6. One of the problems with ritual, we're not sure what's a ritual and what's not What is our subject matter? Some rituals aew clearly marked off from other actions others are much less so Rite of passage for bomb makers was to witness a nuclear test. This is a problem for new bomb makers i. Serves to convince the bomb makers that everything is safe and that they have the whole thing under control b. The answer to the problem of identifying ritualhas been to say, lets not worry about the definition of ritual c. There may be some clear-cut cases, but there are many things you can analyze as a ritual, even if the people within it don' t recognize it as such, we can still ask i. What moral values is it dramatizing? What message is it sending? iii. How is it setting boundaries? iv. How is it letting people in and out or groups or roles? d. We use this frame of ritual and use the framework to analyze many other aspects of life e. Classic example: Clifford Geertz article, worked in bali He and his wife were getting frozen out of the culture Wandered in to see a cockfight that the police came to raid the fight6. One of the problems with ritual, we’re not sure what’s a ritual and what’s not. What is our subject matter? Some rituals aew clearly marked off from other actions, others are much less so. a. Rite of passage for bomb makers was to witness a nuclear test. This is a problem for new bomb makers. i. Serves to convince the bomb makers that everything is safe and that they have the whole thing under control b. The answer to the problem of identifying ritualhas been to say, let’s not worry about the definition of ritual c. There may be some clear-cut cases, but there are many things you can analyze as a ritual, even if the people within it don’t recognize it as such, we can still ask: i. What moral values is it dramatizing? ii. What message is it sending? iii. How is it setting boundaries? iv. How is it letting people in and out or groups or roles? d. We use this frame of ritual and use the framework to analyze many other aspects of life. e. Classic example: Clifford Geertz article, worked in Bali. i. He and his wife were getting frozen out of the culture. ii. Wandered in to see a cockfight that the police came to raid the fight