Ritual, Narratives and the Social Network

“Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and moral principles.”
—Xun Zi

Step18 — M April 13
Read — Smart, “The Ritual Dimension,”  (Reader Response25)
Read —Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, 300-333 (Reader Response26)

Step19—W April 15
Read — Campbell, Chapter 4 , “Story-Formed Community online: Identity Narraratives,” 75- 96 + Chapter five “Communicating Online: Creating Community through Email,” 107-123. (Reader Response27)

Field trip3 — F April 17
Buddhism (Meet in world, at Wisdom’s sandbox)