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Testing and Disrupting Ontologies : Using the Database of Religious History as a Pedagogical Tool Danielson, Andrew J.; Arbuckle MacLeod, Caroline; Hamm, Matthew; Canlas, Gino; Randall, Ian E.; Moreiras Reynaga, Diana; Weideman, Julian; Monroe, M. Willis

Abstract

In an age of “Big Data” the study of the history and archaeology of religion faces an exponentially increasing quantity and range of data and scholarly interpretation. For the student and scholar alike, new tools that allow for efficient and accurate inquiry are a necessity. Here, the open-access and digital Database of Religious History (DRH) is presented as one such tool that addresses this need and is well suited for use in the classroom. In this article, we present the basic structure of the database along with a demonstration of its potential use. Following a thematic inquiry into questions concerning “high gods”, individual disciplinary-specific case studies examine applications to particular contexts across time and space. These case studies demonstrate the ways in which the DRH can test and disrupt ontologies through its ability to efficiently cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.

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Testing and Disrupting Ontologies : Using the Database of Religious History as a Pedagogical Tool
Creator
Danielson, Andrew J.; Arbuckle MacLeod, Caroline; Hamm, Matthew; Canlas, Gino; Randall, Ian E.; Moreiras Reynaga, Diana; Weideman, Julian; Monroe, M. Willis
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2022-08-29
Description
In an age of “Big Data” the study of the history and archaeology of religion faces an exponentially increasing quantity and range of data and scholarly interpretation. For the student and scholar alike, new tools that allow for efficient and accurate inquiry are a necessity. Here, the open-access and digital Database of Religious History (DRH) is presented as one such tool that addresses this need and is well suited for use in the classroom. In this article, we present the basic structure of the database along with a demonstration of its potential use. Following a thematic inquiry into questions concerning “high gods”, individual disciplinary-specific case studies examine applications to particular contexts across time and space. These case studies demonstrate the ways in which the DRH can test and disrupt ontologies through its ability to efficiently cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Subject
religion; database; pedagogy; digital humanities; religious studies; history; archaeology; high gods
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-07-05
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0434144
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85199
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Non UBC; Philosophy, Department of
Citation
Danielson, Andrew J., Caroline Arbuckle MacLeod, Matthew J. Hamm, Gino Canlas, Ian E. Randall, Diana K. Moreiras Reynaga, Julian Weideman, and M. Willis Monroe. 2022. Testing and Disrupting Ontologies: Using the Database of Religious History as a Pedagogical Tool. Religions 13: 793.
Publisher DOI
10.3390/rel13090793
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher; Postdoctoral; Graduate
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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