Re: [xmca] Re: Dogs

[Martin Packer <packer@duq.edu>]

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
>> 
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