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'''Watch''' these film segments (each one is only about 1- | '''Watch''' these film segments (each one is only about 1-5 minutes long): | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49675 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49675 Iran Emerges: The Shia Revival and Conflicts within Islam (01:08)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49676 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49676 The Martyrdom of Hussein and Nuclear Weapons Rhetoric (02:48)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49679 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49679 Islam and Nuclear Weapons Rhetoric (02:04)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49681 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49681 (Pilgrimage Day 2: An Ancient Iranian House of Strength (02:25)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49684 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49684 Iran's Martyrs: The Battle of Karbala (04:09)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49685 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49685 Iran's Martyrs: Overthrowing the Shah (05:48)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49694 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49694 (Shia Muslim Pilgrims Reach Karbala (02:00)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49693 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49693 Shia Muslim Pilgrims Remember Imam Hussein (02:46)] | ||
* http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49695 ( | * [http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298&loid=49695 Shia Muslim Pilgrims Celebrate (04:12)] | ||
(if you have time watch the entire film - http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298 ) | (if you have time watch the entire film - http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298 ) | ||
'''Locate''' one youtube (or other online | '''Locate''' one youtube (or other online) video relevant to Islamic language performance in Shia Islam. | ||
'''Locate''' one contemporary news item about Sufism or Ashura in Iran to share with the class, such as the following: | '''Locate''' one contemporary news item about Sufism or Ashura in Iran to share with the class, such as the following: | ||
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'''Write''': One page: what are the differences between Sunni and Shia branches of Islam? What are the various Shia branches and how do they differ from each other? In what countries are they found? Why do you think certain Shia and Sunni groups are in conflict today? What are some of the genres of language performance — connected with Sufi groups or particular festivals — that are distinctive to Shia Islam? How does ritual take on political meanings? What roles might ritual play in sustaining or ameliorating conflict? What sort of language performance did you locate on youtube? What contemporary news? (Include links to the youtube video and popular news item you found). ''Submit under 8a.'' | |||
'''Write''': One page: what are the differences between Sunni and Shia branches of Islam? What are the various Shia branches and how do they differ from each other? In what countries are they found? Why do you think certain Shia and Sunni groups are in conflict today? What are some of the genres of language performance — connected with Sufi groups or particular festivals — that are distinctive to Shia Islam? What roles might | |||
== Class == | == Class == | ||
Revision as of 00:16, 17 October 2015
Tuesday (8a)
Language performance and Shia Islam
Due today
All read:
- Schimmel, Islam: An Introduction; pp. 91-100 (on Shia and related sects)
- Encyclopedia Iranica entry for “Ashura”: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/asura
Browse: the Niamatullahi sufi order website: http://nimatullahi.org/ This Shia Sufi order was widespread among Iranian elites before the revolution in 1979. Today centers exist outside Iran throughout the world.
Watch these film segments (each one is only about 1-5 minutes long):
- Iran Emerges: The Shia Revival and Conflicts within Islam (01:08)
- The Martyrdom of Hussein and Nuclear Weapons Rhetoric (02:48)
- Islam and Nuclear Weapons Rhetoric (02:04)
- (Pilgrimage Day 2: An Ancient Iranian House of Strength (02:25)
- Iran's Martyrs: The Battle of Karbala (04:09)
- Iran's Martyrs: Overthrowing the Shah (05:48)
- (Shia Muslim Pilgrims Reach Karbala (02:00)
- Shia Muslim Pilgrims Remember Imam Hussein (02:46)
- Shia Muslim Pilgrims Celebrate (04:12)
(if you have time watch the entire film - http://digital.films.com.login.ezproxy.library.ualberta.ca/PortalPlaylists.aspx?aid=8750&xtid=37298 )
Locate one youtube (or other online) video relevant to Islamic language performance in Shia Islam.
Locate one contemporary news item about Sufism or Ashura in Iran to share with the class, such as the following:
Write: One page: what are the differences between Sunni and Shia branches of Islam? What are the various Shia branches and how do they differ from each other? In what countries are they found? Why do you think certain Shia and Sunni groups are in conflict today? What are some of the genres of language performance — connected with Sufi groups or particular festivals — that are distinctive to Shia Islam? How does ritual take on political meanings? What roles might ritual play in sustaining or ameliorating conflict? What sort of language performance did you locate on youtube? What contemporary news? (Include links to the youtube video and popular news item you found). Submit under 8a.
Class
- Islamicate and Sufi musics, continued.
- Shia practices. Film, "Mystic Iran".
Thursday (7b)
Ashura'