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New Religious Movements

bcox — Tue, 13 May 2008 17:04:53 CDT

April 3rd 2008

Professor Wesch started with the Buddhist story of THE MUSTARD SEED

The reputation of Buddha Shakyamuni had spread far and wide. Not only was he renowned as a great, compassionate and fully enlightened human being, but also as a skilled teacher and a miraculous healer who could even bring the dead back to life. One day, a woman approached him after a teaching begging that he do something to restore her dead child to her. The Buddha listened patiently to her plea and saw how great was her despair. He said to her, "Mother, if you bring me just one mustard seed from any household in which no person has died, then I shall revive your child." The woman was greatly encouraged by the Teacher's words. She traveled from door to door throughout her own village, but could not find even a single residence in which no one had died. She went out of town, wandering to this hamlet and that in search of the tiny seed that the Buddha had requested. Days later, muddy and footsore, she returned to the place where the Buddha and his followers were passing the rainy season.

She was ushered into the Teacher's presence worn out, but not discouraged. "Master, try as I might, I could not locate the token you requested as an offering. But I have come to understand that death visits every household and eventually, every single one of us. I would like now, to 'enter the stream' and work towards the liberation that the teachings provide.

Quick Review of ways religion expresses, explains, and legitimizes cultural practices, values, and the socio-political order.
A few more examples:
Mayan – cycles like the Hindu tradition - AGRICULTURAL (CORN) El Castillo Temple
91 steps x 4 sides + 1 = 365
52 years in a cycle / blocks at the base
Equinox - Snake - Kulkulkan (head at base)
Origin at "Snake Mountain"
Snake represents cyclical REBIRTH (sheds its skin)
Hunab Ku - Creator God
First humans were made of CORN (reflects corn agriculture)
13 compartments in 7 levels - different god in each -
Cycle: Agricultural (Corn)
Order and Organization - Reflected in levels and compartments (imitate bureaucracy) The current Katun will increment about ten years from now (13.0.0.0.0 will be on December 21st, 2012)
Interestingly, the Mayan religion is no longer practiced by Mayans, but has been adopted by some US Americans practicing New Age Spirituality:

New Age Spirituality

Individual selects own beliefs from many world religions
Main Idea: All is one, and all is spiritual
Emerged in late 1960s, early 1970s

Pantheism
The belief that the universe and all within it is God (I used the example of "God" in Los Angeles, a man who is a pantheist who actually legally changed his name to God in recognition of his belief that everybody and everything is God.) To reiterate the main point of this lecture, worldwide we find that religion expresses, explains, and legitimizes cultural practices, values, and the socio-political order. In other words, it FITS into the barrel. And if the barrel changes - so does the religion.

Religion Discussion
What is the religious landscape in America? How is it changing?
New Age Spirituality
(See Above)
Fundamentalism
Rock-Star MegaChurches

85% Christian ...
75% say they pray to God on a daily basis
Only 33% actually make it to church each week,
Only 40% can name more than 4 of the 10 commandments
And barely half can name even one of the 4 gospels.
60% believe the Bible is literally and completely true
75% agree that the Bible teaches that "God helps those who help themselves."

Emphasizes Individualism - Independence, etc. But yet there are many important differences:

224 Million Christians
42 Million Non-Religious
4 Million Judaism
2 Million Muslim (Islam)
1.6 Million Buddhist
1 Million Hindu

Over 60 Million Non-Judeo-Christian. (about 22% of US Population) See comparison of survey statistics at http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions

Bottom line: We live in a Pluralistic Society. (many cultures - many religions)

THE QUESTION: What role should religion play in a pluralistic society?
PARTIAL ANSWER: See Part I Here Errr, but view our currency at right. Politician's opinions (see YouTube Video). President's Oath of Office.

Spring 2008 Schedule

mwesch — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:20:08 CDT

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The Spring 2008 semester is over. Thank you all for a great class!

