More Matters Archaeological…..’More Than Human’…..From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……
by Bernie Bell - 07:35 on 07 August 2024
More Matters Archaeological…..
From Swandro…
https://www.swandro.co.uk/post/handles-and-pivots
https://www.swandro.co.uk/post/a-visit-from-the-time-team
And The Ness…..
Time Team – a truly massive quernstone, and a ‘handsome worked stone tool’….
https://www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/2024-day-34/
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’More Than Human’…..
In m’blog, I posted the link to Mr. Mac’s Tweet about the ‘More than Human‘ folk……
https://x.com/RobGMacfarlane/status/1769044632237674917
Mike followed the leads and liked David Abram’s face, so ordered ‘The Spell of the Sensuous’ second-hand from…..
It arrived, and in it was a post-card sent from Spain on the 9th of April 2007, to an address in London. Nothing spectacular – just saying “Life as usual”.
It’s a picture of a cat – a being which is more than human if ever there was one.
I love it when these bookmarks turn up – what’s the story?
We’ve probably had clear-outs and sent books to charity shops with old postcards in, too.
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From ‘Emergence’ Magazine……
“IN TANDEM with our latest film, Aloha ‘Āina—the second in our new Shifting Landscapes documentary film series—we’re returning this week to an investigative story by writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder, which explores the discord between the Native Hawaiian and astronomical communities that continues to play out on the summit of Mauna Kea, a sacred mountain that was earmarked for the construction of the biggest telescope on Earth. Grounded in interviews with land defenders, and interwoven with photography and archival footage, this story gives more context to the film and the sense of guardianship felt by Native Hawaiians, bringing in many more voices in defense of the mountain.
For Native Hawaiians, Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano on the Big Island of Hawai‘i, is the piko—the umbilical cord that connects to the sacred essence of creation. It is also the tallest mountain on Earth, from seafloor to summit, and is the proposed location for a thirty-meter telescope which would have the potential to see ever further into the reaches of space. Nearly six years ago, when moves to begin construction on the mountain ignited protest, we published a story on the collision of values unfolding on the summit of Mauna Kea and the questions emerging around sovereignty, proper relationship to land, and who or what suffers in service of progress. The situation today remains unsolved, but the recent creation of a new advisory board promises Kanaka Maoli greater voice in the future of their land and a new direction of mutual stewardship for the mountain.
Following the release of the film—which in part explores Native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio’s felt experience of aloha within the resistance––we’re re-sharing this story by writer Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder to explore the significance of Mauna Kea to both Kanaka Maoli and the astronomical community. Tracing the ongoing division over what is deemed sacred in this landscape, she meets the people who continue to stand “like the mountain, for the mountain, with the mountain.” For an immersive listening experience of this story, which includes the voices and chants of Mauna Kea land protectors, check out the “Born Was the Mountain” narrated podcast."
Born Was the Mountain
by Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder
In this in-depth investigative story, Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder explores the collision of values unfolding on the summit of Mauna Kea, the proposed site for what would be the largest telescope in the world.
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“I descend from that mountain, but also the mountain has taught me, has spoken to me, has shaped me, has transformed me in how I walk in this world.” — Pualani Case
SHIFTING LANDSCAPES FILM SERIES
Directed by Adam Loften and Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee
In this film, Native Hawaiian poet Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio immerses us in the concept of aloha ‘āina, a love for and of the land embodied by her poetry, her family, and a whole movement at the foot of a sacred mountain. Building on the surge of Hawaiian creativity that arose from the Mauna Kea resistance—the remembrance of old prayers, the creation of new songs—Jamaica carries forward an ancestral promise of guardianship for this place. Breaking our hearts open with fierce recitations of her poems, she explores the complexity of living in a Hawai‘i that, while struggling for physical and cultural self-determination, still calls out for connection.
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