Taking place and making place: a study on the role of space in Filipino Catholic religious (re)presentation in Florence, Italy

• Thesis title in Czech: Performativita a vytváření místa: úloha prostoru ve filipínské katolické komunitě v italské Florencii
• Thesis title in English: Taking place and making place: a study on the role of space in Filipino Catholic religious (re)presentation in Florence, Italy
• Key words: prostor|náboženské tradice|Římskokatolická církev|filipínská migrantská komunita|Florencie Itálie|Lefebvre|prostorová triáda
• English key words: space|religious traditions|Catholic church|Filipino migrant community|Florence Italy|Lefebvre|spatial triad
• Academic year of topic announcement: 2022/2023
• Thesis type: diploma thesis
• Thesis language: angličtina
• Department: Institute of General History (21-USD)
• Supervisor: Mgr. Ondřej Daniel, Ph.D.
• Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
• Date of registration: 05.01.2023
• Date of assignment: 10.05.2023
• Administrator's approval: approved
• Confirmed by Study dept. on: 10.05.2023
• Date and time of defence: 19.06.2023 12:00
• Date of electronic submission: 26.05.2023
• Date of proceeded defence: 19.06.2023
• Submitted/finalized: committed by student and finalized
• Opponents: Eszter György

Guidelines

Filipinos are known as harbourers of their own faith wherever they go. In the case of
Filipino Catholic migrants, they play an active role in the revival of churches with
deteriorating and ageing attendance by participating in the liturgical activities of the
church. The use of space becomes vital not only in the practice of Filipino Catholic
religious traditions but also in the representation of Filipino cultures by the migrants.
This research focuses on the study of the role of space in the presentation and
representation of Filipino Catholic religious traditions by the Filipino Catholic migrant
community in Florence, Italy. The Church of San Barnaba is a church exclusively used
by the Filipino Catholic community in the city of Florence under the San Lorenzo
Parish. Ethnographic research will be performed to examine the activities of the Filipino
Catholic community in Florence and interviews with the Filipino migrants and other
identified key informants will be conducted to gather data. The Aspects of Social Space
by Henri Lefebvre will be used to analyse space as utilised by the Filipino Catholic
community and how the characteristics space affect in the practice of the religious
traditions.

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