PAST SCHEDULE:

January 17 – Introduction

January 22 – a brief history of Anthropology and why they don’t eat cows in India
Haviland, Chapters 1 & 2
Online Reading: Holy Cow Remains Subject of Legal Fight

January 24 – Virtual Fieldwork Experience in Central New Guinea – Part One
Haviland Chapter 3
Reader: Body Ritual Among the Nacirema by Horace Miner

January 29 – Watch Merchants of Cool online: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/view/
Reader: Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamo by Napoleon Chagnon
Reader: Eating Christmas in the Kalahari by Richard Lee

January 31 – Race and Structural Racism
Haviland Chapter 4 (pages 91-95)
Examine Website: Race: The Power of an Illusion

February 5 – Introducing the World Simulation
Assignment to Groups: Rituals of Social Solidarity
Read: The Crisis of Significance by Michael Wesch (Online)

February 7 – Language & Gesture
Haviland Chapter 5
Reader: Fighting For Our Lives by Deborah Tannen

February 12 – Language, Worldview, and Media Ecology (Environment Draft Due)
Reader: Shakespeare in the Bush by Laura Bohannon
Online: Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman

February 14 – Language, Gender, Personality, Self, and Identity
Haviland Chapter 6
Reader: “I Can’t Even Open My Mouth!” by Deborah Tannen

February 19 – EXAM ONE (35 min) – Name Rituals (40 min)

February 21 – A Brief History of the World and Subsistence Discussion
Haviland Chapter 7
Reader: Understanding Eskimo Science

Language and Gender Draft notes should be posted on the wiki by this time

February 26 – Exchange & Coca-Colonization and Subsistence & Exchange Discussion
Haviland Chapter 8
Reader: Why Can’t People Feed Themselves?
IMPORTANT: Special Group-Specific Assigned Readings of Ethnographies Online

February 28 – Sex and Marriage + Sex, Love, and Marriage Discussion
Subsistence & Exchange Draft Due
Haviland Chapter 9
Reader: When Brothers Share a Wife (87-89)

Quiz 4 deadline extended until Saturday March 1st (due to KSOL outage and wiki confusion)

March 4 – Love and Beauty + Sex, Love, and Marriage Discussion Part 2
Reader: Who Needs Love! In Japan, Many Couples Don’t (112-115)
Reader: Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty (137-138)

March 6 – Family & Household + Family & Household Discussion
Sex, Love & Marriage Draft Due March 7th
Haviland Chapter 10

March 11 – Kinship, Social Organization & Stratification + Discussion
Family & Household Draft Due
Haviland Chapter 11

March 13 – EXAM TWO (35 min) – Optional Group Meeting after Exam

March 17-21 – Spring Break

March 25 – Power (Hard, Soft, and Structural)
Kinship / Social Organization Draft Due
Haviland Pages 381-384

March 27 – Political Organization, Law & Order + Political Organization Discussion
Haviland Chapter 12
Reader: The Secrets of Haiti’s Living Dead by Del Guercio
QUIZ 6 DUE

April 1 – Culture and the Supernatural + Political Organization
Monsoon Wedding and/or Bend it Like Beckham Extra Credit Due
Haviland Chapter 13
Reader: Baseball Magic by George Gmelch

April 3 – New Religious Movements, The Matrix,+ Religion & Core Cultural Values Discussion
Online Reading: World Simulation Rules from Spring 2007
Political Organization Draft Due
Language and Gender Notes Due
QUIZ 7 DUE

April 8 – Art & Music + Art Discussion
Religion Draft Due
Haviland Chapter 14
QUIZ 8 DUE

April 10 – EXAM THREE - Cultural Integration Workshop
Art & Cultural Values Draft Due

April 15 – Very Important World Simulation Workshop: Creating the Rules Part One
Haviland Chapter 15
Final Drafts of Ethnography Sections are due
Integrator can make edits and changes until class on April 17th

April 17 – World Simulation: Creating the Rules Part Two
Haviland Chapter 16
Ethnographies due
QUIZ 9 DUE

