| Christiane Robbins on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:03:37 +0100 (CET) |
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| Re: <nettime> ICT and Aboriginal Peoples |
Hi there Ben, You know, I'm unfamiliar with the evidence cited in your post, however I am a bit more familiar with the embedded myths/biases that are positioned with in this "evidence." Oh yes ... I recognize at least one ... the all encompassing resurrection of the " noble savage. " Perhaps another one is that all aboriginal peoples gathered under the rubric of " The Ecological Indian" are one and the same. No issues of cultural, tribal or geographic diversity were ever raised amongst those darn "Indians," I'm sure! "He finds that the Ecological Indian proposition is of doubtful validity, concluding that, for example, Indians needlessly killed many buffalo, set fires that got out of control, and over-exploited deer and beaver for their skins." I'm able to infer a few more which I believe are rather easily apparent, especially in Point 2 of the abstract, i.e " inefficient extraction technologies and the lack of profitable markets for extracted resources." Chris On Nov 25, 2007, at 9:19 PM, Benjamin Geer wrote: >> On 18/11/2007, Jesse Fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: >> All Indigenous communities at one time or another were >> self-sustainable. > > Do you have any evidence for that? Here's some evidence to the > contrary: <...> Christiane Robbins - JETZTZEIT - ... the space between zero and one ... Walter Benjamin LOS ANGELES I SAN FRANCISCO The present age prefers the sign to the thing signified, the copy to the original, fancy to reality, the appearance to the essence for in these days illusion only is sacred, truth profane. Ludwig Feuerbach, 1804-1872, http://www.jetztzeit.net # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: http://mail.kein.org/mailman/listinfo/nettime-l # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: [email protected]