Digitizing Saintly Space: Barking Abbey

Sponsoring Organization(s)

Hagiography Society

Organizer Name

Donna Alfano Bussell

Organizer Affiliation

Univ. of Illinois-Springfield

Presider Name

Alison Frazier

Presider Affiliation

Univ. of Texas-Austin

Paper Title 1

Barking Abbey: A GIS Map of a Medieval Nunnery

Presenter 1 Name

Donna Alfano Bussell

Paper Title 2

Tracing Sacred Pathways: Processions at Barking Abbey

Presenter 2 Name

Kay Slocum

Presenter 2 Affiliation

Capital Univ.

Start Date

12-5-2013 8:30 AM

Session Location

Bernhard 204

Description

Two speakers explain and demonstrate the analytic use of a new GPS/GoogleEarth-based, annotated re-creation of Barking Abbey to illuminate the lived experience of a holy place.

Alison K. Frazier