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SUMMARY:Social Anthropology Seminar - 4th November 2019 - Dr Arran Calver
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DESCRIPTION:Social Anthropology Seminar\n\nMonday\, 4th of November 2019\
 n\nDr Arran Calvert – University of Manchester \n\nCathedral Within a Ca
 thedral : Modelling\, Knowing and Narrating with LEGO\n\nIn July 2013\, 
 Durham Cathedral began the Durham Cathedral LEGO Build\, a project aimed
  at raising £350\,000 for maintenance to the eleventh-century Anglo-Norm
 an cathedral. Appearing regularly in local media\, the chance to partake
  in the building of a scale model of one of the UK’s most recognisable b
 uildings in LEGO tapped into a vain of enthusiasm few had expected. With
 in Durham Cathedral visitors paid £1 per LEGO brick and then place their
  brick at the appropriate place within the model\, which continued to gr
 ow as increasing numbers of people participated in the build. This semin
 ar will discuss three significant areas of the LEGO Cathedral\, beginnin
 g with the dynamic relationships formed between the LEGO Cathedral and D
 urham Cathedral itself as visitors explore the model. Visitors discuss h
 ow the building and model relate\, before re-entering the cathedral and 
 exploring it through a new perspective of having ‘built’ it in LEGO. Sec
 ond\, the ways in which the model acts as an instigator and repository f
 or passersby who demonstrate their knowledge of Durham Cathedral\, shari
 ng stories both of it and of LEGO. Third\, the LEGO Cathedral makers – t
 he volunteers who supervise the building of the model – focusing on how 
 a strict adherence to the model’s instructions for assembly slowly evolv
 ed into a self-controlled improvisation\, particularly when the instruct
 ions fail and the ‘correct’ pieces are unavailable. What do participants
  in this modelling activity learn about the process of cathedral buildin
 g? The project’s suitability was initially questioned\, but the LEGO Bui
 ld became one of the most talked about fundraising projects Durham Cathe
 dral has ever undertaken\, capturing the imagination of many within the 
 local community. By examining these aspects of modelling I consider the 
 wider anthropological debates regarding the relations between models\, n
 arratives and the making of knowledge.\n\nSecond Floor Boardroom 2.016 /
  017\n\nArthur Lewis Building\n\nTime 4:15 to 6:00pm\n(Tea and coffee av
 ailable outside the room from 4:00pm)\n\nALL WELCOME!
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:2.016 / 017\, Arthur Lewis Building\, Manchester
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