Anthropology of Religion Photo-Essay
Anthropology of Religion Photo-Essay by Kati Holland October to December 2014 Course Tutors: Richรกrd Papp, Anna Vancsรณ Master of Arts in Cultural Anthropology Faculty of Social Sciences Eรถtvรถs Lorรกnd University
Anthropology of Religion Photo-Essay
Anthropology of Religion Photo-Essay During autumn 2014 we visited 5, or we were visited by 3*, of the following religious organisations: 08/10: International Society for Krishna Consciousness 15/10: Mosque Of Budapest 22/10: Christian Coptic Orthodox Church 05/11: Kim Heung Sik, Cornerstone Church 12/11: Botond Szathmári on Prebuddhism* 19/11: Tamás Bereczky, “Urban Shaman”* 26/11: Franciscans of Pasarét 03/12: Nemes Pál, Evangelical Community*
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Anthropology of Religion Photo-Essay Anthropology of Religion Photo-Essay
My main research questions for the places we visited (“shooting script”): • What is the global appearance of each religion, the building, what art forms, symbols or colour scheme do they use? • What is the physical appearance of their representatives? • How do they use space? How do they structure our meeting, was it formal, informal, structured, unstructured, who was standing, sitting? • How do they use propoganda? • How do they fund themselves, how do they relate to money, materialism?
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Research questions for the people who visited us: • What is the global appearance of the person, the overall impression? • What does their metacommunication say, in particular their hands? • How do they relate to the audience, do they make eye contact?
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
global appearance: colour orange
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
global appearance: decorative, colourful, floral
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
global appearance: art, symbolism (lilly)
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
physical appearance: shoes removed, trousers white or orange: celibacy
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
use of space: relatively informal, unstructured, audience standing or seated
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
propaganda
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International Society for Krishna Consciousness
materialism, funding
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global appearance: colour crimson
Mosque of Budapest
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global appearance: ornate, regimental, spatial
Mosque of Budapest
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global appearance: art, smbolism (pillars, lilly)
Mosque of Budapest
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physical appearance: street clothes, shoes removed
Mosque of Budapest
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use of space: relatively formal, structured, linear, audience seated; religious ceremony facing Mecca, segregation
Mosque of Budapest
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Mosque of Budapest
propaganda
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materialism, funding
Mosque of Budapest
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global appearance: colour crimson and burgundy
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
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global appearance: decorative, ornate, rounded arches, incense
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
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global appearance: art, symbolism (cross, halo)
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
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physical appearance: black, white or grey robes; tattoo; woman hair covered
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
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use of space: formal, structured, linear, audience seated
Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
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Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
propaganda
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Christian Coptic Orthodox Church
materialism, funding
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global appearance: no obvious theme (“yellow on the outside, white on the inside�)
Cornerstone Church
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global appearance: office-like, homely, friendly
Cornerstone Church
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global appearance: symbolism (cross), art (photos)
Cornerstone Church
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physical appearance: street clothes, smiling!
Cornerstone Church
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use of space: less formal, less structured, circle, everyone seated
Cornerstone Church
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Cornerstone Church
propaganda
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materialism, funding
Cornerstone Church
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global appearance: colour beige
Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
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global appearance: large building, but not grandiose
Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
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global appearance: symbolism (cross, tau)
Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
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physical appearance: brown hooded robe, knotted rope, beads, cross
Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
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use of space: less formal, less structured, circle, everyone seated, Franciscans amongst us
Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
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Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
propaganda
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materialism, funding
Franciscans of PasarĂŠt
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overall impression: white embroided shirt, extremely knowledgable
Prebuddhism
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metacommunication - hands: very expressive, rational
Prebuddhism
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audience contact: audience attentive, eye contact present (not shown)
Prebuddhism
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overall impression: white shirt, passionate about what he does
Urban Shaman
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metacommunication - hands: very expressive, emotional
Urban Shaman
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audience contact: audience attentive, eye contact present
Urban Shaman
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overall impression: black shirt, cravat, wastecoat... (symbolism?) “when ONE MAN and ONE WOMAN marry, they form an alliance”
Evangelical Community
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metacommunication - hands: reserved or defensive, alliance?
Evangelical Community
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audience contact: lack of eye contact
Evangelical Community
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The End