BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:447d4128-0f75-4770-bed0-87f690cad2d2.222197@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20220917T135045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220917T135045Z LOCATION: SUMMARY:Linguistics Colloquium: Talk by Dr. Bryan Brinkman DESCRIPTION:This work examines a particular class of religious graffiti fr om Pompeii and suggest the role these graffiti played in the creation of sacred space within ostensibly mundane public places. In doing this\, I d emonstrate how these informal writings challenge certain notions of the r elationship between ex voto texts and sacred space. Beyond categories of “civic” or “household” as loci of devotional practices\, these texts reve al how public space could be utilized as a site for votive performance. T hese behaviors are indicative of what Stanley Stowers refers to as the re ligious mode of “everyday social exchange” in which religious behaviors a re aspects of the practical skills utilized on daily basis (Stowers\, 201 1). What is more\, these inscribed prayers were often located in places w ith a high frequency of graffiti. I suggest that the inscribing of a graf fito in one of these locations was likely viewed as an efficacious means of producing dialogue\, given the inherent dialogic function of public gr affiti (Benefiel\, 2010). As such\, the graffito was seen as an appropria te medium through which to communicate with divinities who\, like other i nhabitants of the city\, had access to the “public forum” afforded by the se texts. These graffiti prayers illuminate certain religious practices t hat are otherwise difficult to identify as well as the spaces within whic h those practices took place.     X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<html><head><title></title></head><body><p>Th is work examines a particular class of religious graffiti from Pompeii an d suggest the role these graffiti played in the creation of sacred space within ostensibly mundane public places. In doing this\, I demonstrate ho w these informal writings challenge certain notions of the relationship b etween&nbsp\;<i>ex voto</i>&nbsp\;texts and sacred space. Beyond categori es of “civic” or “household” as loci of devotional practices\, these text s reveal how public space could be utilized as a site for votive performa nce. These behaviors are indicative of what Stanley Stowers refers to as the religious mode of “everyday social exchange” in which religious behav iors are aspects of the practical skills utilized on daily basis (Stowers \, 2011). What is more\, these inscribed prayers were often located in pl aces with a high frequency of graffiti. I suggest that the inscribing of a graffito in one of these locations was likely viewed as an efficacious means of producing dialogue\, given the inherent dialogic function of pub lic graffiti (Benefiel\, 2010). As such\, the graffito was seen as an app ropriate medium through which to communicate with divinities who\, like o ther inhabitants of the city\, had access to the “public forum” afforded by these texts. These graffiti prayers illuminate certain religious pract ices that are otherwise difficult to identify as well as the spaces withi n which those practices took place.&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;</p></body ></html> DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220930T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220930T130000 SEQUENCE:1 URL:https://blogs.missouristate.edu/wlc/2022/09/06/linguistics-colloquia-f all-2022-series/ CATEGORIES:Public,Alumni,Current Students,Faculty,Future Students,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR