This is handiwork of Hopewell Culture people. It is eleven inches high and made of sheer mica. It was found in Mound 25 at Hopewell,Ohio. 
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Showing posts with label culture. Show all posts
Friday, August 3, 2012
Hopewell Culture
This is handiwork of Hopewell Culture people. It is eleven inches high and made of sheer mica. It was found in Mound 25 at Hopewell,Ohio. 
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Imperial Expansion
While Europeans were dividing up much of the rest of the world, The imperial expansion westward across North America held the attention on many U.S. citizens. Americans used the period of relative peace between their Civil War and the Spanish American war to subdue and confine American Indians.
It seems westward expansion has had a strong effect on our America culture and democracy. Many influential Americans, contrary to some of their founders, decided that the rest of the world was a new frontier for the empire of the rulers of the United States.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Culture
If we discuss culture and other socially transmitted happenings, we may profit by using the culturally transmitted designation BC. With the use of BC we can begin to approach the year zero with all appropriate caution. If BC ends with the year -1 and AD begins with+1, shouldn't those ones be divided by a zero?
Let me here unequivocally state that the transmission of technology, like the domestication gourds, squash, and peppers in the South America 8500 B.C., is not directly related to VD. Still,in our world, it is true that VD and culture have long been associated.
Remains of lakeside dwellings in central Oregon, buried and preserved beneath lava from the eruption of mount Mazama about 8000 BC, showed that people there probably included in their diet sag, bison, rabbit, bear, sheep, deer, elk, hazelnuts, and blackberries. Poor backward souls! They used baskets, wore sandles, and allowed their children to lean to do likewise. What can I say: it's all culture.
At about the same time people in Nevada hunted many species of large game, including great ground sloth and mammoth. We could probably find an anthropologist, interested in the ethnology of later day aboriginal North Americans, who would tells that those North Americans told stories of hunting that sloth into very recent times. I seem to remember having heard the term 'atlatl' sung a 'stomp dance' not very long ago.
Why were there no mega-fauna found at the Mazama site?
Let me here unequivocally state that the transmission of technology, like the domestication gourds, squash, and peppers in the South America 8500 B.C., is not directly related to VD. Still,in our world, it is true that VD and culture have long been associated.
Remains of lakeside dwellings in central Oregon, buried and preserved beneath lava from the eruption of mount Mazama about 8000 BC, showed that people there probably included in their diet sag, bison, rabbit, bear, sheep, deer, elk, hazelnuts, and blackberries. Poor backward souls! They used baskets, wore sandles, and allowed their children to lean to do likewise. What can I say: it's all culture.
At about the same time people in Nevada hunted many species of large game, including great ground sloth and mammoth. We could probably find an anthropologist, interested in the ethnology of later day aboriginal North Americans, who would tells that those North Americans told stories of hunting that sloth into very recent times. I seem to remember having heard the term 'atlatl' sung a 'stomp dance' not very long ago.
Why were there no mega-fauna found at the Mazama site?
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Content Affirmations
~ I am ready to learn to identify important workers in my field of interest here.
~ I am ready to learn to give information about how the society is organized today.
~ I am ready to learn to identify, name, and locate in time and space the culture of interest here.
~ I am ready to learn to describe the environment they occupy today.
~ I am ready to learn to adequately describe the culture of interest here.
~ I am ready to learn to tell a bit about their diet today.
~ I am ready to learn to write out a bit of the nature of my interest in the culture now.
~ I am ready to learn to mention some of their distinguishing artifacts today.
~ I am ready to learn to briefly tell today what attracted me to the topic.
~ I am ready to learn to consider their interactions and contacts today.
~ I am ready to learn to briefly consider their spiritual, intellectual, and artistic values today.
~ I am ready to learn to briefly treat their defining traits today.
~ I am ready to tell right here and right now what about the topic held my interest.
~ I am ready to learn to quote important workers in the field today.
~ I am ready to learn to say this year from where and from whom I have obtained my facts and dates.
~ I am ready to learn to accentuate the main facts today.
~ I am willing to devise a useful conclusion today.
