Re: Quack! Quack! Quack! (2)
Robin Harwood (HARWOOD who-is-at UConnVM.UConn.Edu)
Thu, 18 Apr 96 21:26:21 EDT
Jim--I love the climate/weather analogy. The "climate" perspective
seems to imply not only a longer period of time, but also seems to
look for meaningful patterns over a larger geographical region as
well. "Weather" occurs outside my front door, but "climate" is
something that can be said to characterize the entire state of
Connecticut; moreover, I can visit Virginia and "compare" the "climates"
(i.e., the larger weather patterns) of the two states.
This is interesting to me, because I have heard some people argue
that it is meaningless to look for cultural patterns any larger
than two people interacting at a given point in time. The climate/
weather analogy, however, seems to suggest otherwise...
Robin