Thought for the day

[shehasnostrings]

    Traditionally oriented Aborigines are constantly on the move but paradoxically they are existentially the most stationary people on earth. Like the Dreamings, they move eternally along the tracks and networks, but remain rooted in and identified with certain places. The ancestors stopped travelling and sank into sacred sites, but they are also

Comments

[leftvegdrunk]

Hmm. Sounds like another good essay. Haven't read the last few issues, so I might grab this one.

I am currently reading a book called On the edge of scarcity about environment, conflict, and population. It's for uni. I think it falls into the "survivalism" school of environmental thought. Anyway, a few of the authors seem to be arguing that global industrial society is doomed as a result of the inherent contradictions of capitalism. They suggest that we need to look back at successful and sustainable cultures to see what we can learn from them, then adopt a new lifestyle that will allow us to survive the coming collapse. I guess Aboriginal society would be one of those that we should be looking to.

[shehasnostrings]

Sounds like an interesting book. This essay has a few sections on different tribes, including Indigenous Australians, Tibetan herders, and nomads from Northen India. It's fascinating stuff, and raises points I'd never even considered before on where the sedentary lifestyle has failed us, and what we can learn from nomadism. And it's also part travelogue, which is always fun.

[chickncoot]

I think I'm a nomad. I've identified more with nomadism than anything else.