~ I am ready to learn this season to give some of the earliest history of the topic.
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Notes On Dialogue
To keep our culture healthy we have to share the consciousness we actually have. In sharing our consciousness we discover that we share feelings of frustration and contradictory assumptions. In order to share our consciousnesses we may have to stick with our mutual anger and be angry together. We look at it all together and come to have a common consciousness. When we stick with the hate we may feel we may create a powerfully useful bond among us. A common consciousness is not bliss but, in its creation we may develop useful participation and satisfying fellowship.
We want to avoid physical damage but, anger and panic are not reasons to stop dialogue. When we can stay with our unreasoning anger and panic, we may find in it a strongly creative energy.
In the kind of consciousness sharing we have been speaking of we are practicing ways of preserving and strengthening our society and culture.
It begins by sharing opinions and continues by learning certain dialogue techniques.
David Bohm has shared some valuable opinions and experience in his work On Dialogue.
We want to avoid physical damage but, anger and panic are not reasons to stop dialogue. When we can stay with our unreasoning anger and panic, we may find in it a strongly creative energy.
In the kind of consciousness sharing we have been speaking of we are practicing ways of preserving and strengthening our society and culture.
It begins by sharing opinions and continues by learning certain dialogue techniques.
David Bohm has shared some valuable opinions and experience in his work On Dialogue.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Notes Related to Practicing Dialogue in a Group
We can understand another's opinion. We can understand each other's opinions.
The question I ask may be latent in our group as a whole. The question another asks may be implicit to the group. Other persons may pick it up and carry it along. This question sharing may lead the group to productive thinking together. All may more nearly participate in one thought. No one need agree.
As we practice dialogue in our group, certain sensitivities are developed. We begin to sense the ways we tend to respond. We begin to attend more to whole persons, and less through the unconscious scree of our own memories. That does not mean that we think less, but rather that we attend more.
As we practice, we begin to create a truer sense of the meaning of our communication. We learn to better know what a particular opinion means to another. We are interested in meaning. We better see the meaning flowing in and through our dialogue.
We learn to be more sensitive to the fact that we tend to defend our own opinions automatically. We become more realistically sensitive to the movement and nuances of our talk.
When our group is large enough we begin to touch more large cultural assumptions. A larger group usually offers more opportunity for a kind of relationship which involves whole cultures.
We must be part of our group long enough to get to know one another well enough to to trust each other appropriately. We need to know each other well enough to establish a relationship of sharing.
For us, Our practice is mainly a question of culture. Our group forms a microcosm of society. We are uncovering cultural assumptions to look at and to understand.
An essential feature of our dialogue is that it is able to reveal assumptions. We may form a good group, but we know that it is the process which counts and we attend to it. We don't form a group which lasts forever, but rather one that lasts long enough to make a difference.
It may be valuable to keep the dialogue going for as long as a year or two. It is very important to sustain its regularity. It must be sustained to bring out the problems that lead to the bringing out deep assumptions of the persons participating.
In sustaining the group, it is well to keep in mind that it is not always going to be entertaining nor is it always going to be seen as doing something useful. We dialogue because we feel it is necessary to do so.
It is necessary to share meaning. To sustain a way of life, a government, a society, a culture we must share meaning. To be a 'we' to be an 'us' we must share meaning.
Our society works when we have a common culture. A culture entails shared meanings. We share meaning, significance, purpose, values because we believe that it is necessary to do so in order to be.
The question I ask may be latent in our group as a whole. The question another asks may be implicit to the group. Other persons may pick it up and carry it along. This question sharing may lead the group to productive thinking together. All may more nearly participate in one thought. No one need agree.
As we practice dialogue in our group, certain sensitivities are developed. We begin to sense the ways we tend to respond. We begin to attend more to whole persons, and less through the unconscious scree of our own memories. That does not mean that we think less, but rather that we attend more.
As we practice, we begin to create a truer sense of the meaning of our communication. We learn to better know what a particular opinion means to another. We are interested in meaning. We better see the meaning flowing in and through our dialogue.
We learn to be more sensitive to the fact that we tend to defend our own opinions automatically. We become more realistically sensitive to the movement and nuances of our talk.
