RELG 238: The Sacred Body
Instructor: Kristin BloomerReligion
Spring 2012
The course included several segments, ranging in geographic scope from South Asia and Africa to the Pacific Islands and North America. Our analytic lenses zoomed in and out, from the telescopic toward the microscopic, as we considered bodies – sacred and profane – in places far and near: including our own place and our own bodies in relations to others. Our assignments in this writing rich course went beyond the written word to include the possibilities of digital, print, and other visual forms, including photography, film, bodily ritual, discourse, and dance, as well as textual artifacts.
Assignment
In-class and Extra Credit Assignments, May 18, 2012Photographing the Social Body: Malian Portraiture from the Studio to the Street
Summary
Pick an image from the exhibition and examine it. What is the body and the overall image telling you? Extra credit: Create a character study. Or write about the body's performative display.
Photographing the Social Body Assignments (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 127kB Oct15 12)
Final Prompt (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 123kB Oct15 12)