Digital Humanities And Material Religion

Author : Emily Suzanne Clark,Rachel McBride Lindsey
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110608175

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Digital Humanities and Material Religion by Emily Suzanne Clark,Rachel McBride Lindsey Pdf

Building from a range of essays representing multiple fields of expertise and traversing multiple religious traditions, this important text provides analytic rigor to a question now pressing the academic study of religion: what is the relationship between the material and the digital? Its chapters address a range of processes of mediation between the digital and the material from a variety of perspectives and sub-disciplines within the field of religion in order to theorize the implications of these two turns in scholarship, offer case studies in methodology, and reflect on various tools and processes. Authors attend to religious practices and the internet, digital archives of religion, decolonization, embodiment, digitization of religious artefacts and objects, and the ways in which varied relationships between the digital and the material shape religious life. Collectively, the volume demonstrates opportunities and challenges at the intersection of digital humanities and material religion. Rather than defining the bounds of a new field of inquiry, the essays make a compelling case, collectively and on their own, for the interpretive scrutiny required of the humanities in the digital age.

Author : Christopher D. Cantwell,Kristian Petersen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110573022

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Digital Humanities and Research Methods in Religious Studies by Christopher D. Cantwell,Kristian Petersen Pdf

This volume provides practical, but provocative, case studies of exemplary projects that apply digital technology or methods to the study of religion. An introduction and 16 essays are organized by the kinds of sources digital humanities scholars use – texts, images, and places – with a final section on the professional and pedagogical issues digital scholarship raises for the study of religion.

Author : Emily Suzanne Clark,Rachel Mc Bride Lindsey
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110608755

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Digital Humanities and Material Religion by Emily Suzanne Clark,Rachel Mc Bride Lindsey Pdf

Building from a range of essays representing multiple fields of expertise and traversing multiple religious traditions, this important text provides analytic rigor to a question now pressing the academic study of religion: what is the relationship between the material and the digital? Its chapters address a range of processes of mediation between the digital and the material from a variety of perspectives and sub-disciplines within the field of religion in order to theorize the implications of these two turns in scholarship, offer case studies in methodology, and reflect on various tools and processes. Authors attend to religious practices and the internet, digital archives of religion, decolonization, embodiment, digitization of religious artefacts and objects, and the ways in which varied relationships between the digital and the material shape religious life. Collectively, the volume demonstrates opportunities and challenges at the intersection of digital humanities and material religion. Rather than defining the bounds of a new field of inquiry, the essays make a compelling case, collectively and on their own, for the interpretive scrutiny required of the humanities in the digital age.

Author : Clifford B. Anderson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783110536539

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Digital Humanities and Libraries and Archives in Religious Studies by Clifford B. Anderson Pdf

How are digital humanists drawing on libraries and archives to advance research and learning in the field of religious studies and theology? How can librarians and archivists make their collections accessible to digital humanists? The goal of this volume is to provide an overview of how religious and theological libraries and archives are supporting the nascent field of digital humanities in religious studies. The volume showcases the perspectives of faculty, librarians, archivists, and allied cultural heritage professionals who are drawing on primary and secondary sources in innovative ways to create digital humanities projects in theology and religious studies. Topics include curating collections as data, conducting stylometric analyses of religious texts, and teaching digital humanities at theological libraries. The shift to digital humanities promises closer collaborations between scholars, archivists, and librarians. The chapters in this volume constitute essential reading for those interested in the future of theological librarianship and of digital scholarship in the fields of religious studies and theology.