When our group is large enough we begin to touch more large cultural assumptions. A larger group usually offers more opportunity for a kind of relationship which involves whole cultures.
We must be part of our group long enough to get to know one another well enough to to trust each other appropriately. We need to know each other well enough to establish a relationship of sharing.
For us, Our practice is mainly a question of culture. Our group forms a microcosm of society. We are uncovering cultural assumptions to look at and to understand.
An essential feature of our dialogue is that it is able to reveal assumptions. We may form a good group, but we know that it is the process which counts and we attend to it. We don't form a group which lasts forever, but rather one that lasts long enough to make a difference.
It may be valuable to keep the dialogue going for as long as a year or two. It is very important to sustain its regularity. It must be sustained to bring out the problems that lead to the bringing out deep assumptions of the persons participating.
In sustaining the group, it is well to keep in mind that it is not always going to be entertaining nor is it always going to be seen as doing something useful. We dialogue because we feel it is necessary to do so.
It is necessary to share meaning. To sustain a way of life, a government, a society, a culture we must share meaning. To be a 'we' to be an 'us' we must share meaning.
Our society works when we have a common culture. A culture entails shared meanings. We share meaning, significance, purpose, values because we believe that it is necessary to do so in order to be.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Open Culture
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Friday, June 24, 2011
Lebanon
Lebanon is an an example of modern cultural diversity. Three languages widely spoken there are Arabic, English, and French.
Widely practiced religions there now include: Sunni, Shiia, Druze, Maronite, Eastern Orthodox. Before certain recent actions of outsiders, the atmosphere of its beautiful and cosmopolitan capital had been favorably compared to Paris.
The people of Lebanon, in their long history, have known Mameluke, Ottoman, Roman, Byzantine, Phoenicians, and others. The name Lebanon has been known in its various forms for over 4000 years.
The Lebanese people have long stood at the cross roads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, and they stand there now. They have made long standing contributions to world culture and enlightenment.
Widely practiced religions there now include: Sunni, Shiia, Druze, Maronite, Eastern Orthodox. Before certain recent actions of outsiders, the atmosphere of its beautiful and cosmopolitan capital had been favorably compared to Paris.
The people of Lebanon, in their long history, have known Mameluke, Ottoman, Roman, Byzantine, Phoenicians, and others. The name Lebanon has been known in its various forms for over 4000 years.
The Lebanese people have long stood at the cross roads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, and they stand there now. They have made long standing contributions to world culture and enlightenment.
Friday, June 17, 2011
A Golden Age
The American Indian Interaction System I've been posting about from time to time may be said to have lasted for over 4000 years. It pulsed and changed with the earth, with life. It was an interaction of varied people of various languages. It was geographically extensive. It supported a value system which included demonstrating respect for ones ancestors and tolerance for ones neighbors.
The interaction of the peoples of this system seems to have been gratifyingly peaceful. There was death and there was violent death, but there was little warlike activity.
A more recent golden age of of the interactions of these people lasted from about 200 BC to about 400 AD. The center of these interactions seem to have been in the valley of what we call the Ohio River. Its manifestation has been called the Hopewell Exchange System. Its influence was felt from the tip of Florida to well up into Canada and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. These Amerinds didn't fool around.
The Mississippi River was the main artery of their interaction. The waters of that river and its tributaries were their roads and communication lines, but not their only ones. They, their cultures, and their sacred goods traveled the Great Lakes, and reached the Gulf of Mexico. They knew the Atlantic seaboard, the lands we now call Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky,m Pennsylvania, and New York, were important to them, but they also knew Labrador and Oklahoma. People of these areas had interacted earlier, but the age we speak of seems more active and the goods more glorious.
Before the Hopewell culture was the Adena culture. It centered to the north of the Hopewell. The Adena culture was strongly active from about 2000 BC to about 200 BC. Before 2000 BC there was another flowering well to the south of Hopewell culture. If you would help me to trace corresponding climate changes we could perhaps find that cultural locus coincided with climate change.
