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Collaborative research on sound and religion based at Ohio State University and Michigan State University. Funded by the Henry Luce Foundation

Joined April 2019
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We have launched our new home page! Now you can begin to listen to selections from our archive right away. Many thanks to @Leigh_Bonds @laura_kwerel Henry Goldschmidt, and Morgan Shipley for their advice, and Beth Binsky for her graphic design wizardry. religioussounds.osu.edu/
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We have a new exhibit! “Unmute! Listening for Religion in the Age of COVID-19” includes playlists of audio we received, thematic essays, and stories from particular communities about how they have adapted to the conditions of pandemic arspgallery.com/covid-exhibi…
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Many thanks to all those who submitted sounds to this project, and especially to the Ohio State University Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme COVID-19 Special Grants Initiative for funding this research.
David W. Stowe (of @CALMSU ) on teaching digital fieldwork with the ARSP. religioussounds.osu.edu/cont…… Are you using the ARSP in your teaching? Please share your stories!
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Thanks again to Corinne Kronschnabel and @cdc29 for their wonderful essay!
@cdc29 and Corinne Kronschnabel have written a new blog post for us about the pitfalls and potentials of applying metadata to religion. Check it out at religioussounds.osu.edu/cont…
@cdc29 and Corinne Kronschnabel have written a new blog post for us about the pitfalls and potentials of applying metadata to religion. Check it out at religioussounds.osu.edu/cont…
We have a new gallery exhibit! Many thanks to @piercesalguero and the Jivaka Project for their work on Buddhism in Philadelphia. arspgallery.com/buddhism-gre…
For more on this subject, check out @gerber_lynne ’s wonderful essay in @the_revealer about Jim Mitulski and his ministry. therevealer.org/aids-and-the…
We are incredibly proud of the latest ARSP exhibit: The Pink and Purple Church in the Castro. Many thanks to @gerber_lynne , @sjcolom , and Ariana Nedelman for putting it together and sharing this amazing collection of photos and sounds. arspgallery.com/mccsf-exhibi…
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We are incredibly proud of the latest ARSP exhibit: The Pink and Purple Church in the Castro. Many thanks to @gerber_lynne , @sjcolom , and Ariana Nedelman for putting it together and sharing this amazing collection of photos and sounds. arspgallery.com/mccsf-exhibi…
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Congratulations to Lauren Pond for her photo “Pandemic Funeral,” which was awarded first prize in the OSU 2021 COMPAS photo contest! More here: cehv.osu.edu/2021-compas-pho…
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In our most recent blog post, @piercesalguero offers an overview of the diverse Buddhist community in Philadelphia. religioussounds.osu.edu/blog…
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Looking for new teaching ideas for next term? Shyam K. Sriram (Butler University) has written a new blog post for us about "Turning the Religious Sounds Project into a Midterm” religioussounds.osu.edu/blog…
In addition to our work, @HLuceFdn is also supporting the important work of @RecoveringTruth . This interdisciplinary project (including ARSP board member Tracy Fessenden) works to create new platforms for the pursuit, meaning, discovery, and recovery of truth in democratic life.
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NB: since they spoke to us, our catalog of crowdsourced sounds has more than doubled!
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We’d like to thank everyone who has contibuted to our Call for Sounds! The quality and variety of submissions has been excellent so keep them coming! religioussounds.osu.edu/call…
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Some examples of what people are hearing and sending us: @VaadHaBadchanim reading Goodnight Moon as if he is leyning, using the intonation of chanting used to ritually read from the Torah religioussounds.osu.edu/site…
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