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But hang on, Peter - you're saying, then, that rocks have a spirit of their own *for* indigenous people. Martin On Nov 11, 2010, at 12:28 PM, smago wrote: > Sounds like the old "tree falls in the forest" thing. > But I suspect that this is a Western perspective. As I understand Indigenous perspectives in N. America, the rocks have a spirit of their own and don't need people to construct their social futures for them. p > > -----Original Message----- > From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On Behalf Of mike cole > Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 11:17 AM > To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity > Subject: Re: [xmca] Re: Dogs > > I posted this scholarly account of humans and rocks a while back. Seems to > suggest an answer to the co-evolution issue, Martin, although the gender > ascription and individualism are a little unsettling. > :-) > mike > ---------- > *A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates > it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.* > Antoine de Saint-Exupery<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/antoinedes161736.html> > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu> wrote: > >> I turned on the radio this morning to catch the end of a news story about >> the co-evolution of humans and rocks! Does anyone know what they were >> talking about? >> >> Martin >> >> On Nov 10, 2010, at 10:33 PM, mike cole wrote: >> >>>> When one steps back >>>> and thinks of the quantity and scope of plants and animals that humans >> have >>>> domesticated >> >> __________________________________________ >> _____ >> xmca mailing list >> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu >> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca >> > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca > > > __________________________________________ > _____ > xmca mailing list > xmca@weber.ucsd.edu > http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca __________________________________________ _____ xmca mailing list xmca@weber.ucsd.edu http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca