Comments on: Generational Theater http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/ The Official Weblog of The Long Now Foundation and Friends Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: chanel shoes http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-21263 chanel shoes Wed, 04 Aug 2010 13:35:15 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-21263 You will be proud of owning them.Don't hesitate!Take them home! You will be proud of owning them.Don't hesitate!Take them home!

]]> By: Matt Rose http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5458 Matt Rose Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:14:53 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5458 There is/was a tradition in England of the local community 'scouring' or cleaning white horse at Uffington accompanied by much festivity. The chalk figure is currently thought to be Bronze Age so this practice must have been going on centuries, millenia even. The tradition is documented in The Scouring of the White Horse by Thomas Hughes and Ballad of the White Horse by GK Chesterton. Using the land itself to store information long term. I imagine the horse/cereal culture that first cut the horse was the on the cusp of civilisation/agriculture. It reminds me of a section in Lewis Carroll's Sylvie and Bruno Concluded: "That's another thing we have learned from your Nation," said Mein Herr, "map-making. But we carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?" "About six inches to the mile." "Only six inches!" exclaimed Mein Herr. "We very soon got to six yards to the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile. And than came the grandest idea of them all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a mile to the mile!" "Have you used it much?" I enquired. "It has never been spread out yet" said Mein Herr: "the farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country and shut out the sunlight! So we now use the country itself and I assure you it does nearly as well." - Matt Rose, The Quiet Club, Bristol There is/was a tradition in England of the local community ‘scouring’ or cleaning white horse at Uffington accompanied by much festivity. The chalk figure is currently thought to be Bronze Age so this practice must have been going on centuries, millenia even. The tradition is documented in The Scouring of the White Horse by Thomas Hughes and Ballad of the White Horse by GK Chesterton. Using the land itself to store information long term. I imagine the horse/cereal culture that first cut the horse was the on the cusp of civilisation/agriculture.

It reminds me of a section in Lewis Carroll’s Sylvie and Bruno Concluded:
“That’s another thing we have learned from your Nation,” said Mein Herr, “map-making. But we carried it much further than you. What do you consider the largest map that would be really useful?”
“About six inches to the mile.”
“Only six inches!” exclaimed Mein Herr. “We very soon got to six yards to the mile. Then we tried a hundred yards to the mile. And than came the grandest idea of them all! We actually made a map of the country, on the scale of a mile to the mile!”
“Have you used it much?” I enquired.
“It has never been spread out yet” said Mein Herr: “the farmers objected: they said it would cover the whole country and shut out the sunlight! So we now use the country itself and I assure you it does nearly as well.”

- Matt Rose, The Quiet Club, Bristol

]]> By: Jon Kawa http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5201 Jon Kawa Wed, 20 Aug 2008 04:17:40 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5201 I never considered it quite that way before. Oberammergau has definite overtones of Daniel Quinn's <a>Beyond Civilization</a>. Humans lived sustainably for untold eons under tribal models before farming, modernization, and "civilization" took root. While no one's much interested in going back, Oberammergau demonstrates it's possible to benefit from both ways of organizing and that, perhaps, happiness and longevity arise more often under tribal-style activities. I never considered it quite that way before. Oberammergau has definite overtones of Daniel Quinn’s Beyond Civilization. Humans lived sustainably for untold eons under tribal models before farming, modernization, and “civilization” took root. While no one’s much interested in going back, Oberammergau demonstrates it’s possible to benefit from both ways of organizing and that, perhaps, happiness and longevity arise more often under tribal-style activities.

]]> By: R.R. http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5168 R.R. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:45:47 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5168 Very interesting letter.... I've been to Oberammergau many times, never for the Passionsspiele though. I'm wondering whether Eno might get to work with Stückl (who is the director-in-residence at Munich's Volkstheater). Very interesting letter…. I’ve been to Oberammergau many times, never for the Passionsspiele though.
I’m wondering whether Eno might get to work with Stückl (who is the director-in-residence at Munich’s Volkstheater).

]]> By: charlie http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 charlie Mon, 18 Aug 2008 07:02:35 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5167 I wonder what activities we start today will turn into traditions of tomorrow. Or, can such a long-trend pledge ever be done again? I wonder what activities we start today will turn into traditions of tomorrow. Or, can such a long-trend pledge ever be done again?

]]> By: chiel http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5148 chiel Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:42:38 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5148 this is really incredible. and coooooool...... we're not lost! this is really incredible. and coooooool…… we’re not lost!

]]> By: Ed http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5141 Ed Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:45:28 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5141 In the Tirolean village of Thaur, they have a festival/parade every four years called Mullerlaufen, or the running of the mullers. There are strange dances and people dressed as pine trees and other kinds of woodland creatures. I think it's interesting because many of the traditions date back hundreds of years, but I understand that the festival was dropped for a while before being revived in recent years; perhaps a result of the tourist industry. But it's also resulting in the continuation of these ritualistic practices that appear to date back to Celtic and pre-Christian practices. photos here: http://www.uibk.ac.at/volkskunde/infoservice/mullerlaufen.html It's also worth mentioning the Krampuslaufen: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus#Krampus In the Tirolean village of Thaur, they have a festival/parade every four years called Mullerlaufen, or the running of the mullers. There are strange dances and people dressed as pine trees and other kinds of woodland creatures. I think it’s interesting because many of the traditions date back hundreds of years, but I understand that the festival was dropped for a while before being revived in recent years; perhaps a result of the tourist industry. But it’s also resulting in the continuation of these ritualistic practices that appear to date back to Celtic and pre-Christian practices.

photos here:
http://www.uibk.ac.at/volkskunde/infoservice/mullerlaufen.html

It’s also worth mentioning the Krampuslaufen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus#Krampus

]]> By: Charles Frith http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/comment-page-1/#comment-5098 Charles Frith Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:13:01 +0000 http://blog.longnow.org/2008/08/11/generational-theater/#comment-5098 Lovely. Lovely.

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