Jason Francisco’s photography spans a variety of subjects and themes, but some of his ongoing projects take on the complexities of memory and loss in Eastern Europe, particularly memory and loss related to the Holocaust. Francisco recently sat down
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An Interview with Jason Francisco, Part 2: Memory, Remembrance, and Composition
Jason Francisco’s photography spans a variety of subjects and themes, but some of his ongoing projects take on the complexities of memory and loss in Eastern Europe, particularly memory and loss related to the Holocaust.
An Interview with Jason Francisco, Part 1: Photographing the “Sacred” in “Alive and Destroyed”
Jason Francisco received his MFA in Photography from Stanford University in 1998 and is presently an Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies at Emory University. Professor Francisco’s photography spans a variety of subjects and themes, but several of
Thanksgiving Rites and Wrongs: Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the American Imagination
D. F. Sebastian The contrast between the practices of modern and archaic thanksgiving rites gives us insight into the broader imagination behind how our society is constructed.
A Long Strange Trip: Exploring How Yoga-Narasimha Landed on the Grateful Dead’s First Album Cover
Deepak Sarma He did suggest that I try to interview living members of the band but, alas, I am still pursuing that unreachable lead.
Weird, Wacky, and Contradictory Yoga: 7 Questions for Anya P. Foxen
Anya P. Foxen For the purposes of this book, religion is the possibility of the human to become superhuman.
America’s 10 Commandments: 7 Questions for Jenna Weissman Joselit
Jenna Weissman Joselit No other country made, or continues to make, as much of them as America does.
Remembering Prince
Mark Hulsether If music or group religious rituals can change the world—and I think at times they can—then the world changed during this performance.
Amor de Dios: A Reflection on Finding the Love of God
Luís León The Penitente brotherhood emerged in Italy and Spain around that time as a fraternity committed to the imitation of Christ’s passion; their signature ritual was self-flagellation.
The Changing Nature of Sacred Spaces
Wendy Cadge Flexibility is evident in many health care organizations where religious symbols have increasingly been removed from traditional chapels and furniture put on wheels to be as versatile as possible.