Between 2013 and 2015, our humanities lab drew together a multidisciplinary research team of faculty, artists and filmmakers, and students, convened as a series of “mobile think tanks.” We attended, observed, and participated in these festivals together:  interviewing participants, organizers, and political leaders. The mobile think tank gathered in situ with local intellectuals in a seminar workshop format to discuss, analyze, and interpret each particular religious event in relation to the themes of immigration, race, globalization and political and civic culture.

Funded by UCHRI, Religion in Diaspora and Global Affairs initiative (RIDAGA)

http://religiousfestivals.ucr.edu