Submit presentations by e-mail or mediafire.com by April 20th (Sunday)

April 22 – Introducing Our World – Culture Videos & Presentations

Reader: The Price of Progress
Re-read: Why Can’t People Feed Themselves
Posters due in Waters 206 by 4:30 pm (slide under door if I am not there)
SpaceShip Earth Statistics (Extra Credit) Due

April 24 – World Simulation in Union Ballroom
Special Quiz 10 over the World Simulation Rules due by 9 am

Videographers submit clips to Dr. Wesch by 5 pm Friday, April 25th
Historians post first drafts of main events to Wiki by 5 pm Friday, April 25th

April 29 – Globalization and the Global Garment

May 1 - World Simulation Reflection Workshop

World Simulation Reflections Due May 2nd by midnight (If you were in class on May 1st, you probably turned it in after class)

May 6 - Ethnography of Now

May 8 – Ethnography of the Future
Ray Kurzweil's Vision of the Future

Quiz 11 Due by 9 am

May 13 – FINAL EXAM IS ONLINE– DUE BY 4 pm

Extra Credit Guidelines

Possibilities and Pitfalls of Globalization

mwesch — Sun, 11 May 2008 06:30:13 CDT

April 15 2008

Yali’s Question – Why are we unequal? Why are we so poor and you so rich?

Diamond’s answer (Guns, Steel, Production of Cereals to 4 groups)
- Answer incomplete – Why now? Why still? Why is it growing?
Why are some starving? (The world is more unequal now than ever before)

The World as a System
Diamond has the wrong question: “Why is our system better than their system?”
A: We are one system.

Start with BIG QUESTIONS.
How DOES the world work?
How are we all interrelated?
Why are "we" so rich, and they so poor?
Why do the rich keep getting richer?
Why do we fight?
-- How can we survive as a species for the next 100, 1000, 10000, 1 million years?
-- How can we assure equality and human rights to all?
o What are rights?
o Who decides?
o What is "human"? (What is human nature?)
-- What societal/world changes should be encouraged? Discouraged? Why?
-- Who are you? Who are those around you? (pluralize your answer)
How do you fit into the world?
IS GLOBALIZATION GOOD OR BAD? or asked in a better way ...
WHAT IS GOOD ABOUT GLOBALIZATION, and WHAT IS BAD ABOUT IT?
WHAT ARE ITS POSSIBILITIES?
WHAT ARE ITS PITFALLS?
UNDERDEVELOPMENT

World System develops through colonialism ...

Let's take a closer look at colonialism - as it sets the stage for the World System as we know it today.

Justification for Colonialism:
This poem expresses some of the justification for colonialism (which illustrates the ethnocentrism of the time)
"The White Man's Burden"
Take up the White Man's burden -
Send forth the best ye breed -
Go, bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need;
To wait, in heavy harness,
On fluttered folk and wild -
Your new-caught sullen peoples,
Half devil and half child.
- Rudyard Kipling 1899
It is also illustrated in this political cartoon:
Colonized peoples were drawn into the global market through 2 colonial strategies:
1. Force locals to grow cash crops through Physical Force, Taxation, or Sanctions (Africa)
2. Take the land and run plantations (Sri Lanka – Sumatra)

Consequences of Colonialism on Local Economies
1. Market value trumps nutrition value (grow cash crops for money, while suffering malnutrition) - Sugar, Tobacco, Coffee, Rubber, Chili Peppers

2. Single crop cultivation (often non-nutritious) – Ghana => Cocoa, Liberia =>Rubber
Nigeria => Palm Oil, Uganda => Cotton

3. Hunger and unsustainability

4. Most become property-less low-wage laborers - Policies ensure this – taxes, reservations, own all the good land, subsidies on imports

Colonialism created the "World System"

World System Theory was created by Immanuel Wallerstein to try to map and understand global economic flows and their social and cultural consequences. The following diagram summarizes his view of the World System.

We then looked at the Huaorani of Ecuador to show how the world system works.

