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Back in the 1960s, the French anthropologist Pierre Clastres suggested that precisely the opposite was the case. What if the sort of people we like to imagine as simple and innocent are free of rulers, governments, bureaucracies, ruling classes and the like, not because they are lacking in imagination, but because they’re actually more imaginative
... See moreDavid Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
Native Americans were living in the delta even as it was being created. Their strategy for dealing with the river’s vagaries, as far as archaeologists have been able to determine, was one of accommodation. When the Mississippi flooded, they sought higher ground. When it shifted quarters, they did, too.
Elizabeth Kolbert • Under a White Sky
Democracy, peace, & deliberation
Sam Liebeskind • 6 cards
In December, 1913, the U.S. consul in Ghent escorted the tribespeople to Marseilles to catch a boat back to Manila.
Smithsonian Magazine • The Igorrote Tribe Traveled the World for Show And Made These Two Men Rich
Indigenous Protocol and Artificial Intelligence Position Paper
Indigenous peoples and AI ethics guidelines, framework, & prototypes developed during workshops, exploring diverse perspectives on integrating cultural values, ecosystems, and sovereignty into artificial intelligence design and implementation.
spectrum.library.concordia.caThere are a thousand interconnected threads like this in the oral culture text I made in the creation of those boomerangs and I can access them any time I want to pick them up, sit for a bit and start downloading.
Tyson Yunkaporta • Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World
Native American mythology emphasizes the “trickster” nature of the universal forces.