Comments on: The Survival of Plant Knowledge http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/02/survival-of-plant-knowledge/ A Guide to Mestizo Shamanism in the Upper Amazon Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:33:35 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Steve Beyer http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/02/survival-of-plant-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-257 Steve Beyer Thu, 05 Feb 2009 12:37:00 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/02/the-survival-of-plant-knowledge/#comment-257 I really like this study because it undercuts the peculiar European affectation that indigenous people are without history. It also questions the assumption that the culture of indigenous people today somehow reflects the culture of "primitive" human beings thousands -- or even tens of thousands -- of years ago.<br/><br/>In fact, every time someone talks about "primitive" people, I feel like saying, "Go knap a flint arrowhead, and see how primitive that is." :-) I really like this study because it undercuts the peculiar European affectation that indigenous people are without history. It also questions the assumption that the culture of indigenous people today somehow reflects the culture of “primitive” human beings thousands — or even tens of thousands — of years ago.

In fact, every time someone talks about “primitive” people, I feel like saying, “Go knap a flint arrowhead, and see how primitive that is.” :-)

]]> By: E http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/02/survival-of-plant-knowledge/comment-page-1/#comment-254 E Thu, 05 Feb 2009 05:06:00 +0000 http://www.singingtotheplants.com/2009/02/the-survival-of-plant-knowledge/#comment-254 Nothing is ever coincidental. :-) <br/><br/>Thank you for this! Nothing is ever coincidental. :-)

Thank you for this!

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