Author : Tim Hutchings,Claire Clivaz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110574043

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Digital Humanities and Christianity by Tim Hutchings,Claire Clivaz Pdf

This volume provides the first comprehensive introduction to the intersections between Christianity and the digital humanities. DH is a well-established, fast-growing, multidisciplinary field producing computational applications and analytical models to enable new kinds of research. Scholars of Christianity were among the first pioneers to explore these possibilities, using digital approaches to transform the study of Christian texts, history and ideas, and innovative work is taking place today all over the world. This volume aims to celebrate and continue that legacy by bringing together 15 of the most exciting contemporary projects, grouped into four categories. “Canon, corpus and manuscript” examines physical texts and collections. “Words and meanings” explores digital approaches to language and linguistics. “Digital history” uses digital techniques to explore the Christian past, and “Theology and pedagogy” engages with digital approaches to teaching, formation and Christian ideas. This volume introduces key debates, shares exciting initiatives, and aims to encourage new innovations in analysis and communication. Christianity and the Digital Humanities is ideally suited as a starting point for students and researchers interested in this vast and complex field.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1157894326

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Introductions to Digital Humanities - Religion by Anonim Pdf

Author : L.W.C. van Lit,James Harry Morris
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110747751

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Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia by L.W.C. van Lit,James Harry Morris Pdf

In pre-modern religions in the geographical context of Asia we encounter unique scripts, number systems, calendars, and naming conventions. These can make Western-built technologies – even tools specifically developed for digital humanities – an ill fit to our needs. The present volume explores this struggle and the limitations and potential opportunities of applying a digital humanities approach to pre-modern Asian religions. The authors cover Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism and Shintoism with chapters categorized according to their focus on: 1) temples, 2) manuscripts, 3) texts, and 4) social media. Thus, the volume guides readers through specific methodologies and practical examples while also providing a critical reflection on the state of the field, pushing the interface between digital humanities and pre-modern Asian religions into new territory.

Author : Elias Muhanna
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110376517

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The Digital Humanities and Islamic & Middle East Studies by Elias Muhanna Pdf

Over the past few decades, humanistic inquiry has been problematized and invigorated by the emergence of what is referred to as the digital humanities. Across multiple disciplines, from history to literature, religious studies to philosophy, archaeology to music, scholars are tapping the extraordinary power of digital technologies to preserve, curate, analyze, visualize, and reconstruct their research objects. The study of the Middle East and the broader Islamic world has been no less impacted by this new paradigm. Scholars are making daily use of digital tools and repositories including private and state-sponsored archives of textual sources, digitized manuscript collections, densitometrical imaging, visualization and modeling software, and various forms of data mining and analysis. This collection of essays explores the state of the art in digital scholarship pertaining to Islamic & Middle Eastern studies, addressing areas such as digitization, visualization, text mining, databases, mapping, and e-publication. It is of relevance to any researcher interested in the opportunities and challenges engendered by this changing scholarly ecosystem.

Author : Sage Elwell
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789004447592

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Religion and the Digital Arts by Sage Elwell Pdf

This concise volume offers an introduction to religion and the digital arts that is thematically organized around traditional religious categories such as ritual and myth paired with corresponding digital categories such as code and avatars.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004549319

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Stepping Back and Looking Ahead: Twelve Years of Studying Religious Contact at the Käte Hamburger Kolleg Bochum by Anonim Pdf

This book includes a collection of articles by leading researchers on the topic of religious contact in the study of religion. Resulting from the final conference of the Käte Hamburger Kolleg "Dynamics in the History of Religions"–one of the largest research initiatives in the interdisciplinary study of religion worldwide in recent years (2008-2020)—this book encapsulates the twofold aim of this conference: first, to "step back" and reflect upon the merits and challenges of studying religious dynamics as a result of intra-, inter-, and extra-religious contact, and second "to look beyond" and pave ways for future approaches to study religion as a social phenomenon.

Author : Clifford B. Anderson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110534375

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Digital Humanities and Libraries and Archives in Religious Studies by Clifford B. Anderson Pdf

How are digital humanists drawing on libraries and archives to advance research and learning in the field of religious studies and theology? How can librarians and archivists make their collections accessible to digital humanists? The goal of this volume is to provide an overview of how religious and theological libraries and archives are supporting the nascent field of digital humanities in religious studies. The volume showcases the perspectives of faculty, librarians, archivists, and allied cultural heritage professionals who are drawing on primary and secondary sources in innovative ways to create digital humanities projects in theology and religious studies. Topics include curating collections as data, conducting stylometric analyses of religious texts, and teaching digital humanities at theological libraries. The shift to digital humanities promises closer collaborations between scholars, archivists, and librarians. The chapters in this volume constitute essential reading for those interested in the future of theological librarianship and of digital scholarship in the fields of religious studies and theology.

