GIUV2016-302
The Research Group on New Cultural Imaginaries was created with the aim of investigating the emergence, transformation and reinvention of new cultural imaginaries that will be explored on the basis of the thematic items of new spiritual forms as an expression of meaning, the reinvention of utopias, the challenges of sustainability and the new processes of patrimonialisation. Modern and post-modern deficits of meaning involve the recovery and reconfiguration of old forms of transcendent knowledge linked to ancient philosophies and religions. Thus, they are transformed into new cultural creativities to construct a vision of the sacred linked to innovative transnational forms of ecology, spirituality, economics, politics and social relations that involve the recovery of ancestral practices and knowledge, as well as the arrival of other medicines and therapies in the West that have led to a growing number of people combining the use of biomedical medicine with other medicines and therapeutic tools.
This "re-enchantment of the world" is inscribed in a context of progressive de-institutionalisation of religion that empowers personal research in the individual sphere and generates the...The Research Group on New Cultural Imaginaries was created with the aim of investigating the emergence, transformation and reinvention of new cultural imaginaries that will be explored on the basis of the thematic items of new spiritual forms as an expression of meaning, the reinvention of utopias, the challenges of sustainability and the new processes of patrimonialisation. Modern and post-modern deficits of meaning involve the recovery and reconfiguration of old forms of transcendent knowledge linked to ancient philosophies and religions. Thus, they are transformed into new cultural creativities to construct a vision of the sacred linked to innovative transnational forms of ecology, spirituality, economics, politics and social relations that involve the recovery of ancestral practices and knowledge, as well as the arrival of other medicines and therapies in the West that have led to a growing number of people combining the use of biomedical medicine with other medicines and therapeutic tools.
This "re-enchantment of the world" is inscribed in a context of progressive de-institutionalisation of religion that empowers personal research in the individual sphere and generates the phenomenon of "believing without belonging" while articulating modern, psycho-physical-spiritual movements that offer an experiential, emotional, mystical, strongly eclectic religiosity, with a pragmatic salvationist orientation, now and here, and a holism or universalism tinged with scientism, ecology and generic humanitarianism. Finally, we approach the new cultural imaginaries through sustainability, and in particular, the sustainability of the food system is also of concern to the practitioners of these new spiritualities who are protagonists of the emergence of new values and lifestyles. Finally, we approach the new cultural imaginaries through sustainability, and in particular, the sustainability of the food system, which is also of concern to the practitioners of these new spiritualities who are protagonists of the emergence of new values and lifestyles. However, food consumption practices and pathways show great inequality, not only in the degree to which the ethical dilemma of animal exploitation and ecosystem depletion is perceived, but also in the possibilities of accessing a healthier and more sustainable food system and food. These main items will also allow us to approach a series of cross-cutting analytical issues, among which we must highlight gender (segregation and social stratification around imaginaries), insofar as in the articulation of these phenomena we can observe clear differences between women and men, as well as globalisation (imaginaries accompany different globalisations), identity (adaptation and/or resistance to globalisation), universalism (tension between universal concepts and local realities), utopian imaginaries (new utopias of social transformation), gender and global communities (contemporary imaginaries constructed from articulation between global social networks).
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- Objectiu general: Aquest grup d'estudi naix amb l'objectiu de analitzar els fenomens socials contemporanis, des de la mirada antropologica, vinculats al sorgiment, la transformacio i la reinvencio dels processos de patrimonialitzacio, les noves espiritualitats, la transformacio de imaginaris culturals i les relacions interetniques.
- Coneixer les noves transformacions urbanes (socials, economics i politiques) sobre els diferents imaginaris i practiques culturals, observant les discursos i narratives sobre que es la ciutat, aixi, com de les diferents percepcions manejades sobre l'urba i els usos que comporten.
- Establir en quina mesura han incidit els diferents models d'espiritualitat sobre la societat i els nous imaginaris mitjancant l'observacio diacronica, aixi com aprofundir en la seua construccio sociocultural.
- Identificar procesos de patrimonialitzacio observant com s'articulen, prenen forma i resolen, amb especial atencio a les condicions de produccio (ambientals, politiques, economiques, socials i culturals), la memoria i en els imaginaris culturals que els estructuren.
- Identificar la creacio i difusio dels nous imaginaris culturals en les diferents plataformes de la societat digital, que han possibilitat l'eclosio de noves formes de sociabilitat i de narratives que questionen, amplien i relativitzen els parametres en que es concebuda i debatuda la realitat social.
- Discernir la percepcio social i les expectatives dels nous imaginaris sobre els processos de patrimonialitzacio, les transformacions urbanes, l'alimentacio, l'espiritualitat i les noves narratives en la societat digital, veient com s'han anat modificant al llarg del temps i com l'han fet, concretant el pes dels diferents factors que determinen l'imaginari a cada moment.
- Abordar, des d'una perspectiva historica-antropologica, l'estudi de les relacions interetniques, en especial entre majories i minories etnicoculturals, aixi com l'impacte de processos i ideologies globals en les dinamiques i relacions de poder locals.
- New Spiritualities, Health and Welfare.Description and analysis of the wide variety of nutritional, therapeutic, esoteric and spiritual disciplines and techniques that have arrived in the West and through which the imaginaries of the body, health and spirituality have been modified to form a new field of social action.
- Virtual Ethnography and Digital Culture.This line focuses on how the Internet and digital communication platforms provide an unprecedented context for the creation and dissemination of new cultural imaginaries, such as emancipatory utopias, scientific narratives, fake news and disinformation, anti-globalisation movements, suspicion and conspiracy thinking, and political dystopias.
- Sustainability, Food and health.Investigate the relationship between sustainability and food, in order to reflect on how different imaginaries, itineraries and food consumption practices are articulated in relation to sustainability and health.
- Patrimonialization processes (Cultural, natural and intangible heritage).Identifying heritage processes (cultural, natural and intangible heritage) by observing how they are exressed and shaped in different contexts, giving special attention to production conditions, as well as memory and nostalgia. Analysing the cultural imaginaries that structure them.
- Historical anthropology and interethnic relations.From an integrative perspective of the different social sciences and humanities perspectives, this line will investigate interethnic and interreligious relations, in particular the majority-minority relationship, and the impact of global processes and ideologies on local power dynamics and relations.
- Urban Transformations .This line focuses on the knowledge of new urban transformations (social, economic and political), giving attention to cultural imaginaries and practices and, especially, to discourses and narratives on the concept of the city and to the different perceptions of social actors.
| Name | Nature of participation | Entity | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEATRIZ SANTAMARINA CAMPOS | Director | Universitat de València | |
| Research team | |||
| MIQUEL ANGEL RUIZ TORRES | Member | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA JOSE ALBERT RODRIGO | Member | Universitat de València | |
| JULIO RAMIRO BODI | Member | Universitat de València | |
| ALBERT MONCUSI FERRE | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| EVA MOMPO LOPEZ | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
| MARIA TERESA OJEDA MATA | Collaborator | Universitat de València | |
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- Sociology and Social Anthropology
- Espiritualitats; New Age; MAC; Salut
- Etnografia virtual, utopies i distopies, narratives de la ciència, pensament de la conspiració, desinformació
- Sostenibilitat; Alimentación; salut
- Processos de patrimonialització, patrimoni cultural, patrimoni natural i patrimoni immaterial, memòria i nostàlgia
- Antropología histórica, etnografía histórica, etnicidad, relaciones interétnicas, globalización
- transformacions urbanes, espais públics, gentrificació, precarització urbana
