Jews/Media/Religion: Mapping a Field, Building a Resource

Publication Date: January 2005

Publisher: Association for Jewish Studies; Association for Jewish Studies

Author(s): Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett; Jeffrey Shandler; Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett; Jeffrey Shandler

Research Area: Culture and religion; Education

Keywords: Judaic Studies; Media; Culture; Higher Education

Type: Report

Coverage: United States United States

Abstract:

The authors describe the goals, methods and preliminary results of a project called MODIYA (modiya.nyu.edu), an open-source, online curricular project gathering materials at the intersection of Jews, Jewish religion and Media. The project exemplifies research-based pedagogy, in which research and teaching proceed in tandem, which (the authors contend) is proper for sucha new field of inquiry.