Spirit knows: materiality, memory and the recovery of Spiritualist places and practices in Stoke-on-Trent
dc.contributor.author | Bartolini, NLM | |
dc.contributor.author | MacKian, S | |
dc.contributor.author | Pile, S | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-11-30T13:07:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-12-26 | |
dc.description.abstract | Much has been written about constructing memories of place, yet few speak of the difficulties in dealing with lost, partial and fragmented histories of place. We argue that behind the idea of ‘memory of place’ is an assumption that these memories are recoverable and can build a sense of place. Our research has led us to assume the opposite: not just that the fragments of history cannot build a complete memory of place, but that this understanding of memory and place is itself skewed by its reliance on materiality. This paper stems from a project that explores the place of spirituality in everyday life through insights from Spiritualist churches and their congregations. Whilst evidence of Spiritualist locations can be partially obtained through documentary records, a key challenge has been in understanding practices in the context of Spiritualism’s disassociation with materiality and the centrality of Spirit. The paper concludes that retracing Spiritualism’s past, and capturing its contemporary spiritual practices, uncovers a ‘memory of place’ that is not only in constant transience, but that can only be known through Spirit. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | This work was supported by the AHRC under Grant AH/L015447/1. The project was assisted, administratively and financially, by The Open University's Faculty of Health and Wellbeing and the OpenSpace Research Centre. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Published online 26 December 2017 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/14649365.2017.1419278 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30533 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis (Routledge) | en_GB |
dc.rights | © 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. | |
dc.title | Spirit knows: materiality, memory and the recovery of Spiritualist places and practices in Stoke-on-Trent | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 1464-9365 | |
dc.description | This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Taylor & Francis via the DOI in this record. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Social and Cultural Geography | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
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