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Wednesday, October 17, 2018

Points of Light: Cultures and History

Cultures and history can be forgotten, or they can be part of our mental Points of Light.

Here are two examples:

1.  We bring back our own culture and the cultures of others:

Edward Curtis: Was this the most ambitious photo project ever?
Edward S Curtis spent years living with Native American tribes to chronicle their lives, in what became a definitive work of vast proportions.

After taking more than 40,000 pictures over 30 years, he published the last of 20 volumes in 1930.

https://www.bbc.com/news/video_and_audio/headlines/45843072/edward-curtis-was-this-the-most-ambitious-photo-project-ever

1.  We bring back our own culture and the cultures of others:    Edward Curtis: Was this the most ambitious photo project ever?  Edward S Curtis spent years living with Native American tribes to chronicle their lives, in what became a definitive work of vast proportions.    After taking more than 40,000 pictures over 30 years, he published the last of 20 volumes in 1930.


2. African Women: remembering them in history, 10 short BBC video vignettes:

Warrior Queens:



 2. African Women: remembering them in history, 10 short BBC video vignettes:    Warrior Queens:


 2. African Women: remembering them in history, 10 short BBC video vignettes:    Warrior Queens:


https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-africa-45877404/nehanda-the-shona-spirit-medium-that-inspired-mugabe


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