Episode 2 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Advance the overall account; briefly introduce Team Z; offer a narrative answer to Research Question 1 ("The Community"); set up, develop, and explore the idea of "faith-adjacent" space.

00:00 – Cold Open: Non-Retail Non-Therapy
07:03 – Act 1: Community By Design
19:39 – Break 1: Doreen Massey
25:53 – Act 2: Gratitude on Behalf of Whomever
40:25 – Break 2: Carla Roland Guzmán
46:26 – Coda: Faith-Adjacent Spaces

Becoming Tapestry – Ch 2 – Space Is a Social Practice

Episode 1 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Introduce the project and research site as a whole; the purpose and approach of this account; myself as researcher, storyteller, and faith leader; some relevant social framing and theory; and two of the story's other central characters, Hannah and Sam.

00:00 – Cold Open: A Church that Doesn’t Look Like Church 
08:52 – Act 1: Why We’re Here 
23:39 – Break 1: Elizabeth Drescher and Robert Putnam
37:06 – Act 2: Godly Play, the Remix
45:52 – Break 2: Bruno Latour
50:22 – Coda: Tapestry Is the Weaving

Becoming Tapestry – Ch 1 – No Group, Only Group Formation

Episode 3 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Advance the overall account; provide preliminary overview of research data and methods; offer narrative answer to Research Question 3 ("The Researcher"); explore how a significant research turning point and its lingering emotional impact illustrates a theory of meaning that Digital Stories significantly leverage.

00:00 – Cold Open: (Lack of) Progress Report
07:58 – Act 1: The Obligatory Segment about Data and Research Methods
19:15 – Break 1: Kristine Rodriguez Kerr, Katherine Newhouse, Lalitha Vasudevan, and Carey Jewitt
30:42 – Act 2: Opting In, Blurring Out
44:13 – Break 2: John Jackson Jr.
52:43 – Coda: Revealing Ritual

Becoming Tapestry – Ch 3 – Empathetic Engagement

Episode 4 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Conclude the overall account; offer narrative answer to Research Question 2 (“The Storytellling”); provide additional explanation of concentric analytic methods in the respective projects; discuss relevant forms of closure and continuing collaboration.

00:00 – Cold Open: Launching the ‘Project Thingie’
04:59 – Act 1: Pseudonyms, Scripts, and Other Negotiations
19:57 – Break 1: Joe Lambert
26:40 – Act 2: Saying Goodbye to Peg
42:59 – Break 2: Daniel Makagon and Mark Neumann
50:42 – Coda: Closing the Story Circle(s)

Becoming Tapestry – Ch 4 – Conversations with Artifacts

Final bonus episode of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Share a co-created research artifact that there wasn't room in the main narrative to discuss in more depth.

Interviewee: Yesenia
Interviewers: Hannah & Sam
Editing & Production: Kyle
Additional Music: "Curiosity" by Lee Rosevere via bandcamp.com (CC BY 3.0)

Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 4 – Yesenia's Story

Bonus episode 3 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Share a research account from the pilot project that served as a kind of "proof of concept" of what I eventually produced in the main study and narrative.

Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 3 – Pilot

Bonus episode 1 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Share an extended ethnographic immersion in the form of the entire recording of an important moment from the study's field work, briefly excerpted in the main narrative.

Storyteller: Hannah

Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 1 – Tapestry Guiding Principles Story

Bonus episode 2 of a dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Share a conversation with a religious education researcher working in a similar area about our ideas and shared interests.

Interviewee: James Nagle
Interviewer: Kyle Oliver
Production & Editing: Kyle Oliver & Erin Wiens St. John

Becoming Tapestry – Bonus 2 – Colleague Chat with James Nagle

Trailer for the dissertation podcast by the Rev. Kyle Matthew Oliver, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Objective: Share introduce the series.

Becoming Tapestry – Trailer

This is our first attempt at a weekly (or so) podcast for people who might like an audio prompt for prayer (see also Pray As You Go). This episode includes a brief  introduction from Kyle followed by the song itself. Let us know what you think!

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The Double-Down Two-Step

CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 01 - 'Rotisserie Graveyard'

Many monastic orders prayer the entire Psalter (Book of Psalms) in a repeating 30-day cycle. Now you can too!

30 Day Psalm Cycle - Day 1 - Morning - Psalms 1 - 5

The audio from our recent Bible Illumination of Psalm 5 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OX2H65uiXoI), with a brief introduction about praying with the psalms. Psalm 5 is itself about prayer and trusting in God's justice and deliverance.

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CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 02 - 'my appeal and watch'

Our first guided reflection podcast, in the style of Pray As You Go—but shorter. It’s a story you’ve probably heard, about Elijah’s journey to meet God on a distant mountain. The prophet has been through a lot recently, and this encounter with the divine helps him take stock and discern what’s next.

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Caeli

periculum

CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 03 - 'still small voice'

The bold and lovely Canticle of the Sun by St. Francis. This recording is a very lightly modernized paraphrase of Paschal Robinson's 1905 translation.

Text and more remixable multimedia prayer resources available at http://prayr.cc

Canticle Of The Sun

In honor of St. Francis Week, this week's podcast is his Canticle of the Sun. Little bit of music by yours truly to help shape the space.

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Easy Does it

CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 04 - Canticle of the Sun

Our first Prayer Talk episode! I interview my wife, Kristin Saylor, who is no stranger to the idea that prayer is much broader than we think. In truth, she's the one who's taught me that.

