02-20-2006, 02:10 AM
HINDUISM HERE
Religion W4215-Spring 2005
Barnard College & Columbia University
COURSE SYLLABUS 2005
John S. Hawley
Milbank 219a
jsh3@columbia.edu
212/854-5292
Office hours: Tuesdays 4-6 and by appointment
Course Description:
This course will explore historical, theological, social, and ritual dimensions of âlived Hinduismâ in the greater New York area. Common readings deal with diasporic Hinduism in several locations and with the religious plurality of contemporary New York. Individual field projects will focus on several worshipping communities, a parade, and two yoga centers.
Course Rationale:
It is often argued that in the last half century, Hindus living outside of India have exerted an influence on conceptualizations of Hinduism that is far more creative and influential than their sheer numbers would predict. This course enables students to investigate that phenomenon while simultaneously getting a sense of how disparateâyet interconnectedâare the environments where such rethinking and ârepracticingâ take place in the greater New York area. Simultaneously, it provides a framework in which students can work individually and in small groups to investigate and document the life of several such sites by means of interviews, participant observation, life histories, and archival research. In the latter part of the course, students generate corporate reading assignments appropriate to their individual projects, and present those projects to the class as a whole. The course prepares the way for a conference (in fall, 2005) in which Hindus associated with various sites selected for field study discuss with students the results of their research; and in a class project in which these results are tailored for a website.
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/religion/h...20syllabus.html
Religion W4215-Spring 2005
Barnard College & Columbia University
COURSE SYLLABUS 2005
John S. Hawley
Milbank 219a
jsh3@columbia.edu
212/854-5292
Office hours: Tuesdays 4-6 and by appointment
Course Description:
This course will explore historical, theological, social, and ritual dimensions of âlived Hinduismâ in the greater New York area. Common readings deal with diasporic Hinduism in several locations and with the religious plurality of contemporary New York. Individual field projects will focus on several worshipping communities, a parade, and two yoga centers.
Course Rationale:
It is often argued that in the last half century, Hindus living outside of India have exerted an influence on conceptualizations of Hinduism that is far more creative and influential than their sheer numbers would predict. This course enables students to investigate that phenomenon while simultaneously getting a sense of how disparateâyet interconnectedâare the environments where such rethinking and ârepracticingâ take place in the greater New York area. Simultaneously, it provides a framework in which students can work individually and in small groups to investigate and document the life of several such sites by means of interviews, participant observation, life histories, and archival research. In the latter part of the course, students generate corporate reading assignments appropriate to their individual projects, and present those projects to the class as a whole. The course prepares the way for a conference (in fall, 2005) in which Hindus associated with various sites selected for field study discuss with students the results of their research; and in a class project in which these results are tailored for a website.
http://www.barnard.columbia.edu/religion/h...20syllabus.html