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parenzana_residency_notes [2013-10-06 08:33] – [Notes from 20131005] sarah.nevilleparenzana_residency_notes [2013-10-07 09:05] – maja
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-//edible and poisonous plants// (notes at https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10084237623/)+//The nature of rain is always the same but it makes thorns grow in the desert and flowers in the garden. | Edible and poisonous plants// (notes at https://secure.flickr.com/photos/foam/10084237623/)
  
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-//stories, storytelling and plant mythology// 
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-// //+// Svi cvjetovi budućnosti su u sjemenu sadašnjosti// 
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 +//Što mi je s svijetom, to mi je s cvijetom // 
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-// //+//Furious storm passes quickly // 
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 +//We are the authors of our own disasters (de Saint-Exupery) | Musings on stories, ethnobotany and plant mythology// 
  
 +For translations see [[various_aphorisms]]
  
 === Weather lore === === Weather lore ===
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   * sayings, aphorisms, proverbs   * sayings, aphorisms, proverbs
   * things we tell each other as short stories ("the sun has changed…"). Would asking people to talk about when the sun changed elicit personal stories across different cultures and communities linked by a shared experience with the weather?   * things we tell each other as short stories ("the sun has changed…"). Would asking people to talk about when the sun changed elicit personal stories across different cultures and communities linked by a shared experience with the weather?
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   * The moon and the weather may change together, But a change of the moon, will not change the weather.    * The moon and the weather may change together, But a change of the moon, will not change the weather. 
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 === Divination and invocation in storytelling === === Divination and invocation in storytelling ===
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 Divination: descriptive, reactive; "the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means." Divination: descriptive, reactive; "the practice of seeking knowledge of the future or the unknown by supernatural means."
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 === Oral - Written - Digital stories === === Oral - Written - Digital stories ===
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   * Should we focus on myths and legends or 'lore' (a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth)   * Should we focus on myths and legends or 'lore' (a body of traditions and knowledge on a subject or held by a particular group, typically passed from person to person by word of mouth)
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     * physical responses to the environment: body weather     * physical responses to the environment: body weather
     * (non)awareness of environmental changes: e.g. bushfire on an unusually hot day out of bushfire season in Adelaide Hills: seasons are more in flux, but people tend not to pay attention to signals from the environment. if the laws change to make an out-of-season fire instigation into criminal negligence - proof of acceptance of climate change.     * (non)awareness of environmental changes: e.g. bushfire on an unusually hot day out of bushfire season in Adelaide Hills: seasons are more in flux, but people tend not to pay attention to signals from the environment. if the laws change to make an out-of-season fire instigation into criminal negligence - proof of acceptance of climate change.
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   * How do humans make meaning of events that happen to them?   * How do humans make meaning of events that happen to them?
   * The role of meaning in human thinking http://jetpress.org/v17/marsen.htm   * The role of meaning in human thinking http://jetpress.org/v17/marsen.htm
-  * Levi-Strauss postulates that myths serve to mediate conflicting or dualistic elements of society and life.The symbolic mediation in myths offers inspiration for culture and culture members to heal, flourish, or accept their reality.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss +  * Levi-Strauss postulates that myths serve to mediate conflicting or dualistic elements of society and life.The symbolic mediation in myths offers inspiration for culture and culture members to heal, flourish, or accept their reality.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_L%C3%A9vi-Strauss http://www.phil.muni.cz/~vndrzl/indians/culture/Strauss_MandM.pdf
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 +====Notes from 20131006====
 +  * staged photgraphs as design fiction and/or design noir. moments of mixed familiarity and unease (e.g. eating pizza in groznjan, machine readable objects, green sky, densisty of air, prevalence of monocles)
 +  * decay and half-life of aphorisms. persistence of relevance in proverbs. graveyard of false lore, forgotten aphorisms.
 +  * illustrations for contemporary proverbs and the future perspectives which make them appear quaint
 +  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Nazor|Vladimir Nazor]] - Veli Jože http://www.scribd.com/doc/29242332/Vladimir-Nazor-Veli-Jo%C5%BEe
 +  * [[various aphorisms]]
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