade's 'fixed point' and Haney's 'liminal zone' found in 'the shift of consciousness that effects the blurring of boundaries between subject and object, self and other[ (Haney in Yarrow 2007, p. 68). It proposes that these experiences are momentary hierophanies (manifestations of the sacred), in which an action is shifted from merely marking an anniversary to commemorating it.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationStaging Loss
    Subtitle of host publicationPerformance as Commemoration
    EditorsM Pinchbeck, A Westerhouse
    Place of PublicationCham, Switzerland
    PublisherBloomsbury
    Chapter4
    Pages59-76
    Number of pages18
    ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-97970-0
    ISBN (Print)978-3-319-97969-4
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 11 Nov 2018

    Keywords

    • Commemoration
    • loss
    • Performance
    • Practice-Led Research
    • Embodied knowledge
    • World War 1

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      NEWALL, H. & Baker, M. (Composer), 11 Nov 2018

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