Summer School. Bremen, Germany. July 30 - August 09 2010. Instructed by more than 10 international teachers, the participants of will engage for ten days into the interdisciplinary study of practical methods and theoretical approaches for the scientific handling of ritual and media.

Two HASTAC Scholars: Anne Cong-Huyen and Edward Gonzalez-Tennant have hosted a discussion forum on Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora in the Digital Age. The forum should explore the reproduction and (re)configurations of race, ethnicity, and diaspora in digital spaces, including social networks, video games and virtual spaces.

This chapter analyzes video games and video clips with an Islamic emphasis and the various levels at which they convey ethical and moral values. Both video games and video clips have been neglected and marginalized by the academy, albeit to varying degrees. Given their pervasiveness, especially among Middle Eastern youth, we are in crucial need today of critical understanding of the different ways these media articulate Islam and communicate it to consumers. This chapter in particular discusses the appropriation of games by various private Islamic companies, operating in the broader religious and cultural context of the Islamic revival and piety movement, for educational purposes. Finally, this chapter discusses how Islamic game production and, more generally, the public discourse of the Islamic piety movement are shaping mainstream video game production targeted at Muslim audiences and the marketing strategies of game production companies.