JCMC: Digital re-Discovery of Culture & Physicality of Soul


We focus on religious issues in Europe: Northern Ireland, Bulgaria and Macedonia. The religions in question are Western European Christianity (Roman Catholic and Anglican), Eastern European Christianity (Bulgarian, Serbian and Macedonian Orthodox), and Islam. Issues of conflict which we considered were schism and its resolution or at least cohabitation, the coercion by the State to give a common identity to all its citizens based on common language or common religion. A game of inquiry is chosen as the means to conduct an investigation into these issues. For this purpose we introduce the avatar, an American of Turkish background from Chicago who wishes to find out more about grandfather Habib who emigrated from Debre, Macedonia in 1923. This kind of game of the digital re-discovery of culture, usually begins with a personal narrative called a Backstory. Being played out on the Internet the playing needs physical grounding, a physicality of soul. The game was designed and played and Macedonia experienced as outcome. Following the search of the avatar we are led to discover positive surprises that bode well for religion on the Internet.

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Posted: Thu - April 20, 2006 at 07:50 a.m.          

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