{"id":5063,"date":"2019-04-11T16:07:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/rpe\/?p=5063"},"modified":"2019-04-11T16:07:28","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T15:07:28","slug":"cordoba-fieldtrip-march-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/2019\/04\/11\/cordoba-fieldtrip-march-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"C\u00f3rdoba fieldtrip, March 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/uniofglos.blog\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2019\/04\/Cordoba-2019.jpg?fit=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5064\" width=\"527\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Cordoba-2019.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Cordoba-2019-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Cordoba-2019-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Cordoba-2019-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.glos.ac.uk\/rpe\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/159\/sites\/402\/2019\/04\/Cordoba-2019-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" \/><figcaption>While the UK was being battered by high winds and drenched with rain by storm Gareth, a group of staff and students from the University of Gloucestershire were enjoying a sun-drenched week in C\u00f3rdoba, southern Spain. The group, including RPE staff and students, were not there just for the weather. Or the food and drink. Though they did help. We were there to explore aspects of the history and culture of the Andalusian region, especially the ways in which successive religious traditions have shaped the land and its people.  <br><br>To be Spanish, as one of our guides told us, is to be Catholic. And yet, he continued, that is also to obscure the variety and contradictions which are central to the heritage and identity of Spain. The stunning Mesquita in C\u00f3rdoba \u2013 a Catholic Cathedral built in the middle of a Mosque \u2013 illustrates the complexity of such heritage and identity. Students explored the Mesquita, the Alcazars in Seville and C\u00f3rdoba, and many more ancient and more contemporary articulations of Spanish culture. (Has C\u00f3rdoba\u2019s nightlife recovered from their enthusiastic participation?) They asked question of what it means for Spain to have the heritage it enjoys. And that raised questions about our own identities as a group of diverse Brits.  <br><br>We left in rain and wind, returned in rain and wind. The time in C\u00f3rdoba was a space in which to enjoy some unseasonal sun. 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