The Huaorani story represents the best and worst of humanity coming together. Many people with good intentions having unseen negative consequences – the world system sucking in previously disconnected people ... complexity beyond one lecture, but worth exploring ...

Several books – Savages by Joe Kane --- End of the Spear by son of slain missionary, Steve Saint, Countless Mining Documents and Maps, 2 anthropologists, 2 psychologists, and only 600 people (now 2,000)

Huaorani called the Auca – savages – kill virtually everybody who ever came into their territory. Rubber seekers, Oil seekers ... 1956 ...

VIDEO ONE: END OF THE SPEAR

The first missionaries to visit the Huaorani were killed by the Huaorani.

Story: young couple on beach – others angry – they lie and say foreigners trying to kill them.

A sister of one of these missionaries went back the Huaorani, viewing her job as even more important because of their horrific act.

VIDEO TWO: Huaorani describe first contact

She began working closely with oil companies in trying to control the protests of Huaorani so that oil could be extracted from their land.

VIDEO THREE: Working with Oil Companies – moving them onto reservations

They were moved onto a reservation and are no longer allowed to hunt (their traditional mode of subsistence) because they are on a "nature reserve"

The pollution to their land was devastating.
Neighboring Cofan went from 15,000 to 1,000 today

Public Service Announcement

VIDEO FOUR: Pollution => Protests in Quito

They are now forced to work to make enough money to eat and survive.
The videos illustrate the world system.
The CORE are the largely US-based oil companies.
The SEMIPERIPHERY is Ecuador, through whom the US oil companies obtain mining rights.
The PERIPHERY are the Huaorani who give up their raw materials (oil) and are then forced into working, providing cheap labor for their own exploitation.

There is $1.5 billion worth of oil on Huaorani land ... enough to power vehicles in the USA for 13 days.

Carlton Brown on Oil

We talk about “the economy” and we don’t see Yali ... the rubber plantation worker ...

Luk Luk and Tiin Tiin – We don’t see Yali

The tremendous growth of Europe and America is at least partially on the backs of the colonized – and now on the third world ...

Sajem History

schew07 — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:21:33 CDT

World Simulation History

By: Sara Chew

As the World Simulation began, the Sajem tribe were unsure of how things would being and where they stood as a part of the world. We started the first round (1450-1650 A.D.) with an abundance of plant materials and animal skins. We also had 11,000 in hard power mostly in wood and stones. We also 100,000 in home defense. We soon began trading with other tribes around us for spices, obsidian, shells, indigenous money, and decorative materials.. We quickly found ourselves being colonized by the Chababains tribe, we wanted to form an alliance with them but were really colonized. We began working for them by creating the chains for the fruit loop necklaces, inreturn they fed us and paid for the work that we did. During this time Europe was beging to explore the rest of the world. They began colonizing small countires and islands throughout the globe.

In the second round (1650 - 1800 A.D.) a natural disaster hit our tribe and created a hardship for our people. Three members of the Sajem tribe had to leave and travel to a neighboring tribes until the disaster passed. They managed to survive in the other tribes and find food until they could return. The other Sajemins continued to work for Chababa, they traded with other tribes and colonies to better our abundance and create alliances with Marclarr. We were in the process of creating a deal with Marclarr to allow them to use our hard power to over throw their colonizers but the deal fell through when diseases hit their lands. The plague bit many countires during this time and wiped out millions of people. Also Europe had successfully carved up Africa so that almost every country was colonized. More people were begining to travel farther than they ever had before.

The third round (1800 - 1950 A.D.) of the World Simulation our population grew to over 50 million people due to colonization, also our hard power also increased by 200,000. We had to trade for Cheerios and things from our land for survival. We were required to make the chain for the fruit loop necklaces. They were very relaxed on how many we made so long as they had enough we could slack a little on work. By the end of round three we had completely stopped making the chains. We continued to be under Chababas rule but we no longer did any work and they continued to pay us with food. Our colony was constantly changing we werer getting more and more technology and life in our colony was about to drastically change.

