BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//pretalx//pretalx.com//spathum24//speaker//WCWAVD BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:CET BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20001029T040000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=10 TZNAME:CET TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20000326T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=-1SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:CEST TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pretalx-spathum24-DKLY3K@pretalx.com DTSTART;TZID=CET:20240927T120000 DTEND;TZID=CET:20240927T123000 DESCRIPTION:The division between Western (Latin) and Eastern (Greek) Christ ianity has profoundly influenced the cultural landscapes of Europe\, givin g rise to two distinct trajectories of religious and secular evolution. Am ong various initiatives aimed at bridging the Western-Eastern gap\, the Un ion of Brest (1596) holds particular significance. This event established the Uniate (Greek Catholic) Church within the Commonwealth of Poland and L ithuania\, combining Eastern rites and traditions with Catholic dogmas and the supremacy of the pope. The Basilians\, the sole Uniate order and the ecclesiastical elite\, played a pivotal role in facilitating cultural exch anges between Western and Eastern influences. By the eighteenth century\, they constituted one of the largest monastic communities in Poland-Lithuan ia\, boasting a network of over 150 monasteries (their number was changing ) and over one thousand monks. They took care of the most important sanctu aries\, provided pastoral and educational care\, established modern printi ng houses\, and served as a recruitment pool for Uniate bishops. Consequen tly\, alterations in Basilian monastic complexes aptly reflect the moderni sing aspirations and social roles of influential Uniate figures.\nThe proj ect titled "Jesuits of the East? Artistic Network of the Basilian Order in Eighteenth-Century Poland-Lithuania" utilises GIS (Geographic Information System) and SNA (Social Network Analysis) to uncover the interconnections within and around the Basilian order\, encompassing individuals\, events\ , objects\, and locations. Research inquiries revolve around the artistic pursuits of the order\, the uniformity and specificity (in the context of art)\, and the influence of patronage.\nThe project relies on diverse hist orical sources\, including written\, iconographic\, cartographic\, and mat erial evidence (objects of art in situ). Written sources comprise acts of visitations\, inventories\, chronicles\, building documentation (agreement s with artists or artisans\, payment records\, artistic designs)\, corresp ondence\, and Basilian prints. These sources are complemented by historica l and contemporary images of Basilian objects and their representations on maps. To gather\, analyse\, and visualise the data and address the resear ch questions\, a digital humanities toolset\, consisting of Nodegoat\, QGI S\, and Gephi\, is employed. Nodegoat is used for data model preparation a nd data collection\, while QGIS and Gephi are employed for geographical an d social visualisations\, respectively.\nThe data model includes distinct feature types for human actors (Basilian order members\, patrons\, artists \, etc.)\, places and tangible objects (monasteries\, settlements\, artefa cts)\, and events (actions). Controlled vocabularies ensure data consisten cy\, with "action" being a pivotal concept that links human actors\, place s\, and objects. For example\, the action of constructing a new church occ urs in a specific monastery and involves various individuals with particul ar roles (monastery superior\, patron\, architect\, contractors\, etc.). T he database encompasses approximately 1500 actions\, 600 human actors\, 18 1 monasteries\, and 1800 artistic objects\, enabling further analysis thro ugh filtering\, querying\, spatial operations\, and graph metrics.\nA fund amental aspect of the project involves mapping the formal solutions employ ed in objects of art and the arrangement patterns of monastic complexes. B asilians amalgamated Tridentine Catholicism with the spiritual and materia l heritage of Eastern monasticism. Tracking specific objects in particular monasteries illustrates the spatial dispersion of “Latin” and “Orth odox” elements\, as well as the synthesis of various influences (e.g. in troducing side altars or organs\, reducing and creatively remodelling of t he iconostasis). Similarly\, the preferred localisation and spatial organi sation of monasteries evolved with Basilians' increased involvement in pas toral and educational services. Older outposts were situated in remote pla ces away from settlements\, while new ones were established in urban conte xts. The shift from a loose composition of wooden buildings to regular axi al ensembles of brick edifices in Late Baroque\, Rococo\, or Neoclassical styles is evident throughout the order’s outposts. On the other hand\, s ignificant disparities between the Polish and Lithuanian provinces of the order are observed\, both in terms of actor activities and formal solution s employed in artworks.\nThe described approach integrates data from histo rical sources of various kinds and the contemporary appearance of preserve d heritage into a single database. This integration enables the tracking o f spatial distribution of artistic and sociocultural phenomena across the Eastern-Western borderland area comprising the territories of present-day Poland\, Ukraine\, Belarus\, Lithuania\, Latvia\, and even part of Russia. Moreover\, the project's challenges and significance are heightened by th e current political situation. Monuments in Belarus are inaccessible to We stern scholars\, while Basilian complexes in Ukraine should be considered endangered heritage. Furthermore\, the Greek Catholic Church holds immense importance for Ukrainian national identity that has made it a target of R ussian persecutions\, both tsarist and Soviet. Consequently\, the study of the artistic network of the Basilian order transcends academic boundaries \, resonating with broader questions of identity and Eastern-Western tensi ons in the expansive region between Central Europe and Russia. DTSTAMP:20260618T113409Z LOCATION:MG1 00.04 Hörsaal SUMMARY:Mapping the cultural borderland. Artistic network of the Basilian o rder in Eighteenth-Century Poland-Lithuania - Melchior Jakubowski\, Tomasz Panecki URL:https://pretalx.com/spathum24/talk/DKLY3K/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR