Cultural Studies & Situated Perspective
Thursday, August 20th
Today's Slides
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Misunderstandings About ReligionThere are many misunderstandings about religion. This animation will show you three extremely common ones. As you'll learn today, it is pretty easy to disprove each of these misunderstandings. Despite that fact, they still exist to this day.
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Independent Work - Document Your Knowledge
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You are about to watch the lecture video and a video on situated perspective.You have three choices to show you’ve understood the material:
1) Take notes & take a picture of them. 2) Write a 7+ sentence summary/reflection about what you learned. 3) Record a 90+ second audio (or video) reflection. Once you're done, submit it to Method Lecture on Schoology. NOTE - As I go through a myriad of different terms, don't worry if you're not remembering every little detail. If you need to, just focus on the diversity of concepts and expressions of belief, behavior, and belonging. |
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Situated Perspective Assignment
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Move your awareness towards different components of your identity. As you do, think about how each of these components might change how you view the world. This will be helpful for when you write your Worldview Biography and as you examine your own biases.
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Worldview Autobiography
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Now that you have an understanding of “situatedness” and the importance of recognizing the ways that our cultural contexts and experience shape our perceptions, it’s time to take a deeper dive into your own background. In order to begin to apply the idea of “situatedness” in the context of our own lives, I would like you to prepare what our team is calling a Worldview Autobiography. You should do so in at least 250 words and hopefully include some pictures. The purpose of this exercise is to highlight our individual “situatedness” and the ways that our perceptions about religion are shaped by our social, cultural, geographical, and historical contexts.
The assignment is due at the start of class on Friday, August 28th! Please submit it to Schoology.
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Bonus Tracks
These videos aren't mandatory, but they're helpful to reinforce the material. Plus, you get to meet Dr. Diane Moore, the director of the Religious Literacy Project at Harvard University - the institution that has been developing this method. Bonus fact, she was my first teacher at Harvard!
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