As round 4 began (1950-2100 A.D.) we continued to not do any work for Chababa. We were now able to travel throughout the world with ease but lettle did we know we were in for some big changes. Chababa took all our hard power to try and defeat Sasnak, they destroyed all our hope of escaping their rule. Sajem was now stuck under Chababas rule with no way of escaping. We quit working for chababa and they did not try and stop us and it was finally begining to feel like we were free. Chababa continued giving us food and the necessities of life. By the year 2010 the world was quickly running out of resources and from our point of viewl it looked like nothing was being done to save our world. However, in the end most the colonies were free from their rulers and the world was starting to ban together. The world was starting to become a better place at the end of the simulation there was still a ways to go but it was getting better.

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chewy07 We are made an alliance with Chababa and became colonized under them. We also traded with Aole Pilikia, for shells and indigenous money.
chewy07 Our colonizers have us working on a puzzle in return they will give us food and money.
chewy07 We traded with Marclarr and made an alliance; plants for obsidian and other tools
chewy07 We traded again with Aole Pilikia we gave them animal skins for shells and indigenous money
chewy07 Chababa has us making the chains for the fruit loop necklaces. It is not very hard work and they are rewarding us with money and food for our work.
chewy07 We created a new alliance with the Diraimes and we traded two animal skins for salt.
chewy07 At the Beginning of 1650 we had plenty of food and everyone was able to satisfy their hunger. End of Round One!
chewy07 Beginning of Round Two! A natural disaster has hit Sajem, three people died. (They took refugee in another culture.
chewy07 We are continuing to make the chain for the fruit loop necklaces. The Chababains are continuing to rule us.
chewy07 We created an alliance with Marclarr. They asked for our help because Sasnak is pulling guns out and need help defeating them. We gave them 1,100 in hard power in return they will help us get our freedom from the Chababains.
chewy07 Marclarr returned our hard power and will no longer be able to help us because disease has killed off part of their population and they will no longer be able to fight off the Sasnakins.
chewy07 Beginning of Round Three! We now have over 50million people in our culture and our hard power had increased tremendously.
.chewy07 We traded with Nalani. They gave us shells and obsidian for cheerios.
chewy07 We have stopped making the chains for the fruit loop necklaces
chewy07 End of Round Three! There was plenty of food to go around and the Chababains gave us extra food.
chewy07 Beginning of Round Four! Fruit Loops are no longer an edible substance.
chewy07 We continue not working for the Chababains even though we are still under their rule.
chewy07 Chababa took our hard power and they are trying to take over the entire island that we live on.
chewy07 Chababa is not successful and we do not gain our independence from them.
chewy07. End of Simulation.

History of Chababa

j269369 — Thu, 08 May 2008 09:08:56 CDT

For the history we need provide a short narrative of what happened to our culture during the simulation and provide some detailed, real world examples (this should probably be a slightly more detailed version of the sheet we filled out in class).

We talked about dividing this up by rounds. Who would like to be in charge of each? (Everyone should look over all of them to be sure nothing important is missing/incorrect)

Round One

We started off colonizing (who and how did we do this?)
Colonized Mzardo, Wanahokaloogie and Sajem
In real world history, this is similar to European countries' colonizing much of the world, in an attempt
to "civilize" indigenous peoples because they thought that this would benefit these people.
But the result was acculturation, or forcing the natives to abandon their own cultural practices, due to
the colonizing countries' ethnocentric attitudes.

Chababa received goods (fruitloops, cocoa puffs, ????) and labor from the colonies.
Mzardo gave us cocoa puffs, Sajem gave the cotton for the necklaces and Wanahokaloogie made the necklaces.
In real history, after European colonization, millions of indigenous people, who had for centuries relied
upon horticultural and other food foraging practices for subsistence and survival, were now forced to
instead grow "cash crops" for the benefit of their colonizing countries as luzury items.

We searched for natural resources (how many did we find, where, what did we exchange them for?)