After 400 or 500 AD to about 900 AD this Mississippi valley culture experienced great change. Productive corn came, a new bow and arrow came. New power, ideas, and beliefs came. Perhaps a new people arrived. Exchange systems changed, but continued, for a time. It also seems that more strife came. There was less tolerance of neighbors and more competition. Ancestors seemed less important. Gods had changed.
Before numbers of Europeans arrived the great interaction spheres had become smaller, less active, less peaceful, and the goods less carefully made and handled. Had what had thrived for over 6000 years with the old gods been led to a 'dark age' in less than 500 years?
As in hopefully all of my posts I am sharing my best understanding of the day and with the desire to benefit you. I try to ever make my words honest. I do not expect to hit the bull's-eye of truth, but it is there I aim. I pray that you contribute to to my understanding or to question it.
The interaction of the peoples of this system seems to have been gratifyingly peaceful. There was death and there was violent death, but there was little warlike activity.
A more recent golden age of of the interactions of these people lasted from about 200 BC to about 400 AD. The center of these interactions seem to have been in the valley of what we call the Ohio River. Its manifestation has been called the Hopewell Exchange System. Its influence was felt from the tip of Florida to well up into Canada and from the Atlantic Ocean to the Rocky Mountains. These Amerinds didn't fool around.
The Mississippi River was the main artery of their interaction. The waters of that river and its tributaries were their roads and communication lines, but not their only ones. They, their cultures, and their sacred goods traveled the Great Lakes, and reached the Gulf of Mexico. They knew the Atlantic seaboard, the lands we now call Louisiana, Mississippi, Virginia, Kentucky,m Pennsylvania, and New York, were important to them, but they also knew Labrador and Oklahoma. People of these areas had interacted earlier, but the age we speak of seems more active and the goods more glorious.
Before the Hopewell culture was the Adena culture. It centered to the north of the Hopewell. The Adena culture was strongly active from about 2000 BC to about 200 BC. Before 2000 BC there was another flowering well to the south of Hopewell culture. If you would help me to trace corresponding climate changes we could perhaps find that cultural locus coincided with climate change.
After 400 or 500 AD to about 900 AD this Mississippi valley culture experienced great change. Productive corn came, a new bow and arrow came. New power, ideas, and beliefs came. Perhaps a new people arrived. Exchange systems changed, but continued, for a time. It also seems that more strife came. There was less tolerance of neighbors and more competition. Ancestors seemed less important. Gods had changed.
Before numbers of Europeans arrived the great interaction spheres had become smaller, less active, less peaceful, and the goods less carefully made and handled. Had what had thrived for over 6000 years with the old gods been led to a 'dark age' in less than 500 years?
As in hopefully all of my posts I am sharing my best understanding of the day and with the desire to benefit you. I try to ever make my words honest. I do not expect to hit the bull's-eye of truth, but it is there I aim. I pray that you contribute to to my understanding or to question it.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Archive Fire: Michel Foucault - The Culture of the Self
Archive Fire: Michel Foucault - The Culture of the Self
If you can understand this, you are dangerous.
Perhaps you explain a bit of it to me.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Survival Talk Continued
Communication experts have also talked about 'overall meaning.' I'm pretty sure they aren't talking about work clothes. These guys are not always easy to understand. If you had been there you would know what I mean. I am pretty sure that are suggesting that it is important to get all our cards on the table, so to speak. Cards up where everyone can look them over. You can check out each man's hand and all of the hands. This isn't poker. It's a way to see what we are talking about. In this game the object is not only to see and understand what the other guy ha been dealt, but to also look over all the cards dealt and to come to a greater understanding of the overall game.
All, or a lot, of our meanings, past and present, are out there together. We look at them. We look them over. We let them be there and try to apprehend them, to get a handle on them.
Putting our cards on the table and looking at them together help us to have significantly more coherent meaning in the group, among the players. We give ourselves a chance for a new kind of culture, a conscious culture. A culture we are aware of. I believe that such a culture is necessary for this society to work. It may be the kind of active, conscious culture which allows our society to survive.
All, or a lot, of our meanings, past and present, are out there together. We look at them. We look them over. We let them be there and try to apprehend them, to get a handle on them.
