If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundDrawing upon the narratives of Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, this collection of essays explores the relationships between territories, peoples and the stories and songs that give meaning to our lives. |
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... way one might harness horses or oxen — which become , like the river , no
less themselves for being made useful to humans . In this image , the Columbia
becomes a useful river , like the Nile ; but it remains a great river , also like the
Nile .
... way one might harness horses or oxen — which become , like the river , no
less themselves for being made useful to humans . In this image , the Columbia
becomes a useful river , like the Nile ; but it remains a great river , also like the
Nile .
Page 188
Oppression ” becomes “ downpression ” ( since if you are being pressed down ,
the pressure cannot be up ) ; “ understand ” becomes “ overstand ” ; and “ site up
” means both “ see ” and “ overstand , ” but always in the further sense of ...
Oppression ” becomes “ downpression ” ( since if you are being pressed down ,
the pressure cannot be up ) ; “ understand ” becomes “ overstand ” ; and “ site up
” means both “ see ” and “ overstand , ” but always in the further sense of ...
Page 205
Cusanus observed that as the distance from the centre of a circle gets larger , the
curve of its circumference gets smaller ... and smaller ... and smaller ... until
eventually it becomes a straight line , and the circle becomes a square . But we
know ...
Cusanus observed that as the distance from the centre of a circle gets larger , the
curve of its circumference gets smaller ... and smaller ... and smaller ... until
eventually it becomes a straight line , and the circle becomes a square . But we
know ...
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| Title | If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground |
| Author | J. Edward Chamberlin |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Carcanet, 2006 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 2 Jul 2009 |
| ISBN | 1857548493, 9781857548495 |
| Length | 271 pages |
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