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 Mills 169 (A26) Mills 169 (A26)
  
-March 2, 2016+March 8, 2017
  
 Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/1 Available at http://anthro.rschram.org/2667/1
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 +## Emergency procedures video ##
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 +The University has asked me to show the following video so that everyone knows the procedures for an emergency on campus or in classes. 
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 +https://sydney.edu.au/campus-life/safety-security.html#emergency-procedures-video
  
 ## Why is this class interesting to you? ## ## Why is this class interesting to you? ##
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 If you are not signed up for the class, you can get the unit outline and all of the information for this class at this public site: http://anthro.rschram.org/2667.  If you are not signed up for the class, you can get the unit outline and all of the information for this class at this public site: http://anthro.rschram.org/2667. 
  
-For next week, your assignment is to read the unit outline, assignment instructions, and the guides to the unit online. For the first tutorial (in Week 2), bring an example of a religious practice you would like to learn more about. We will meet in Fisher Library. +For next week, your assignment is to read the unit outline, assignment instructions, and the guides to the unit online. For the first tutorial (in Week 2), bring an example of a religious practice you would like to learn more about. In tutorial, we'll talk about how to find ethnographic sources about these forms of religion, and how to formulate a topic of research, your first assignment (due on March 15). 
  
 ## What is religion? ## ## What is religion? ##
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 ## Religion and society in North Park, San Diego ##  ## Religion and society in North Park, San Diego ## 
  
 +{{ :2667:churches_in_north_park_san_diego.png |}}
  
-## Botanica Chango, El Cajon Boulevard ## +Religious diversity in North Park, San Diego, California
  
 +## Botanica Santa Barbara, University Avenue ## 
  
-## Acupuncture clinic, El Cajon Boulevard ##+{{ :2667:botanica.santa.barbara.jpg |}}
  
 +A *botanica* on University Avenue sells "religious articles" and herbal medicines. 
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 +## Acupuncture clinic, University Avenue ##
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 +{{ :2667:acupuncture.jpg |}}
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 +Several blocks down the road is an acupuncture clinic, which also offers traditional Chinese herbal medicine.
  
 ## Palm reader, El Cajon Boulevard ## ## Palm reader, El Cajon Boulevard ##
  
 +{{ :2667:psychic.jpg |}}
  
-## Iglesia de Dios, 30th Street ##+On El Cajon Boulevard, a palm reader offers healing as well. 
  
 +## Iglesia de Dios, University Avenue ##
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 +{{ :2667:iglesia.university.ave.png |}}
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 +Elsewhere, among the liquor stores, bars and "smoke shops," a "church of God," one of many in this neighborhood. 
  
 ## Living Water Church, El Cajon Boulevard ## ## Living Water Church, El Cajon Boulevard ##
  
 +{{ :2667:living.water.el.cajon.png |}}
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 +A bit further east on El Cajon, another, similar church, with signs in English and Vietnamese. 
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 +## The Rock City Heights ##
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 +{{ :2667:the.rock.church.city.heights.png |}}
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 +In City Heights, an imposing building overlooks the I-15, home to a cafe, gym, and an auditorium of worship. 
  
 ## It's all relative? ## ## It's all relative? ##
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-## Alex and Ani bracelets: Is it religious? ##+## Alex and Ani bracelets: Think positive ##
  
 * [[http://www.alexandani.com/our-story|Alex and Ani bracelets]], heavily advertised on cable TV in the US several years ago. They claim to be fun, fashionable, and charged with "positive energy." * [[http://www.alexandani.com/our-story|Alex and Ani bracelets]], heavily advertised on cable TV in the US several years ago. They claim to be fun, fashionable, and charged with "positive energy."
  
-## Church of the Subgenius: Is it religious? ## +## Church of the Subgenius, Pastafarianism, etc. ## 
  
 * [[http://www.subgenius.com/|The Church of the Subgenius]] is a bizarre web site, seemingly written in jest, yet with apparently total commitment... Is mockery of religion itself a religious practice? Can people join a religion that doesn't exist?  * [[http://www.subgenius.com/|The Church of the Subgenius]] is a bizarre web site, seemingly written in jest, yet with apparently total commitment... Is mockery of religion itself a religious practice? Can people join a religion that doesn't exist? 
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 * Religion, modernity and secularism * Religion, modernity and secularism
 * Religion, politics and the global order * Religion, politics and the global order
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 +## Finding a possible topic
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 +A good [[the_quest:choosing_a_topic|research topic]] focuses on a clear who, what, where and when, like the setting of a story. 
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 +One of these books about religion is not like the other. Can you tell which one is not an ethnography?: 
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 +* Bialecki, Jon. 2017. A Diagram for Fire: Miracles and Variation in an American Charismatic Movement. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.
 +* Cassaniti, Julia. 2015. Living Buddhism: Mind, Self, and Emotion in a Thai Community. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=cxTRCgAAQBAJ.
 +* Haynes, Naomi. 2017. Moving by the Spirit: Pentecostal Social Life on the Zambian Copperbelt. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=CkQnDgAAQBAJ.
 +* Roy, Olivier. 2014. Holy Ignorance: When Religion and Culture Part Ways. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=yQMqBgAAQBAJ.
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 ## Blackboard and Turnitin ## ## Blackboard and Turnitin ##
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