Artifacts and Archives

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Prereq: 3 credits from RELG; 3 credits from RELG at the 2000 level; or permission of the Department This course explores religion's traces on the lives of practitioners through material and archival culture. Working with a variety of theoretical approaches, students will explore a range of artefactual and archival materials, including material remains, relics, art, graffiti, jettisoned religious paraphernalia, community rules and records, educational materials and correspondence. The course pursues the question of how what is materially left behind might help us to understand religion's impact on personal and community identities, and on cultural and political systems. (Format: Lecture 3 hours)