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Week
I. Jan. 21-25
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Orientations:
The Power of Maps |
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Reading
for this week:
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J.L.
Borges, "On Exactitude in Science" (Handout)
G. Kiellor, "Why we’re not on the map" (Handout)
Denis Wood, The Power of Maps, Ch. 1 (e-reserve)
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Monday:
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Overview
of the course; discussion of Borge & Kiellor
* Assignment: Find two different city maps of Grinnell or
two of the college campus. Be prepared to discuss them on
Friday. |
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Wednesday:
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"Maps
Work by Serving Interests" (Wood)
--Discussion
--Examples and exercises |
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Friday:
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Mapping
Grinnell (small groups) |
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Week
II. Jan. 28-Feb. 1
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Overview
of Religious Mapping: Space, Place, History
(Mt. Kailasa; Potala/Lhasa/exile; Japan) |
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Reading
for this week:
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"Pilgrimage
to Mt. Kailasa" [Strong 7.5.1] (handout)
"Mythic History…" [Strong 7.1-7.2] (handout)
"Sanga and Society" [Strong 7.8] (handout)
Gilday, TBA (on e-reserve) |
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Monday:
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Mt.
Kailasa: The Center of the Cosmos
Lhasa: Narrative mapping |
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Wednesday:
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The
Death of an Emperor (Japan) |
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Friday:
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A
Ritual System (Japan) |
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Weeks
III-IV.
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Case
1: Mandala |
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Feb.
4-8
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Nepal
Mandala (Macro- and mesocosmic scale)
Geography; art; architecture; ritual |
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Reading
for this week:
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Lidke,
"Vishvarupa Mandir" (e-reserve)
"World-Mandala" [Strong 7.5.3] (handout)
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Monday:
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Macrocosmic
Patterns: Architecture of the Divine |
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Wednesday:
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Mesocosmic
Patterns: Royal Cities, Ritual Sites |
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Friday:
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Mandalas
as Ritual Objects |
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Feb.
11-15
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Embodied
Mandala (microcosmic scale) |
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Reading
for this week:
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"Bodies
of the Buddha" [Strong 4.3.4] (handout)
"Queen Srimala" [Strong 4.3.5] (handout)
"Sudhana’s Vision" [Strong 4.3.6] (handout)
"Body Gods and Inner Vision" [RCP 9] (e-reserve)
"Mystical Excursion" [RCP 10] (e-reserve)
"Yoga" (handout) |
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Monday:
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Buddhist
notions of cosmic bodies |
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Wednesday:
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Chinese
Taoist notions of cosmic bodies |
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Friday:
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"Western"
and "Eastern" Bodies |
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Wks
V-VI. Feb. 18-Mar. 1
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Case
2: Teresa: "Interior Castle"
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Wks
VII-VIII. Mar 4-15
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Case
3: Jerusalem (cf. Ayodhya)
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SPRING
BREAK
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Weeks
IX-X. Apr 1-12
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Case
4: Black Elk Speaks
(the text; historical contexts; current debates)
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Wks
XI-XII. Apr. 15-26
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Case
5: Public Religion in America
(Santa Fe Fiesta; R. Bellah; Cultural Pluralism; Waco)
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Wks
XIII-XIV. Apr 29-May
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10 Globalization
(spirituality; missionary fervor; fundamentalisms)
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