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Reassembling Democracy: Ritual as Cultural Resource

Ritual acts construct, reveal and mobilize pervasive cultural resources. However, ritual is not merely a mobilizer, constructed by the social. As a precondition to construction of society, ritual contributes to change. Creative responses to crises trigger ed by the dynamics of contemporary global transformation commonly involve culturally and religiously informed ritualized actions. As people engage in such activities, they build new conditions for engagement and action, acquire and demonstrate novel compe tencies, and continuously renegotiate social identities, thereby transforming the democratic processes that constitute society. This project studies selected rituals as performances that arise out of and inspire social and environmental activism and grass roots political change, helping to deepening democratic process, shape the future, create community, and restructure society in a global context.

Prosjektleder:
Jone Salomonsen
Institusjon:
UoH-sektor/Universitetet i Oslo/Det teologiske fakultet
Aktivitetsnavn:
Samfunnsutviklingens kulturell
Prosjektstatus:
Bevilgning
Prosjektperiode:
01.03.2013 - 28.02.2017
Geografi:
Norge/OSLO
Fagområder:
Humaniora/Tverr flerfag. hum. og andre
Prosjektnummer:
220715