ELL: Akha Weekly Update

[Matthew McDaniel]

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Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 18:34:48 +0000
From: Matthew McDaniel <akha at loxinfo.co.th>
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It might be noted that these particular villages have TVs, not many but a
few.  Some they run on 12 volt car batteries.

I hope that the Akha will have choices, human rights choices especially. Ones
like we enjoy in the west.

Matthew




Trond Trosterud wrote:

> >>
> >>The Akha Way, the villagers like it, have hauled a tv and the tape out
> >>to villages which ask to see it repeatedly.
> >
> >doesn't watching telly make them unhappy ?
>
> This question is of uttermost importance for the work we all do.
>
> Tha answer is far from both yes and no, and can be reformulated:
>
> What strategies are the best for coping with modern society?
>
> The obvious anser to the telly-sceptic writer I quoted seems to be "reject
> modern society". This is a position I find worth serious consideration,
> although I would not like to subscribe to it on all points.
>
> The problem is twofold:
>
> a. Modern society does not allow hitherto unassimilated societies to stay
> outside it. The very work we listmembers conduct is part of this
> assimilation.
>
> b. chance is there that they will stay tuned to the telly after it has been
> thrown after them.
>
> I do not have the time to elaborate on this, and theproblem will be
> familiar to most of you, anyway, the posting of nEnIu <hiasl at geocities.com>
> triggered this short response, reminding us all that our speech shall
> neither be yes, yes,  nor no, no.
>
> Trond.
>
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Matthew McDaniel
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