Open Space: Pluriforme Aneignung eines Schweizer Wallfahrtsortes

Authors

  • Simon Foppa Schweizerisches Pastoralsoziologisches Institut http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-085X
  • Eva Baumann-Neuhaus Schweizerisches Pastoralsoziologisches Institut SPI St. Gallen Gallusstrasse 24 9001 St. Gallen Switzerland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2017.19.4511

Keywords:

Religion, Cultural Appropriation, Pilgrimage, Pluralization, Kulturelle Aneignung, Pilgerschaft, Pluralisation

Abstract

For centuries, people from Switzerland, Germany and France have been embarking on pilgrimages to the Catholic holy site of Mariastein. In recent decades, however, the streams of visitors have mirrored the religious and social change in Swiss society. The public are becoming increasingly pluralistic and individualised. In the present article, with the help of the concept of "cultural appropriation" by Hans Peter Hahn, the authors demonstrate how it is possible for this new diverse range of visitors to appropriate one and the same place of pilgrimage for themselves.

Author Biographies

Simon Foppa, Schweizerisches Pastoralsoziologisches Institut

Simon Foppa studierte Ethnologie und Geographie in Basel und Sozialwissenschaften in Fribourg. Zurzeit promoviert er an der Universität Luzern in Religionswissenschaft. Seit 2013 arbeitet er als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Schweizerischen Pastoralsoziologischen Institut (SPI) in St. Gallen.

 

Eva Baumann-Neuhaus, Schweizerisches Pastoralsoziologisches Institut SPI St. Gallen Gallusstrasse 24 9001 St. Gallen Switzerland

Eva Baumann‐Neuhaus studierte Ethnologie an der Universität in Basel und promovierte in Religionswissenschaft an der Universität Zürich. Seit 2009 ist sie am Schweizerischen Pastoralsoziologischen Institut (SPI) in St. Gallen als wissenschaftliche Projektleiterin tätig.

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Published

2017-11-01

How to Cite

Foppa, S., & Baumann-Neuhaus, E. (2017). Open Space: Pluriforme Aneignung eines Schweizer Wallfahrtsortes. Marburg Journal of Religion, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.17192/mjr.2017.19.4511

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 1 (2017)

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