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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"interaction ritual"”.
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Running Identities and Interaction Ritual Chains
This thesis links two theories, Interaction Ritual Chains (IRC) with Identity Control Theory (ICT), through a multi-method study of group training programs for beginning runners. First, group training programs are identified as IRCs. Second, we see that IRCs produce identities within individuals …
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Music as an interaction ritual: A post-cognitivist framework for understanding musical interaction within Jazz
Musical performance requires improvised interaction between performers. Though the degree of improvisation and the nature of interactions may vary between different types of music, it is clear that our ability for synchronized action and improvisation is integral to musical performance. Music is …
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Playing for Togetherness - Designing for Interaction Rituals through Gaming
… games? Seeing the outcomes of a successful interaction ritual – positive emotional energy and a sense of group solidarity – as the main components of the togetherness of games, this thesis seeks to shed light on how design can improve the use of games as vehicles of interaction. The thesis …
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Effervescence and solidarity in religious organizations.
… is an effort to test and extend Randall Collins' interaction ritual theory in the context of religious organizations. The theory proposes that optimal management of bodily copresence, intersubjectivity, and barriers to outsiders stimulates collective effervescence and social solidarity. I use …
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Tradition richness : a theory of campus traditions and culture.
… from the premises that deep-seated habits are spiritually formative and that traditions—when done well—function as liturgies of celebration, it is important to understand how traditions relate to campus culture in order for Christian institutions to engage student in such formation. As such, this …
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Consumer Pride and Consumption-Based Family Rituals: A Field Study in Zagreb, Croatia
… generates emotion and involves consumption is ritual. According to Collins' Interaction Ritual Chain (2004), elements of sustained rituals such as Sunday family dinner reinforce expression of emotion and the status of symbolic goods. Thus, this dissertation investigates how consumption-based …
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The Experiential Aspects of Sport Stadiums: An Examination of Emotion and Memory
… through an interdisciplinary examination of our interaction with them. The interdisciplinary emphasis inherent within this examination integrates elements from sport sociology, sport geography, and sport management. Synthesizing elements from these sport subdisciplines promotes a theoretical and …