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  • From: Michael Dean <mikedean.com@altavista.com>
  • To: permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: language, meaning and nature
  • Date: 29 Nov 2001 03:10:03 -0800


Dear Lawrence,

Sorry I spelt your name wrong in the previous e mail. I should have checked
what I wrote! Sorry about that.


Cheers Mike.


On Wed, 28 November 2001, "Lawrence F. London, Jr." wrote:

>
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 23:26:00 +0800, BOb Howard
> <rmhoward@omninet.net.au> wrote:
>
> >>Michael Dean wrote:
>
> >> What really interests me is the difference in the European and the
> >> Aboriginal attitudes. You seem to be closely aquainted with the
> >> Pitjantjatjara Aboriginies
> >> who have a different notion of the self to that of the European and
> >> these differences manifest themselves in their attitudes to exchange,
> >> fairness, reciprocity and selfishness.
> >>
> >> Please tell me more! The Aborigine has been in Australia for about
> >> 40,000 years and has influenced the landscape extensively. Are you able
> >> to explain how he interprets the world and in what ways this is
> >> different from that of the Europeans?
>
> >I don't want to overstate my acquaintance with Aboriginal people - I only
> >have worked briefly with Pitjantjatjara people although I have spent many
> >years (30) working with Aboriginal people in more urban environments. But
> >the persistence of
> >notions of fairness, generosity and mutual obligation even within groups
> >whose society has been subject to genocidal attack is a measure of their
> >heroic courage in the face of cruel adversity.
>
> What region of the World are these people from?
>
>
>
> L.F.London ICQ#27930345 lflondon@mindspring.com
> http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech london@ibiblio.org
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