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Question
In the 2012-13 academic year, the family of Zachary Daniel Day established an annual lectureship in the Department of Religious Studies to honor his memory. Zach, as he was known to us, was a religious studies major and anthropology minor, a Silvertstein Scholar (2007), and a graduate of The University of Alabama (in 2008), who died unexpectedly on July 21, 2011, at the age of 26.Zach had a strong interest in the intersection of religion with music, art, videos, gaming, and literature. In Zach's memory, and through the kindness of his father, Charles Day, and his stepmother, Nancy Campbell, and the generosity of his friends and family, the Department is the home for the Zachary Daniel Day Memorial Support Fund which makes possible an annual lecture.For the final activity in this module, I am asking you to do something like the letter from the future.
You are to watch one of the Day Lectures and then write short note to the guest lecturer from a functionalist perspective.You can find a list of selected Day Lectures.
Address the your summary to the lecturer. Be sure to include the title of the lecture as well as embed the video link into the lecture title.
Using your own words, explain to the lecturer how the functionalist approach makes sense of what they are saying. Be sure to support yourself by including a quotation from the lecture. Include the timestamp for the quotation in brackets.
Choose to analyze the lecture from only one of the four ways that culture functions in society. Be sure to support yourself by including a quotation from the lecture. Include the timestamp for the quotation in brackets. Based on your choice, how does it:
- Express and reaffirm social values?
- Enlighten and empower people as individuals?
- Help people cope with their existing conditions?
- Provide people with pleasure?
Just as you did with the opening activity in this module, remember to ask these questions critically. Double check what that means by going back to the section on Dr. bell hooks in Module 4 (link to that section of M4).
1. Whose values are affirmed? Whose values are left out?
2. Who is empowered? To do what? Does that empowerment come at the expense or harm of others?
3. Does 'cope' mean to accept unfavorable or even harmful circumstances?
4. Who gets the pleasure? What kind of pleasure is it? Does that pleasure come at the expense or harm of others?
Be sure to support yourself by including a quotation from the lecture. Include the timestamp for the quotation in brackets.
5. Think of a way to thank the lecturer for their contribution to your studies of religion in popular culture.
6. And finally, sign off with your avatar.