Putting our cards on the table and looking at them together help us to have significantly more coherent meaning in the group, among the players. We give ourselves a chance for a new kind of culture, a conscious culture. A culture we are aware of. I believe that such a culture is necessary for this society to work. It may be the kind of active, conscious culture which allows our society to survive.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
An Approach to Assumptions Related to Society
Consider assumptions.
In trying to understand the other man's point of view I have found it useful to take into account my own assumptions as well as his. Often a pertinent assumption is unknown to me. Yes, it happens. The unknown assumption may be mine or his. An assumption may be locked in a part of the mind not easily accessed.
There are probably assumptions in his mind that have never entered mine.
We humans form societies. Often we do so unconsciously. However, there may come a time we will want to form a society consciously. A society is our way of working and living together. A society uses rules, laws, institutions, etc. Rules, laws, institutions are based on assumptions we hold. We may get or assume the rules etc. by thinking and agreeing that we are going to have them, and then we do it. Backing up our thinking, agreeing and doing is culture. Culture is shared meaning, shared assumptions. Much of that sharing is done through communication. Talk is an important form of communication. You have noticed that some persons seem better at talk than others. There are levels of communication skill. There is a set of communications skills that some have called dialogue. It turns out that these dialogue skills are particularly useful for bringing assumptions to light.
As a dramatic example, let's say that a diverse set of people desire to set up a government. I order to do so they will find it useful to agree to a common meaning for the kind of government they want. They are likel to need to agree on what a good government is or on what is the right sort of government for them. Different cultures will produce different governments. If they don't agree they will have a political struggle. If their politics don't work, they may have a civil war.
Disagreeable may arise do to their ignorance of each others assumptions. Dialogue that brings assumptions to light could prevent bloodshed.
Society is based on shared meanings. Shared meanings constitute the culture. Culture may be built or strengthen with education and communication. There is a wide choice of education and communication methods and styles. Not all of the are of equal effectiveness. To make a good and effective society we must learn to share coherent meaning well enough.
Today our larger society seems to have an incoherent meanings. Too often, what the other man is saying seems impossible to understand. This lack of understanding, it seems to me, is worth talking about.
Important talk, difficult talk, may be made easier by using dialogue skills that help us better understand each others assumptions.
In trying to understand the other man's point of view I have found it useful to take into account my own assumptions as well as his. Often a pertinent assumption is unknown to me. Yes, it happens. The unknown assumption may be mine or his. An assumption may be locked in a part of the mind not easily accessed.
There are probably assumptions in his mind that have never entered mine.
We humans form societies. Often we do so unconsciously. However, there may come a time we will want to form a society consciously. A society is our way of working and living together. A society uses rules, laws, institutions, etc. Rules, laws, institutions are based on assumptions we hold. We may get or assume the rules etc. by thinking and agreeing that we are going to have them, and then we do it. Backing up our thinking, agreeing and doing is culture. Culture is shared meaning, shared assumptions. Much of that sharing is done through communication. Talk is an important form of communication. You have noticed that some persons seem better at talk than others. There are levels of communication skill. There is a set of communications skills that some have called dialogue. It turns out that these dialogue skills are particularly useful for bringing assumptions to light.
As a dramatic example, let's say that a diverse set of people desire to set up a government. I order to do so they will find it useful to agree to a common meaning for the kind of government they want. They are likel to need to agree on what a good government is or on what is the right sort of government for them. Different cultures will produce different governments. If they don't agree they will have a political struggle. If their politics don't work, they may have a civil war.
Disagreeable may arise do to their ignorance of each others assumptions. Dialogue that brings assumptions to light could prevent bloodshed.
Society is based on shared meanings. Shared meanings constitute the culture. Culture may be built or strengthen with education and communication. There is a wide choice of education and communication methods and styles. Not all of the are of equal effectiveness. To make a good and effective society we must learn to share coherent meaning well enough.
Today our larger society seems to have an incoherent meanings. Too often, what the other man is saying seems impossible to understand. This lack of understanding, it seems to me, is worth talking about.
