In this video, Elizabeth Lindsey, Hawaiian nagivator, talks about her perspective on culture. First, she starts off with a flashback. This memory is when she was around 7 and she had elder ladies taking care of her. These ladies taught Lindsey all the different things they thought she'd need to know (names of the winds and the rains). They told her that someday, the world will have troubles and lose it's wisdom and that it would elders from all around the world to maintain equilibrium.
As the video continues, Lindsey talks about a more recent memory. She says she's with her mentor on the island, Satawal, in Micronesia. Her mentor, Pius Mau Piailug, is considered the "greatest wave finder in the world" and a "navigator priest". Mau is one of the few navigators left on this island. These navigators travelled three million square miles accross the Pacific without the use of scientific instruments. They had been trained to use traditional methods. For instance, they used the stars, waves, birds and clouds to navigate with accuracy. The use of "methodology" is typically dismissed by science though.
Lindsey finally talks about present day 2010. The women that raised her were right. The world is in trouble because in today's society we have so much data but barely any wisdom. She says that the distance bewteen the past and the future is very fragile. Additionally, she is reminded that all around the world, there are different cultures, all full with their own knowledge and that each time an elder dies, it's like setting a library on fire. In order to maintain balance, we must not lose any old traditions even when new ones are being made.
I agree with Lindsey on how we must continue with old traditions, as well as new, because we might need references from the past to help the future. My grandfather raised me and taught me just like how the elder ladies taught Lindsey, so I can relate with her on that. I also enjoy the topic of anthropology which is why I found this video really interesting.
BYE! -Devyn
As the video continues, Lindsey talks about a more recent memory. She says she's with her mentor on the island, Satawal, in Micronesia. Her mentor, Pius Mau Piailug, is considered the "greatest wave finder in the world" and a "navigator priest". Mau is one of the few navigators left on this island. These navigators travelled three million square miles accross the Pacific without the use of scientific instruments. They had been trained to use traditional methods. For instance, they used the stars, waves, birds and clouds to navigate with accuracy. The use of "methodology" is typically dismissed by science though.
Lindsey finally talks about present day 2010. The women that raised her were right. The world is in trouble because in today's society we have so much data but barely any wisdom. She says that the distance bewteen the past and the future is very fragile. Additionally, she is reminded that all around the world, there are different cultures, all full with their own knowledge and that each time an elder dies, it's like setting a library on fire. In order to maintain balance, we must not lose any old traditions even when new ones are being made.
I agree with Lindsey on how we must continue with old traditions, as well as new, because we might need references from the past to help the future. My grandfather raised me and taught me just like how the elder ladies taught Lindsey, so I can relate with her on that. I also enjoy the topic of anthropology which is why I found this video really interesting.
BYE! -Devyn