If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... written word . Speaking and listening are simple and natural , we say ; while writing and reading are cultivated and complex . We wonder how people in these oral cultures recall things so clearly and how they reflect on ideas without ...
... written word . Speaking and listening are simple and natural , we say ; while writing and reading are cultivated and complex . We wonder how people in these oral cultures recall things so clearly and how they reflect on ideas without ...
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... written texts do for European societies . And , on the other hand , the central institutions of our supposedly " written " cultures - our courts and churches and parliaments and schools — are in fact arenas of strictly defined and ...
... written texts do for European societies . And , on the other hand , the central institutions of our supposedly " written " cultures - our courts and churches and parliaments and schools — are in fact arenas of strictly defined and ...
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... written records were kept . During the process in the Kalahari , the land claims lawyers who were working with the #Khomani knew that being able to identify places and events in their ancient language would be very helpful . . . but of ...
... written records were kept . During the process in the Kalahari , the land claims lawyers who were working with the #Khomani knew that being able to identify places and events in their ancient language would be very helpful . . . but of ...
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If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories?: Finding Common Ground J. Edward Chamberlin Limited preview - 2010 |
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