Important talk, difficult talk, may be made easier by using dialogue skills that help us better understand each others assumptions.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Literate in English
A person in the English-speaking world is not literate without a basic knowledge of the Bible With basic knowledge you understand what is meant when someone describes a contest as being between a David and a Goliath. You know whether a person who has the wisdom of Solomon is wise or foolish You know whether a person saying, "My cup runneth over" means he feels fortunate or unfortunate. Those who cannot understand such allusions find it difficult to participate in literate English or our culture in general. One benefits by understanding something of the Old Testament and the New Testament; by a bit of the Book of Isaiah, by the story of Abraham and Issac, by the parables and sayings of Jesus.
A minimally educated person needs basic knowledge of Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Judaism, as well as Christianity.
In the English speaking world we benefit by knowing a bit about the sos of Abraham, Ishmael, and Issac. Knowing about Adam and Eve, alpha and omega, 'Am I my brother's keeper?' angels, Annunciation, Antichrist, Apocalypse, the Twelve Apostles, Ararat helps. Having some familiarity with Noah's Ark, Armageddon, "Ask and it shall be given you." Tower of Babel, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Jacob and Esau, "Love your enemies." helps too. A good bit more such as Ruth, Apostil Paul, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. doesn't hurt.
A minimally educated person needs basic knowledge of Islam, Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and Judaism, as well as Christianity.
In the English speaking world we benefit by knowing a bit about the sos of Abraham, Ishmael, and Issac. Knowing about Adam and Eve, alpha and omega, 'Am I my brother's keeper?' angels, Annunciation, Antichrist, Apocalypse, the Twelve Apostles, Ararat helps. Having some familiarity with Noah's Ark, Armageddon, "Ask and it shall be given you." Tower of Babel, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Jacob and Esau, "Love your enemies." helps too. A good bit more such as Ruth, Apostil Paul, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. doesn't hurt.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Open Doors
A broad shallow knowledge of culture is a good door to a deeper knowledge. A broad common core of knowledge can enable us to learn from one another effectively. Our common literacy opens doors not only to deeper knowledge and increased chances of success, to other people and their culture.
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Agri Culture vs Teenage Culture
As a young man visiting the land of the Hondurans, I was impressed by a visiting, auburn-haired, teenaged, Spanish cutie. When I heard her say of the Hondurans, that the only culture the had was agriculture, I was further impressed. I think she added something about slash and burn.
I thought that it was remarkable for a girl younger than I to come out with a thing like that. I did not believe what she said and she probably didn't believe it either. It did show some wit, some pride in her own culture and that she had some education. It also showed a stunning lack of regard for the point of view of the Hondurans.
What do you think she meant by culture? What do you think about pride of culture? What do you understand about education? What's the good of pride? What is your culture? What is the content of culture? What does culture mean to an anthropologist? What's an anthropologist?
I thought that it was remarkable for a girl younger than I to come out with a thing like that. I did not believe what she said and she probably didn't believe it either. It did show some wit, some pride in her own culture and that she had some education. It also showed a stunning lack of regard for the point of view of the Hondurans.
What do you think she meant by culture? What do you think about pride of culture? What do you understand about education? What's the good of pride? What is your culture? What is the content of culture? What does culture mean to an anthropologist? What's an anthropologist?
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Honduras Culture and Politics
Honduras Culture and Politics
Honduras lives.
There are Hondurans living and growing in their own land.
The odds have not always been good.
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Manitoulin Island
I wish that someone who knew a lot about Manitoulin Island on Lake Huron would go there with me. It seems not only a lovely place, but also an excellent place to start learning some interesting 'new' Amerindian culture and history. Manitoulin seems an great present day, real life location to start learning about the peoples related to the Great Lakes and greater Mississippi Valley trading system and some high points of its very long existence!
I'd bet a small amount that there are Indian Peoples who still hold sacred ceremonies there.
Upon doing a bit of reading I find that someone believes that Indians may still make up 40% of the population in the area. I find that someone, besides myself, believes that many Indians consider the Island sacred and that some ancient teachings are carried on there.