More about Kristin: https://www.kristinsaylor.com/
More about the show: https://www.creativecommonsprayer.com/

Easy Does It

CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 05 - Kristin Saylor on Breathwork and 'what counts'

Today we're returning to a Music for Prayer episode. This is a track from a Creative Commons Japan remix project called, if I'm understanding correctly, Ecchu-Owara-Bushi. This is a folk melody handed down in Yatsuo, Toyama, Japan and played on the kokyu (stringed instrument at left in the photo).

I don't know if there is any particular spiritual significance to this song, but I think it's very beautiful. The repeated rhythmic pattern across ascending and descending melodies lines grounds the listener's experience. Enjoy.

Music: "Ecchu-Owara-Bushi (kokyu solo)" by Ecchu-Yatsuo-Owara-Dojyo via Soundcloud (CC BY 3.0) https://soundcloud.com/wearecc/ecchu-yatsuo-owara-dojyo_ecchu-owara-bushi-kokyu-solo

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Ecchu-Owara-Bushi

CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 06 - 'Ecchu-Owara-Bushi'

This summer my friend and mentor Roger Ferlo introduced me to a wonderful George Herbert poem entitled "The H Scriptures II." In this episode I read it a couple of times with some quiet guitar music for reflection time in between. 

Music: "Dragon Country (Apple & Clove)" by Alexander Westmacott via Free Music Archive (CC BY 4.0)

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Dragon Country (Apple & Clove)

CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 07 - The H Scriptures II (Herbert)

Many monastic orders pray the entire Psalter(Book of Psalms)in a repeating 30-day cycle. Now you can too!

This translation is from the Book of Common Prayer, which is in the Public Domain.

Learn more at https://prayr.cc

30 Day Psalm Cycle - Day 3 - Morning - Psalms 15 - 17

This week we have another psalm with music, Psalm 16. The guitar music by Alexander Westmacott is back by popular demand. 

In the intro I share a very special story about praying with the psalms, courtesy of the late, great Bishop Mark Dyer. He's one of my spiritual mentors and a much beloved man of God. 

Music: "Dragon Country (Apple & Clove)" [edited slightly to extend length] by Alexander Westmacott via Free Music Archive (CC BY 4.0)

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CC Prayer Podcast - Episode 08 - Psalm 16 (with Guitar)

30 Day Psalm Cycle - Day 4 - Morning - Psalms 19 - 21

The recent news of the demise of Free Music Archive sent me scurrying there to download some favorites. Among those is this Music for Prayer selection from Creative Commons Prayer.

"Full of Stars" by Philipp Weigl via Free Music Archive (CC BY 4.0)
http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Philipp_Weigl/Sound-trax/Philipp_Weigl_-_Full_of_Stars

Sound-trax

Full of Stars by Philipp Weigl

This is the pilot episode of a podcast about my ongoing dissertation research at Teachers College, Columbia University. I prepared it both to launch the eventual series itself and to share at the Ethnography and Education Forum February 22-23 at the University of Pennsylvania.

You can see slides from a more traditional academic presentation of this research at https://prayr.cc/space-heard. The photo Lauren talks about is in slide 5.

Learn more about digital storytelling at http://storycenter.org. Learn more about me and subscribe to my Learning, Faith, & Media Newsletter at https://kyleoliver.net.

References and further reading:

Ackermann E. K. (2007) Experiences of artifacts: People’s appropriations / objects’ “affordances”. In: Glasersfeld E. (Ed.) Key works in radical constructivism (pp. 249–259). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Hess, M. E. (2012). Mirror neurons, the development of empathy, and digital story telling. Religious Education, 107, 401–414. 

Lambert, J. (2012). Digital storytelling: Capturing lives, creating community. New York, NY: Routledge.

Faith-Adjacent - 01 - Pilot

Psalm 4, read by Kyle Matthew Oliver
Translation: Book of Common Prayer (Public Domain)

Psalm 5

As part of a collaborative discussion about the intersection of our work, James Nagle shares with me a gloss of his research that serves a lit-review type function. Notice the richly embodied quality of description—for example, the way nuances "... is affirmative, or at least ... curious" marking his hesitation and awareness of the contested space he's speaking into.

Scroll down to view the transcript.

This clip was selected as part of a presentation with members of the Media and Social Change Lab for the 2020 Ethnography in Education Forum hosted by the Center for Urban Ethnography in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.

TRANSCRIPT

Kyle (00:00):
Yeah. Say a little more about that. Tell us what project you just finished and where you were, and that kind of thing.

Jimmy (00:06):
Sure. Just finishing up a book on deconversion or disaffiliation, trying to develop a more affirmative way to talk about more and more young and not-so-young people that are living and learning religiously outside of recognizably, at least, conventionally recognizable religious communities, [for example], "That's a Jewish community, that's a Catholic community."

New Speaker (00:26):
You know, those spaces in between are growing with more and more people living their lives in those spaces. Usually they're characterized by loss in some ways. Even the "nones" implies a lack of something, or they're lost, or they're lapsed or "backsliding" is one of the harsher ones I've heard.

New Speaker (00:43):
So trying to develop a language that is affirmative or at least curious, that might bring them into the conversation and also offer a way that we can theologize with this group and theologize about, instead of seeing them as just objects to return to the fold.

Kyle (01:02):
That's great.

James Nagle glosses his research

Faith-based educational media producer & researcher, creator of an all-audio dissertation | Head of Learning Media, Learning Forte | Doctoral graduate, Media & Social Change Lab | he/him

Kyle Matthew Oliver

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