Tag - Searle Kochberg

Ritual Reconstructed research documentary to be screened at Bucks New University for LGBT History Month

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Ritual Reconstructed research documentary to be screened at Bucks New University for LGBT History Month A documentary filmed as part of the year-long research project Ritual Reconstructed, which used the medium of film, performance and storytelling to look…

The Orange on the Seder Plate: ways that the Jewish LGBT community has adapted ritual and ceremony.

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Keshet as part of UK LGBT History Month 2015 By Searle Kochberg In Interaction Ritual Chains (2005), Randall Collins proposes that successful rituals “create symbols of group membership and pump up individuals with emotional energy”. A lot of…

A relic from the past, my perfect Seder plate

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My artefact started life in Israel in the early 1960s, where as a tourist souvenir it was sold to an American couple from New Jersey. It depicts at its centre David’s Tower in Jerusalem. What is it? Better…

Ritual Reconstructed Visual Ethnography

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Searle Kochberg talks about visual ethnography, his documentary film making research and his most recent project called ‘Ritual Reconstructed’. Jewish rituals for the LGBT community is the subject matter. Watch the interview here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_DUjMO_Q0s&feature=em-share_video_user CCI TV Research Matters…