I'd bet a small amount that there are Indian Peoples who still hold sacred ceremonies there.
Upon doing a bit of reading I find that someone believes that Indians may still make up 40% of the population in the area. I find that someone, besides myself, believes that many Indians consider the Island sacred and that some ancient teachings are carried on there.
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Life on the Mississippi
For over 3000 years they lived in greater peace than have most men. About 400 BC their peace was disturbed a bit. Around 400 AD it was disturbed a bit more. Then about 1000 AD they were disturbed by hearing of new.strangers in the land. Then around AD 1500 more began to arrive that shook a a culture already shaken.
Than around 1600 those that came bringing disease that killed the people. Then round 1700 AD more strangers came and so many people of the land died that there culture so dimmed that there were those who could not see it.
Around 1800 we began to swarm over the land, despising the people, and killing those who would not die. We did not all fit this pattern, but many too many did.
Still they are among us, many of them are us as we re becoming them. The land carries their names. We carry bits of their wisdom.
Tell me about them. Tell me their names. Tell me their stories. Help me to honor them as I would honor myself. Help me to understand this land and these nations so as to honor our humanity.
Than around 1600 those that came bringing disease that killed the people. Then round 1700 AD more strangers came and so many people of the land died that there culture so dimmed that there were those who could not see it.
Around 1800 we began to swarm over the land, despising the people, and killing those who would not die. We did not all fit this pattern, but many too many did.
Still they are among us, many of them are us as we re becoming them. The land carries their names. We carry bits of their wisdom.
Tell me about them. Tell me their names. Tell me their stories. Help me to honor them as I would honor myself. Help me to understand this land and these nations so as to honor our humanity.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Find Out About Korea
One way I was told to find Out about Korea and Koreans was to get a Korean girlfriend. That way you may quickly find out about Korean mothers, fathers, brothers, grandfathers, aunts, dogs, language,customs, culture, religion, etc.
Getting to know something about basic Confucianism may be a calm and useful start for leaning about Korea.
Visiting South Korean cities like Seoul, Gyeongju, or Busan may be eyeopening. Also, in those cities it is not hard to to find helpful English speakers. In getting to know the beautiful Korean countryside, small towns and out of the way cities you may find tour operaters and guides helpful. Consider checking out a mountain and an island while there.
Checking out the two Koreas in Wikipedi is informative even for Koreans.
Travel books (I like to check out the cheaper used ones first) by outfits like Frommer, Moon, and Lonely Planet are often interesting and informative. You can find much at your local library and bookstores. Amazon.com is a great for books and videos. Take a look at The Two Koreas by Don Oberdorfer.
Maybe it is time for you to check out Korean restaurants in your area. Maybe there is a Korean shopping area not too far from you. Remember that there is no rule against striking-up a conversation with Korean at these places. If a lady takes your eye, remember to find out a bit about her family relationships sooner rather than later.
As long as you are shopping check out the Hyundai and Kia dealerships. There are other Korean car companies you may find interesting; among them GM Daewou.
Getting to know something about basic Confucianism may be a calm and useful start for leaning about Korea.
Visiting South Korean cities like Seoul, Gyeongju, or Busan may be eyeopening. Also, in those cities it is not hard to to find helpful English speakers. In getting to know the beautiful Korean countryside, small towns and out of the way cities you may find tour operaters and guides helpful. Consider checking out a mountain and an island while there.
Checking out the two Koreas in Wikipedi is informative even for Koreans.
Travel books (I like to check out the cheaper used ones first) by outfits like Frommer, Moon, and Lonely Planet are often interesting and informative. You can find much at your local library and bookstores. Amazon.com is a great for books and videos. Take a look at The Two Koreas by Don Oberdorfer.
Maybe it is time for you to check out Korean restaurants in your area. Maybe there is a Korean shopping area not too far from you. Remember that there is no rule against striking-up a conversation with Korean at these places. If a lady takes your eye, remember to find out a bit about her family relationships sooner rather than later.
As long as you are shopping check out the Hyundai and Kia dealerships. There are other Korean car companies you may find interesting; among them GM Daewou.
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