Cours : Modern Pilgrimage

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Select section Généralités

Généralités

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Tuesdays – 17:30-19:30 – Location P218

Contact Paul O'Connor - Paul.OConnor@ff.cuni.cz

This course introduces students to the fundamentals of pilgrimage beginning with an exploration of the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. The ancient origins of this pilgrimage, and its transformation into a commercial and logistical marvel of the modern world foreground what pilgrimage means in the 21^st century. The course explores tourism, sacred places, dark tourism, sport pilgrimage and virtual pilgrimage. Students are encouraged to consider their own pilgrimages and travels and to register the meaning and importance of these. Modern pilgrimage is explored through contrasting academic approaches of religious studies, tourism, sport, geography, and media studies.

Questions of pilgrimage extend to notions of a sociological division between the sacred and profane. How feasible is it to divide secular tourism and sacred pilgrimage in the modern world? Of further concern is how pilgrimage equips us to connect to community, ritualise place and time, and meet the ultimate challenges of life and death.

All readings are uploaded below.

Turnitin assignments are also listed on their corresponding weeks
- Select activity Oznámení
  
  Oznámení Forum
- Select activity Course Schedule
  
  Course Schedule Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 18/02 Introduction: Pilgrimage to Mecca Old and New

18/02 Introduction: Pilgrimage to Mecca Old and New
- Select activity Week 1 Reading 1 - What is Pilgrimage
  
  Week 1 Reading 1 - What is Pilgrimage Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 1 Reading 2 - Hong Kong Hajj
  
  Week 1 Reading 2 - Hong Kong Hajj Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 25/02 Pilgrimage/Tourism

25/02 Pilgrimage/Tourism
- Select activity Week 2 - R1 The Tourist Gaze
  
  Week 2 - R1 The Tourist Gaze Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 2 - R2 - Religion and Spirituality in Tourism, from
  
  Week 2 - R2 - Religion and Spirituality in Tourism, from Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 03/03 Communitas: The experience of the Pilgrim

03/03 Communitas: The experience of the Pilgrim
- Select activity Week 3 - R1 Liminality and Communitas
  
  Week 3 - R1 Liminality and Communitas Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 10/03 Sacred Places

10/03 Sacred Places
- Select activity Week 4 - R1 - The Pilgrimage to Jim Morrison's Grave
  
  Week 4 - R1 - The Pilgrimage to Jim Morrison's Grave Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 4 - R2 - Do You Believe in Pilgrimage
  
  Week 4 - R2 - Do You Believe in Pilgrimage Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 17/03 Secular Pilgrimage

17/03 Secular Pilgrimage
- Select activity Week 5 - R1 - Secular Pilgrimage
  
  Week 5 - R1 - Secular Pilgrimage Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 5 - R2 - Melbourne Cup
  
  Week 5 - R2 - Melbourne Cup Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 24/03 Sport Pilgrimage

24/03 Sport Pilgrimage
- Select activity Week 6 - R1 - Handrails, Steps, and Curbs
  
  Week 6 - R1 - Handrails, Steps, and Curbs Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 6 - R2 - Pilgrimage to Fallen Gods of Olympia
  
  Week 6 - R2 - Pilgrimage to Fallen Gods of Olympia Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 31/03 Dark Tourism

31/03 Dark Tourism
- Select activity Week 7 - R1 - JFK and Dark Tourism
  
  Week 7 - R1 - JFK and Dark Tourism Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 7 - R2 - Making Absent Death Present
  
  Week 7 - R2 - Making Absent Death Present Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 07/04 Virtual Pilgrimage

07/04 Virtual Pilgrimage
- Select activity Week 8 - R1 - Virtual Pilgrimages on the Internet
  
  Week 8 - R1 - Virtual Pilgrimages on the Internet Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 8 - R2 - Hurricane Katrina
  
  Week 8 - R2 - Hurricane Katrina Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 14/04 NO CLASS (Reading Week)

14/04 NO CLASS (Reading Week)
Select section 21/04 Political Pilgrimage

21/04 Political Pilgrimage
- Select activity Week 10 - R1 - Pilgrimage and Power
  
  Week 10 - R1 - Pilgrimage and Power Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 10 - R2 - Holocaust Tourism
  
  Week 10 - R2 - Holocaust Tourism Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 28/04 Researching Pilgrimage

28/04 Researching Pilgrimage
- Select activity Week 11 - R1 - Interviewing
  
  Week 11 - R1 - Interviewing Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
- Select activity Week 11 - R2 - Researching Pilgrimage
  
  Week 11 - R2 - Researching Pilgrimage Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 05/05 Liminal States

05/05 Liminal States
- Select activity Week 12 - R1 - Fan Pilgrimage
  
  Week 12 - R1 - Fan Pilgrimage Fichier
  
  Students must
  
  Marquer comme terminé
Select section 12/05 Conclusion

12/05 Conclusion
- Select activity Week 13 - Holy Movement & Holy Place
  
  Week 13 - Holy Movement & Holy Place Fichier
  
  Students must
  
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Select section 18/05 - NO CLASS - Final Paper Due

18/05 - NO CLASS - Final Paper Due