Welcome to the course "Sensing invisible presence"

Dear all,

Thank you for enrolling in this course, which turned out really well last year! To begin, it aims towards the following goals:

• analyse the occurrence of presence experiences at the individual, group and community level in different contexts
• discuss and critically reflect on presence experiences from different theoretical perspectives
• compare and discuss cultural psychological and clinical perspectives on extraordinary experiences
• discuss and evaluate different empirical research methods applied in the study of invisible presence
• choose, justify and apply a research method for a small empirical investigation
• independently and in a nuanced way apply relevant, theoretical perspectives and concepts to a defined material.

In this course room you will find the schedule, course literature, and additional information which you need to prepare for our first meeting. All lectures and seminars are held online (through the link above) and recorded material such as lectures will be made available here at the learning platform. The schedule also points to what literature to read, and all literature can be found in one of the modules here at Canvas. 

The course is arranged according to four themes, which will be treated during two weeks. The theme is introduced through a joint lecture and followed by a seminar the next week. Before each seminar, you will be asked to hand in a short paper (approximately 2 pages + references) where you reflect on the course literature. During the final two week-period, you will be working independently with case studies where you examine and analyse experiences of invisible presence. 

The main course book, How God Becomes Real by Tanya Luhrmann (2020), can be accessed online through our library at du.se. The remaining articles and book chapters are attached in the course room. 

I look forward to inspiring, interesting, and challenging discussions!

All the best,
Ingela