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Religious festivals involve a range of social practices. From having an annual drink with acquaintances before Christmas, office parties, spending money on gifts and eating a weeks’ worth of food... in a day, and ideally fitting in all that study, juggling demands can be difficult. In this session, we think about what these religious festivals might add, and how restraint during Lent or Ramadan, followed by festivities, are different to things like dry January. Taking ideas of restraint and celebration and applying those to study, this session will give you some space to think about potential gains vs time, acknowledging success, and when discipline can be useful in your studies.
Religious festivals involve a range of social practices. From having an annual drink with acquaintances before Christmas, office parties, spending money on gifts and eating a weeks’ worth of food... in a day, and ideally fitting in all that study, juggling demands can be difficult. In this session, we think about what these religious festivals might add, and how restraint during Lent or Ramadan, followed by festivities, are different to things like dry January. Taking ideas of restraint and celebration and applying those to study, this session will give you some space to think about potential gains vs time, acknowledging success, and when discipline can be useful in your studies.
| Series: | Fresher's and Orientation; Series 2018 |
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| Episode | Day 1 Part 18 |
| Recording date: | 31-01-2018 |
| Published: | 2018 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all Digital Archive web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:22:58 |
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| Presenter: | Karen Foley |
| Contributors: | Graham Harvey; Paul-François Tremlett |
| Publisher: | The Open University |
| Link to related site: | Internal url: http://studenthublive.open.ac.uk/abstract/what-can-religious-studies-tell-us-about-studying-restrain-and-celebration?event=%28re%29Fresher%27s%20and%20Orientation%20%2831%20January%20and%201%20February%29 |
| Production number: | SHL00283 |
| Available to public: | yes |
