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__Personal vs. Shared Knowledge__ __Mini-Knowledge Communities__ You will be formed into groups of 3. This is your own knowledge community and your first job is to come to a consensus on what your community of knowers will be called.
 * Instructions:**

Once you have decided on your team name, draw three subjects from AOK flash cards. You may choose to pass on an area of knowledge and draw another card up to two times.

Once you have your three subjects, you are take 5 minutes per subject to brainstorm a list of all the things you (individually) know about that subject in your prompt book. This should be done in silence and with no consultation with other group members.

Develop a group Venn diagram that reflects what they know individually vs. collectively. Each member should read their brainstorm of all they know about the subject individually in turn. Once all the lists are read, put an x next to anything in common with all members, these go into the shared knowledge portion of the Venn Diagram, things that are known by more than one are part of their connected circles go into intersections between their circles, unique knowledge stays in own circle.



Once you are finished with your Venn diagrams, consider the below questions and jot down your thoughts for a future class discussion.

Discussion Questions:
 * Is it really possible to have knowledge of a culture in which we have not been raised?
 * Are those outside a particular religious tradition really capable of understanding its key ideas?
 * Does there exist a neutral position from which to make judgments about competing claims from different groups with different traditions and different interests?
 * To what extent are our familiar areas of knowledge embedded in a particular tradition or to what extent might they be bound to a particular culture?
 * Presented with the belief system of a community of knowers, how can we decide what we personally believe? How can we decide which beliefs we ought to check further? In the end does it just amount to a question of trust? If so, how can we decide who to trust, and on which issues?