ah, also meant to mention that I find the work of Ry Cooter and people like Sting and Paul Simon to be very interesting and am very much in favor of the cross-pollination of cultures. I can also however understand the indtignation when a culture feels the traditions abused, as in the recent controversy over the misuse of the Beauty Way chant by Outkast. If you are going to be derivative, you should respect what you are deriving from imho.
Dana On 8/6/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/6/05, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > One of the big things in Native American Studies is recognizing the > > genuinely native american sources. > > This is an interesting comment. On the one hand, we do want to > understand the culture from authoritative sources because our own > understanding will be colored by our differing paradigms. However, > there's something interesting in the life of oral traditions. The > changes in the retelling that give them their color and character > based on the teller's memory and capacity to evoke the ideas they > remember. > > -Kevin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:168306 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