Author : Urmila Mohan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000994049

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The Efficacy of Intimacy and Belief in Worldmaking Practices by Urmila Mohan Pdf

This book explores ‘efficacious intimacy’ as an embodied concept of worldmaking, and a framework for studying belief practices in religious and political domains. The study of how beliefs make and manifest power through their sociality and materiality can reveal who, or what, is considered effective in a particular socio-cultural context. The chapters feature case studies drawn from diverse religious and political contexts in Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and explore practices ranging from ingesting sacred water to resisting injustice. In doing so, the authors analyze emotions and affects, and how they influence dynamics of proximity and distance. Taking an innovative approach to the topic of intimacy, the book offers a fascinating examination of how life-worlds are constructed by material practices. It will be of interest to scholars of anthropology, religion, and material culture.

Author : Tim Hutchings,Joanne McKenzie
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317067993

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Materiality and the Study of Religion by Tim Hutchings,Joanne McKenzie Pdf

Material culture has emerged in recent decades as a significant theoretical concern for the study of religion. This book contributes to and evaluates this material turn, presenting thirteen chapters of new empirical research and theoretical reflection from some of the leading international scholars of material religion. Following a model for material analysis proposed in the first chapter by David Morgan, the contributors trace the life cycle of religious materiality through three phases: the production of religious objects, their classification as religious (or non-religious), and their circulation and use in material culture. The chapters in this volume consider how objects become and cease to be sacred, how materiality can be used to contest access to public space and resources, and how religion is embodied and performed by individuals in their everyday lives. Contributors discuss the significance of the materiality of religion across different religious traditions and diverse geographical regions, paying close attention to gender, age, ethnicity, memory and politics. The volume closes with an afterword by Manuel Vásquez.

Author : S. Brent Plate
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781472595478

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Key Terms in Material Religion by S. Brent Plate Pdf

Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new areas of research. Each "key term" uses case studies and is accompanied by a color image – an object, practice, space, or site. The entries cut across geographies, histories, and traditions, offering a versatile and engaging text for the classroom. Key topics covered include: - Icon, ritual, magic, gender, race - Sacred, spirit, technology, - Space, belief, body, brain - Taste, touch, smell, sound, vision Each entry demonstrates in clear and jargon-free prose how the key term figures prominently in understanding the materiality of religion. Written by leading international scholars, all entries are linked by the ways materiality stands at the forefront of the understanding of religion, whether that comes from humanistic, social scientific, artistic, curatorial, or other perspectives. Brent Plate brings his expertise and extensive teaching experience to the comprehensive introduction which introduces students to the themes and methods of the material cultural study of religion. Key Terms in Material Religion provides a much-needed resource for courses on theory and method in religious studies, the anthropology of religion, and the ever-increasing number of courses focused on material religion.

Author : Fiona Joy Green,Jaqueline McLeod Rogers
Publisher : Demeter Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-07-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772584004

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Parenting/Internet/Kids: Domesticating Technologies by Fiona Joy Green,Jaqueline McLeod Rogers Pdf

Parenting/Internet/Kids, with three key terms slashed together, conveys the idea that the practice of parenting may extend both to the Internet and to our children— to the extent that both require attention, care, and forms of regulation, and, in turn, provide support and enjoyment. While the triadic title is somewhat playful, it also strikes a serious note and introduces layered possibilities: we are not simply raising children who have grown up in the internet age, but also Domesticating Technologies by "managing" the computer (relatively young in age, too, having established itself in homes in the 1980s). Including perspectives from scholars and parents living in Australia, Canada, India, Japan, the UK, and the USA, the collection examines how the intimate presence of computer technology in our homes and on our bodies affects not only mothers and parenting, but family life more broadly.