Submission Type
Event
Expected Graduation Date
2013
Location
Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
Start Date
4-14-2012 2:35 PM
End Date
4-14-2012 3:35 PM
Abstract
This poster presentation demonstrates how I used participant observation, interviewing, and collaborative visual ethnographic methods to gain insight into what it is like to be a Jewish student at Illinois Wesleyan University. This poster highlights three pertinent issues that members of IWU Hillel want to convey: their lack of a sacred space of their own on campus, the various ways Jewish identity can be experienced and expressed, and how non-Jewish students relate to their Jewish identity and towards Judaism in general. This presentation allows members of IWU Hillel to have their voices heard and to further educate other students at IWU about their beliefs with the hope of bringing a greater degree of religious tolerance to campus.
Searching for Tolerance: A Closer Look at IWU Hillel
Atrium, Center for Natural Sciences, Illinois Wesleyan University
This poster presentation demonstrates how I used participant observation, interviewing, and collaborative visual ethnographic methods to gain insight into what it is like to be a Jewish student at Illinois Wesleyan University. This poster highlights three pertinent issues that members of IWU Hillel want to convey: their lack of a sacred space of their own on campus, the various ways Jewish identity can be experienced and expressed, and how non-Jewish students relate to their Jewish identity and towards Judaism in general. This presentation allows members of IWU Hillel to have their voices heard and to further educate other students at IWU about their beliefs with the hope of bringing a greater degree of religious tolerance to campus.