This is great!
All points & comments are full of possibilities.
Here we are on a list server pushing the written word to is oral limits.
This list server in theory is dedicated to discussion of lectures (oral stories) given by a dead Intuit whose specialty was a teaching about a poet whose major claim to fame was a play where the devil is promising access to infinite knowledge for a price.
Now we are in the middle of a discussion of a priori ownership of oral knowledge.
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In Love & Light
Markess
From: "jsherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 17:14:08 -0500
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DREAMTIME
<<Even with this, to understand that they are
not ours to tell, is to give the respect their culture deserves.>>
Perhaps when all indigenous populations have been wiped out or totally
silenced you will feel it is ok to tell their stories?
I do not understand this kind of thinking. If we didn't pass on stories that
were not ours to tell, you would not tell your children fairy tales. We live
in a world rich with stories. It seems to me more important to tell the
story and the sources or voices who originally told such tales.
There are many oral traditions that have died out because there weren't
those who were interested enough or were killed off and were unable to
continue the tale.
I vote for all stories in their polyglot richness to be told and credited.
Blessings,
Jane
