Buchpräsentation ‚Grenzgänge – Religion und die Alpen’

In the organizer's words:

As part of 'Dazwischensein 7 - Sandra Boeschenstein', the book 'Grenzgänge. Religion and the Alps' will be presented on September 5, 2024 from 6 to 9 pm at DG Kunstraum in Munich.

Dazwischensein is a cooperation with the project 'Grenzgänge. Religion and the Alps' project at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, the Uri Institute Cultures of the Alps and the Lucerna Foundation.

'Grenzgänge' is an inter- and transdisciplinary research project with experts from the fields of religious studies, cultural and literary studies, theology, philosophy, ethnology and history, who are investigating selected facets of the relationship between religion and the Alps.

In the context of the network, a book will be produced that will take the general public on a journey of discovery into the cultural world of the Alps. Each contribution is set in a specific place in the Alps, so that a 'journey' is also possible: the book invites you to visit selected places in Bavaria, various cantons in Switzerland, Italy and Austria and to consider the different and common aspects of religious practices, communities and traditions.

'Border Crossings - Religion and the Alps'
Anna-Katharina Höpflinger, Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati, Boris Previšić, Marco Volken (eds.)
With photographs by Marco Volken

200 pages, 17 × 24 cm
Paperback with gatefold brochure and over 50 color photographs
ISBN 978-3-290-18666-1
28,80 Euro

Danger and benefit, fear and veneration lie close together in the Alps as a cultural and living space. Chapels and crosses at difficult passages stand for this, as do the rituals of tunnel construction, the invocation of an avalanche-defending goddess in a house saying or the experiences of transcendence that alpinists have on a summit that is difficult to access. The Alps are made tangible and controllable through tourism and technology - and yet remain uncontrollable. In their in-depth explorations, the authors shed light on this complexity, always with a view to the natural barrier of the mountains, the associated religious phenomena and the transformation of the Alpine habitat. The images by photographer Marco Volken set visual accents, while the compositions by Darija Andovska and Matthias Arter, played by the pre-art soloists, provide musical highlights thanks to the accompanying QR codes. A multifaceted prism of the religious and cultural history of the Alps.

Further information on the 'Grenzgänge' project: https://www.dg-kunstraum.de/grenzgange/

Grenzgänge is a joint project with:
International Music Festival Alpentöne, Altdorf, CH
DG Kunstraum, Munich, D
Institute Cultures of the Alps, Altdorf, CH
Marco Volken, Mountain Photography, Zurich, CH
International Research Group Media and Religion
pre-art, CH
Chair of Religious Studies and History of Religion Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, D