We gave cheerios in exchange to our colonies (too many perhaps) to sustain them.

Okosmokos approached us about forming an alliance. We decided to wait until all open colonies were taken.

Round Two

Okosmokos approached us again to do it and we wanted to wait one more round. I think.

We had refugees from another colony who helped us look cards and resources.
Three girls from Wanahokaloogie came to join us because their country was hit with disease.
Due to cononization, Europeans, who, through active immunity processes, were unknowingly carriers
of diseases that indigenous people had not been previously been exposed, and thus had no natural
defense through immunity, were now dying by the millions. Even the colonizing countries did not un-
derstand the pathology of disease tranmission, so the resulting deaths due to diseases were
unintentional, yet reality.

Traded other cultures cheerios for fruitloop necklaces.

Round Three

Pooled hard power with Okosmokos and tried unsuccessfully to overthrow Saznak.
This could be the equivalent of both World Wars I and II, as nations used hard power to dominate one
another, and to control natural resources/wealth world wide.

We lost all three colonies

Round Four
We pooled our hard power again with Okosmokos and the islands and tried to overthrow Saznak again but it was unsuccessful.

The real world analogy here could be the Cold War between Rusia and the U.S.

Many areas that were once colonized, were now independent nations... or were they?

After becoming independent from colonization, many areas were left with lands that were no longer useful for subsistence horticultural purposes, as they had previous to the abusive use of the lands for
cash crop cultivation. Now, unable to grow crops for survival, and unable to produce anything for trade
for food with other countries, millions of people world wide are left in poverty, stricken with diseases with no way to provide care, and in famine with no way to purchase/trade for food. Africa is but one
example of this tragedy.

Aole Pilikia Simulation

lyelken — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:59:48 CDT

Aole Pilikia started off being aliances with Newzies. Obsidian was aquired from the allianced newzies and also became allianced with Sajem. Aole Pilikia got all the resources with the obsidian and also became alliances with Hunamey. Sadly, Aole Pilika got colonized by the Okosmokos by the first round. How we were colonized relates to how culture is intergrated and how in so many real life cultures, trade and alliances form to help the others and benefit from others from another. We demonstrated this as we knew we would need help to survive and there were other cultures that would benefit from what we had to offer as well.

Three of our people had to go live off other cultures for round two. Luckily, as many cultures didnt, Aole Pilikia missed an epidemic. The three people went to Marclarr to live as the other people made yarn for Okosmokos. For a while we just did yarn to earn money from Okosmokos. Our money was raised by Okosmokos because we didnt rebel. However, our choice was not quite with the norm. Many cultures try to rebel by their colonizer. Just like the Maya Indians are still trying to rebel to this day, we also felt we would beneifit better under our own control. But as time went on the deal with the colonizer turned out to be a better benefit. The deal we ended up compromising was the Okosmokos offered Aole Pilikia a plan to give us freedom and then we have a relaxed trade, though we still work for them. Aole Pilikia culture made fruit loop necklaces for Okosmokos till the end.

Wingape History

matthalvorson — Thu, 08 May 2008 00:32:50 CDT

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History

Windom1790 — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:18:21 CDT

Round One

We started off by trying to get the cultures that had cotton and friut loops. We also set out to discover as many yellow cards as possible.
We colonized Marclarr for cotton, Hakuna Matada for cheap labor, and Diraimes for more cheap labor. This was similar to Henry VIII we expanded our empire and made our own mark on society. This would be similar to his breaking away from the traditional Catholic Church and starting the Church of England. We did not stick to the main traditions but broke away and led our own culture.
We attempted to colonize for fruit loops, but did not get this accomplished in time.
We also found the pieces to 2 yellow cards
Were called by Xibalba to help Retfa Reve overthrow Okosmokos. They were successful with are help. This made Okosmokos are enemy.
As a leading world power in the world simulation we found much prosperity. This is similar to Elizabeth 1. She defeated the Spanish Armada much like we defeated Okosmokos.

