Non “Religious” Knowing in Pilgrimages to Sacred Sites

Journeys ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-133
Author(s):  
Evgenia Mesaritou
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Sites ◽  
Greek Cypriots ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge ◽  
Exclusive Focus

Abstract Even though pilgrimages may often be directed toward what can conventionally be seen as “religious” sacred sites, religious and ritual forms of knowledge and ignorance may not necessarily be the only, or even the most prominent, forms in their workings. Focusing on Greek Cypriots’ return pilgrimages to the Christian-Orthodox monastery of Apostolos Andreas (Karpasia) under the conditions of Cyprus's ongoing division, in this article I explore the non “religious” forms of knowing and ignoring salient to pilgrimages to sacred religious sites, the conditions under which they become relevant, and the risks associated with them. Showing how pilgrimages to the monastery of Apostolos Andreas are situated within a larger framework of seeing “our places,” I will argue that remembering and knowing these places is the type of knowledge most commonly sought out by pilgrims, while also exploring what the stakes of not knowing/forgetting them may be felt to be. An exclusive focus on “religious” forms of knowledge and ignorance would obscure the ways in which pilgrimage is often embedded in everyday social and political concerns.

Empiricism and Beyond

1995 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kim Reid ◽  
Susan J. Robinson ◽  
Teresa D. Bunsen
Keyword(s):  
Special Education ◽  
Empirical Data ◽  
Special Educators ◽  
Good Deal ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Communicative Ethics ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge ◽  
Exclusive Focus

A good deal of difficulty in the field of special education stems from our lack of awareness that what often appear to be attacks on our existence---the inclusion movement is a good example---are really the results of honest efforts to improve the field. in our nearly exclusive focus on empirical data, we have failed to understand the viewpoints of fellow special educators whose values and beliefs represent a nonempirical point of view. as habermas suggests, different forms of knowledge are needed to address different kinds of interests. in our focus on rationality, we have created crises of legitimacy and motivation. in this issue, our purpose is to acquaint special educators with some alternative perspectives in order to stimulate openness to communicative ethics, and, through mutual understanding and collaboration, to ensure the survival of our field.

Role and Importance of Schemas in Pedagogy and Learning: A Cognitive Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Naveed Akram Ansari
Keyword(s):  
Educational Psychology ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Educational Strategies ◽  
Cognitive Approach ◽  
Educational Plan ◽  
Class Room ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Educational strategies are designed to cope with and fulfill the multifarious pedagogical and educational needs of teachers and learners. Moreover, no educational plan can possibly yield the required results without incorporating suitable instructive strategies. This research paper advocates the role and importance of schemas in learning new forms of knowledge and data in the perspective of class room teaching-learning. Cognitive approach is adopted to understand how students learn new forms of knowledge and experiences through different mental processes, quite unlike that of behaviorism. The concept of schema helps us understand how learners can link new pieces of information to the already existing knowledge in their minds. The notion of ‘Constructivist Approach’ has been extracted from the field of educational psychology for triangulation. Extracts are taken from the textbooks of English used in matriculation and intermediate through purposive sampling. Their analysis shows that schemas can play a vital role in enhancing the learning experience and making new forms of knowledge a permanent part of the memory of students which is the ultimate goal of education.

Conversation with a Truth Seeker

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaap Bos
Keyword(s):  
History Of Psychoanalysis ◽  
History Of ◽  
Concept Of Truth ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

This paper is an invited response to Peter Rudnytsky's ‘Guardians of truth’ article. Taking issue with what are presented as fundamental theoretical and methodological caveats, this article discusses the question of when and how differing discourses on the history of psychoanalysis may or may not be compatible. In particular the author questions the validity of a concept of truth as defined from within a field of knowledge, to arrive at definitions of discourse and dialogue that can be useful to acquire new forms of knowledge.

Forschungsperspektive »Interkulturalität«

2008 ◽  
Vol 2008 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Elberfeld
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
Research Perspective ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

In the 20th century the European sciences have tried in different ways to develop post-colonial forms of knowledge. Since the 1920s, under headings such as »intercultural«, »multicultural« and »transcultural«, discourses have arisen in the USA and in Europe in which, until the present, new perspectives and structures in the sciences have developed. The article offers, on one hand, a discourse analysis of these three headings until 1980 and makes clear by way of examples how complicated and deep the challenges are for knowledge discourses in Europe within the scope of the research perspective of »interculturality«.

Das Einhüllen und Fesseln des Körpers in den indoeuropäischen Kulturen: Zu einigen Metaphern des magischen Schutzes vor Toten und Wiedergeborenen

2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-60
Author(s):  
Carmen Alfaro Giner
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Technical Level ◽  
Human History ◽  
Symbolic Meanings ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge

Fäden, Seile und Textilien sind Elemente des Alltagslebens, die bereits früh in der Menschheitsgeschichte einen hohen technischen Entwicklungsstand erreicht haben. Das Spinnen des Fadens, eine der ältesten Formen des Wissens, scheint wie der Ursprung jeder Form der Technik untrennbar mit einer besonderen Mythologie verbunden zu sein. So müssen sich auch Fäden, Knoten und Gewebe, neben ihrer praktischen Anwendung, rasch mit symbolischen Bedeutungen aufgeladen haben. In diesem Beitrag sollen die Symboliken des Fadens, des Knotens und des Gewebes als Metaphern analysiert werden, die bisweilen mit dem Leben, bisweilen mit dem Tod in Verbindung stehen. </br></br>Threads, ropes and textiles are elements of everyday life, which have reached a high technical level of development early in human history. The spinning of the yarn, one of the oldest forms of knowledge, seems to be, like the origin of every form of art, inseparable from a particular mythology. Besides their practical use, threads, nodes and tissues must have been quickly charged with symbolic meanings. This article examines the symbolism of the thread, the node and the tissue as metaphors that are sometimes connected with life and sometimes with death.

Comparing Home Dream Reports with Reports from English and Welsh "Sacred Sites"

ReVision ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 36-45
Author(s):  
Paul Devereux ◽  
Stanley Krippner ◽  
Robert Tartz ◽  
Adam Fish
Keyword(s):  
Sacred Sites
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