Description
A long line of research on issues of ritual and meaning has resulted in rather diverse theoretical models. By focusing on what it is like to execute ritualized behaviour from the religious agent's perspective, I believe certain advantages are gained, which makes it possible to construct and test a model of the experiential and meaningful dimensions of online ritual performance - which I take to be one of the many possible meanings of ritual, maybe even its minimal meaning.
I will present the outlines of a model, which suggest that three semiotic dimensions structure the religious agent's meaningful experience of enacting ritualized behaviour. According to this model, the online ritual meaning emerges through the interaction of a particular behavioural form and its fusion with perceptual cues, conceptual resources, and emotional modulation.
Finally, I will sketch a forthcoming implementation of the theoretical model in a minimal neural network, which can test the model and furthermore serve as a starting point for computational explorations in the phenomenon of ritual meaning.
| Period | 29 May 2008 |
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| Event title | Religious Ritual, Cognition and Culture |
| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Aarhus, DenmarkShow on map |