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There has been some research using the Stroop Effect in languages with non-Latin scripts. Is any-one in this group doing any work in this area? I am thinking of doing some research on Koreans but…Continue
Tags: color, words, Korea, interference, itnerference
Started this discussion. Last reply by Jacob Lee Jun 9, 2014.
I got an AB in philosophy from Lawrence University (Appleton, Wisconsin) with an unofficial minor in anthropology (courses under H. K. Schneider and Ron Mason). I then did graduate work in anthropology at the University of Illinois (especially under Don Lathrap and Oscar Lewis), Northern Illinois University ( Mike Salovesh, Jamil Hanifi) and Southern Illinois University (W.W. Taylor, M. Lionel Bender). After and during some years in museum work and field archaeology (mostly in Germany), I studied mathematics at the University of Goettingen for seven semesters before entering the anthropology program at the same university, where I concentrated on North American archaeology (Gordon Whitakker). I have also done ethnographic research in Chiapas (Mexico), the U.S. (Amana, educational settings, a rural commune), Germany, Ethiopia, and Korea. I was a teaching assistant professor in the Department of English Language and Culture at Konyang University (South Korea). Besides my work on Mid-West (U.S.) archaeology, I am doing research on sociolinguistics in Korea and Kazakhstan. I am also interested in osteohistology (see http://www.academia.edu/4515286/Using_Osteohistology_for_Ageing_and_Sexing_Animal_Bones).
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Early settlers called some people "King Billy" or similar names and hung a plate around their neck but that does not make them rulers. The word "ruler" does not fit Indigenous Australian society, you are putting a European spin on this topic. I'm not arguing about Africa where there were indeed rulers of tribal societies, instead we are discussing Australia which in essence was highly communistic, with all people of "adult" age having equal say commensurate with their knowledge of the Dreaming. A consensus is then reached within the group according to Dreamtime law.
The Australian Red Ochre Men are not my idea. Did you think I made them up? You give me too much credit. I'm not that imaginative! : )
Being Australian I'd be extremely interested to know what "rulers" were buried in red ochre. I'm not disputing the red ochre aspect (that was not an uncommon practise) but certainly the "ruler" aspect is incorrect. Aboriginal Australians did not have rulers, they had (and still have) elders but they were groups of knowledgeable people who imparted knowledge to the younger generations.
The rule of Aboriginal Law was by consensus and handed down in Dreaming Legends, it wasn't imposed by individual "rulers" because Indigenous Australian did not have rulers.
With regards to ochre burials in Indigenous Australia you had to actually have access to it, obviously it isn't everywhere. Most, not all, of the time the body of the deceased was left in a tree to rot away leaving only the bones, the bones were then buried with the ochre, if it was available.
Its been great to chat with you, Kim! I hope we can catch up with each other later.
According to Milbourne, the color white signifies the spirit world of the ancestors, procreative power, and the nurturing quality of mother's milk. Black connotes the unknown or the mysterious. Red signifies the blood shed in warfare, hunting, animal sacrifice and in childbirth. Among many ancient peoples, burying dead rulers in red ochre expressed the hope that of life after death (rebirth from the womb of Earth?). This practice has been observed in burial sites in Czechoslovakia, Wales, France, and Australia.
http://openanthcoop.ning.com/forum/topics/yewa-to-deborah-and-twoheaded
I'd be interested in your thoughts on this.
Best wishes,
Alice C. Linsley