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SUMMARY:Digitalization and Religious Contact
DTSTART:20191114T080000Z
DTEND:20191115T160000Z
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DESCRIPTION:The workshop addresses these questions from an interdisciplina
 ry perspective. Resulting from the joint organizational effort of CERES (C
 enter for Religious Studies) and CAIS (Center for Advanced Internet Studie
 s) of Ruhr Universität Bochum\, it will put in conversation scholars in t
 he field of religion and in the field of media studies\, offering opportun
 ities to bring together and confront different methodological and theoreti
 cal approaches:\n\nReligion in contemporary Europe is undergoing dynamic a
 nd compelling changes: for example\, migrations are changing the religious
  landscape\, creating the need for minorities to enter in public debates\;
  discrimination and racism compel scholars to reflect on the role of media
  and free speech\; the risk of radicalization of certain minorities is an 
 urgent social and political issue. These changes often regard contacts bet
 ween religious groups\, involving minorities that have to confront mainstr
 eam religiosity and different religious traditions that coexist in the sam
 e environment.\n\nDigitalization has a central impact on these religious c
 hanges. As digital media became increasingly pervasive in the European pub
 lic sphere\, interpersonal relations and cultural actions are inevitably c
 onditioned by the presence of the Internet. Religious groups address each 
 other and frame their identities through digital spaces\, which are often 
 intertwined with physical spaces.\n\nHowever\, scholars still need to find
  compelling methods and theories to address the ethical and social consequ
 ences of digitalization on religious groups and religious contact. While\,
  in certain circumstances\, existing methods and theories in media and rel
 igious studies can prove useful\, there are some questions to be explored:
  How can scholars collect data about digital religion and analyse them? Wh
 ich framework can better capture the role of the Internet in relation to r
 eligious contact? What kind of impact does digitalization have on religion
 \, and how can it be analyzed?\n\nWorkshop Program
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/en/events/digitalization-and-religious-contac
 t/
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