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SinnRäume. An Exhibition | 45www.jrfm.eu 2017, 3/2, 37–51 independent portraits, they are each provided with their own space. they are arranged not on the basis of religion or relevance but rather according to the categories of religion, things, space, and living that they address. Contrasting examples are juxtaposed to avoid any unintended generalized hierarchies. Nev- ertheless, various spaces in the exhibition necessarily correspond visually.19 in exploring the exhibition, a visitor will draw correlations between the case stud- ies and the centrally located working categories. This effect is used and man- aged by the directional system. the exhibition circuit and the visual guidance systems provide connections between the case studies. that said, visitors are free to move around the circular exhibition as they desire, and we do not pro- mote any one predefined chronology or hierarchy. Various guidance concepts and design elements attempt to underline connections by means of construct- ed vacancies in which the visitor is asked questions about the connections and differences between exhibition elements. When the exhibition space is entered, the focus is on the front of the central pillar, which in three design elements using three media addresses the differ- ent levels of how we want to understand religion. in an introductory text we present the discursive nature of religion as a working concept. Below this text, listening stations have been installed, where diametrically opposed definitions of religion from historical and contemporary theologians and religious experts, our interviewees, public figures, and even Wikipedia can be listened to. These statements are presented by various voices as a polyphonic and discursive mis- cellany. the third media level is designed as a didactic support and as participatory. removable cards upon which various quotes are printed hang below the text and the listening stations. during guided tours, visitors are handed these cards to discuss the quotes and then search for the right placement in the exhibition, which is marked by green hooks. some of the cards cite our interviewees: In a corner I have a Krishna and few knickknacks and flowers; things that I somehow associate with this personification. My apartment is sometimes very chaotic because of the children, but i try to keep this corner so that it always looks orderly; as a form of homage or thanksgiving.20 (Jessica, June 2014, 00:26:59) these quotes can be associated with their respective speakers on the basis of photographs and other texts. Jessica’s statement above, for example, can be assigned to her via a photograph of her living room (fig. 2). 19 scholze 2004, 11. 20 “in einer ecke habe ich Krishna und ein bisschen schnickschnack und Blumen stehen. dinge, die ich irgendwie mit dieser Personifikation in Verbindung bringe. Meine Wohnung ist manchmal sehr cha- otisch durch die Kinder, aber diese stelle versuche ich immer so zu halten, dass sie gut aussieht: als ehrerbietung oder danksagung”, Jessica, June 2014, 00:26:59.