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Episode 1: The Modeling Religion Project
The team kicks off the three-year Modeling Religion Project in Virginia. They explain their vision to a group of consultants, some of whom doubt whether the team’s goal can be achieved.
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Episode 2: Modeling Religion in Virginia
The team meets to refine their methods and build a series of models.
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Episode 3: Modeling Religion in Norway
Realizing that computer simulations of religion can be useful on political levels, the team expands its efforts at a university in Norway. They start to introduce their methods to the public.
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Episode 4: Modeling Religious Violence
Broaching the topic of religious violence, the team recruits a political scientist to explain how simulations push forward the understanding of social conflict and can ultimately inform policy decisions. The team presents their work publicly in Texas.
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Episode 5: 3D Archaeology
A team of archaeologists based at Çatalhöyük, a UNESCO dig site in Turkey, build a digital replica of the site in order to preserve and share it.
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Episode 6: Non-Modelers Modeling
A historian, a psychologist, a philosopher, and a Biblical scholar work with the team to build computer simulations of their academic research and findings.
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Episode 7: Modeling the Refugee Crisis
The team travels to Lesvos, Greece, an epicenter of the global refugee crisis, in order to build computer simulations of the immigration, arrivals, and integration process.
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Episode 8: Making Modeling Accessible
The team tests the simulation platform built for non-modelers to use. They reflect on their three years of work and contemplate the future of modeling religion.