Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Commons Cold

ARTICLE EXCERT

The Common Scold is named after a cause of action that originated in Pilgrim days, when meddlesome, argumentative, opinionated women who displeased the Puritan elders were punished by a brisk dunk in the local pond. Believe it or not, the tort lasted until 1972, when State v. Palendrano, 120 N.J. Super. 336, 293 A.2d 747 (N.J.Super.L., Jul 13, 1972) pretty much put it to rest. But, for Monica Bay of The Common Scold, the thought of those feisty women, not afraid of a little cold water, has always cheered me up and inspired me.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Boundaries Boundary; Conceptualizing Land

Remenance, Reminissing, and till Now, "Its time to talk about time"
Starting my 30 timer here with what was a great read and noting a chapter from a Center For Desert Archaeology works( http://www.cdarc.org/ )
Then..
Moving on to a Cr4 GlobalSpec Forum "Its Time To Talk About Time" (links to my comment)
And Then...
Back in Time For "Looking Back at America of the land of the United States" (an ongoing part that may continue to add info to edit in at close of post!)
So wher and how to I start this post?
With ASKING VIEWERS TO LOOK FIRST AT THE CHAPTER(OR ENTIRE PAPER) ON- "Conceptualizing Landscapes in the San Pedro Valley of Arizona: American Indian Interpretations of Reeve Ruin and Davis Ruin

T. J. Ferguson (Anthropological Research, L.L.C.) Roger Anyon (Pima County)
Theme: Indigenous Archaeologies
Session: Monuments, Landscape, and Cultural Memory
Fifth World Archaeological Congress
Washington D.C., 21-26 June 2003
(CHAPTER TITLE)
The Role of Time and Space: A Matrix for Cultural Landscapes

(EXERT ?) (PERMISSION REQUESTED-so this is just a glimpse the best I can explain it(I cant by myself) So noted from chapter- American Indian histories of their ancestors’ lives frequently place asymmetrical emphasis
on time, space, and events. The passing of time is contracted or expanded, as in O’odham origin
stories where each break in time is said to be four years, a ritually significant number that is
recognized to signify a much longer time. Similarly, references to places may describe real and
specific locales, or be used as a narrative trope to symbolically mark movement, directionality,
context, or even time itself.

... many chronicles
shared with us in this project emphasize place over time, where “sequences in time are
represented only if they were spatially segregated and occurred at separate places in association
with separate features” (Morphy 1995:188). Furthermore, for our American Indian colleagues,
the people who lived in these places were not separated into distinct archaeological cultures but
are conceived as the ancestors who constitute the fathers and mothers of their modern world.
Thus, when American Indians talk about ancestral sites, there is a complex of memories that
links them to the landscapes of the past and present.
Archaeologists and ethnohistorians who work with the archaeological record and American
Indian oral traditions are faced with the challenge of fusing these two very different ways of
knowing the past....
....Relative time is entailed in an O’odham “calendar stick” that records only special events, each
one relative to the last and relative to what was important for the O’odham people. The concepts of relative space and time lie on a continuum between culturally independent and dependent
concepts. Relative space and time therefore mediate between attempts at complete “objectivity” and “subjectivity.”

Relative is the in-between of absolute and representational.
Lastly, representational space and time are encoded with rich cultural symbols and values.
An example of representational space is the map of the United States and Arizona, where the
very shape of the place allows it to become an emblem, like a flag that emits powerful
connotations if one knows the meanings assigned to these symbols. Representational time is
embodied in the notion of Camelot, which does not reference a “real” time, but a symbolic
Golden Age where knights were honorable and maidens fair.

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Authors, Acknowledgments and References Cited on their works of which only a small portion of them my apply to this chapter)
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Acknowledgements
Funding for this research was provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Salus Mundi Foundation, and Center for Desert Archaeology. We are tremendously grateful for the collaborative efforts of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office, Hopi Cultural Resource Advisory Task Team, San Carlos Apache Elder’s Council, Tohono O'odham Office of Cultural Affairs, Tohono O'odham Cultural Preservation Committee and their advisors, White Mountain Apache Tribe Heritage Program, Zuni Cultural Resource Advisory Team, and Zuni Heritage and Historic Preservation Office. The participation of the individuals who make up these offices was vital in making this project a reality. The authors can be reached at: chip@cdarc.org, (520) 882-6946, or Center for Desert Archaeology, 300 E. University Blvd., Suite 230, Tucson, Arizona 85705, U.S.A.
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