[Air-L] Cross-cultural digital religion in the age of corona?

[Sally Applin]

You might query Yale’s HRAF ethnography database (if you have access) to see what non- broadcast traditions are. 

The broadcast time/ routine may have nothing to do with the material or even culture and more to do with suddenly being at home.


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> On Mar 23, 2020, at 2:45 AM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess at media.uio.no> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Some of you know one of my stock jokes: as a philosopher I only need one data point ...
> I've collected a few more in this case - namely, casual observations of the differences between Denmark and Norway in terms of use of both traditional broadcast and SoMe, both secular and within the Lutheran communities. Briefly:
> 
> 1) the Norwegian Lutheran Church offers occasional "musical devotions," e.g., a small choir (at proper distance) singing a psalm or two, a short sermon, and then music (primarily organ) for ca. 45 minutes or so - livestreamed from their FB page.
> 
> 2) The organist /cantor from a Danish church offers a morning song, livestreamed from his FB page, featuring two songs as sung by him and his family (who are gathered in for school at home, etc.)
> 
> 3) The Danish broadcasting channel, DR1, also offers a morning song, beginning with familiar singing warm-ups, followed by two (sometimes more) favorites from the Danish "High School Song Book," sometimes the Danish Psalm Book, and/or other places, e.g., favorite children's songs.  These are requested by listeners / viewers, sometimes accompanied by a video of the requestor, explaining why s/he thinks the song would be good in these times.
> Something like 100,000 people tune in and, presumptively, sing along.
> (<https://www.dr.dk/drtv/serie/morgensang-med-phillip-faber_176557>, though you'll have to use a VPN with a Danish connection to get the content. Speaking for a friend ...)
> 
> FWIW: These and other experiences give the general impression that such (secular) morning song tradition is far stronger in Denmark: I'm not finding anything like this in the main Norwegian channels currently.
> 
> Three data points, and hence two queries: despite all the disasters, dangers, and exceptional challenges - for those still able to muster a research agenda
> 1) is anyone paying closer, far more skilled and disciplined attention to such phenomena in Scandinavia?
> 2) ditto for other places in the world?
> 
> It would be good and interesting to know.  My simple-minded hypothesis / assumption is that documenting and analyzing comparisons and contrasts such as these might tell us something interesting,
> a) not only about SoMe and/or traditional broadcasting (where the latter is likely more consumed precisely by those in the highest risk group) but also and/or
> b) cross-cultural differences, both subtle and gross, that might be related to other factors of cultural histories, infrastructures, etc.
> 
> In all events, all best to us all, despite it all ...
> - charles ess
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