Interpreting the Mappe Quinatzin, leaf 2 and leaf 3

[Pablo Garcia]

Listeros,

 

Generally, I enjoy the back and forth on this list. However, this latest thread must have taken a wrong turn in Albuquerque. 

 

I don't think I need to defend Michael's character--nobody should be judged, much less condemned, by a couple of e-mails, a medium which lacks all the subtleties of live communication such as tone and gestures which may, for instance, indicate humor or irony. If nothing else, the current conversation has highlighted the importance of having as much context as possible before risking an interpretation.  

 

I would simply suggest we stop nursing our respective sensibilities, cease the personal attacks and refocus the conversation on Nahua language and culture. 

 

Respetuosamente,

Pablo 

 

PS: I will preemptively say that I do think some of the issues raised regarding scholarship are important and should be discussed, but I certainly find the tone, and perhaps the venue, inappropriate. 

 

"Let the honest scholar who has never concocted a crackpot theory cast his reflection in the smoking mirror."

 

Pablo García

Assistant Professor

Modern Languages and Literatures

Saint Anselm College

pgarcia at anselm.edu

 

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