‘Venice and the Cultural Imagination’ and The Bowes Museum
Developing the legacy of water as a metaphor, but moving it in new directions, Paul Langley argued at a seminar on Liquid Metaphors and Measurements that we need to talk across the disciplines in order to bring fresh perspectives to bear on old problems. This seminar brought together an anthropologist, a philosopher of science, and a social scientist to discuss the sound of water, the use of water as a metaphor in chemistry, and how notions of ‘liquidity’ enhance our understanding of the recent subprime mortgage crisis. As Langley’s Fellowship work explored, the media, bankers and public represented the crisis through the language of water: ‘injecting liquidity,’ ‘pumping’ the economy, helping the ‘flow’ of credit. Langley explained in his Insightspaper that ‘this watery metaphor
was...crucial to how the crisis came to be imagined and tackled in seemingly coherent and consistent ways.’
As well as providing a series of nine lectures for the general public, the IAS lectures on Venice and the Cultural Imagination since 1800 were an opportunity to engage with one of the region’s leading museums.
The series was promoted through the use of a painting ‘The Bucintoro Returning To The Molo,’ by Canaletto. This painting hangs in The Bowes Museum’s collection.
Those attending the lectures were encouraged to visit the Museum, which distributed free tickets to attendees. In return, the lecture series was promoted at The Bowes Museum, thereby encouraging visitors to come to Durham to hear this range of stimulating speakers.
Listen to Paul Langley’s lecture on the 2007-08 Global Financial Crisis at:
www.durham.ac.uk/ias/events/fellowslectures200910/langley
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