Round Two

We held on to all the previous colonies
We gained Nalani, Wingape, Newzies and Retfa Reve.
Before gaining Refta Reve we had to help them regain their freedom from Okosmokos.
Nalani, Wingape, and Newzies were colonies that allowed for production of fruit loops.
We found another yellow card.
At the end of this round we were one of the biggest world powers. We enjoyed great growth and wealth. Like the Sun King we were a country in top form.

Round Three

We gained the colony of Sibirisches Eisland.
We had a steady production of fruit loop necklaces.
We had WWI (historcial reference) between Sasnak, Okosmokos and Chababa.
Sasnak defended its home territory thanks to the calm support of our colonies. If they had attempted to rebel during this time, we would not have had enough hard power in our colonies to stop a rebelion.
For the first part of this round we were a major country just gaining vast amounts of power. This is like the United States under FDR. As with any country there are people who become jealous of the power and wealth. In this came with Okosomokos and Chababa attacking us. While the circumstances of the war were not the same, the ending was. The United States won!

Round Four

Our main goal in this round was to solve world problems. We made sure all of our former colonies were not going hungry. We also discovered the last natural resources.
Under pressure from our colonies and a looming second world war (WWII), we granted independence to all of our former colonies. WWII was the same set up; again Okosmoskos and Chababa were defeated by Sasnak. While this world war took longer to happen then in real life history, it was started for the same reasons. Unresolved conflict from WWI. Also the United States (Sasnak) won again.
There was also the start of WWIII when Sasnak began invading Okosmokos. The conflict did not have a chance to fully develop, but we were prepared to use nuclear power if necessary. At the start of this world war, Sasnak had decided to use nuclear power to defeat Okosmokos at home. This would be similar to USA using the atomic bomb on Japan. This is the same because no one else had developed the technology. We were never able to use the nuclear power.
A relationship was formed between Xibalba and Sasnak when they worked together to escavate the world's last 2 yellow cards. The relationship was based on independence and friendship. Our friendship could close the relationship we have with China or India. We both needed something from the other. They wanted independence and food. We needed cheap labor.
We had, in the end, found 6 yellow cards and held over 5 million in hard power. We were the only cutlure to obtain nuclear power. We also finished with 67 fruit-loop necklaces.

Back to Sasnak home page

Historian

blair06 — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:16:44 CDT

Brief Summaries
Round One
1450-1650:
Being as one of the small islands in the world, Nalani decided to join with other islands and small countries to form an alliance. Since all of the islands had little hard power and not a great amount of home defense we knew that we would have to stick together to survive. Nalani had 20,000 home defense hard power and 8,000 hard power in wood and stone. Nalani also started out having only shells and plant materials as trading items. So, we first started our alliance by trading three of our shells for the Obsidian with the Newzies and this was the beginning of what came to be a great island nation all together. During this time Nalani also traded with Wingape and Nunamey for shells and obsidian. Late in the 1600(late in the round) the Sasnak attempted to colonize Nalani, but with all of our allies standing by us, Nalani stayed strong and go the Sasnak to leave, but we knew that they would be back soon. At the end of 1650 (round one) Nalani was still standing free and strong with their allies by their side.

Round Two
1650-1800:
At the beginning of round two the Sasnak came to Nalani with a proposition. They wanted to colonize Nalani for half of our land and a deal that we would work making bags of fruit loops for money. We agreed on those conditions and got colonized by Sasnak. After getting colonized we traded some of our shells for salt with the Numaney and this built a friendship among us. For the entire round we worked for Sasnak and got paid a dollar for every two bags made. In the end of the round we got paid 12 dollars, and had enough fruit loops for each person to eat.

Round Three:
1800- 1950
To start of round three Nalani got 200,000 home defense in hard power because of our increase in population to 50 million. With this amount we started to scheme how to get our land back, and rebuttal from the Sasnak. We also were told that we had to collect enough cheerios for our people to survive because fruit loops could no longer support us. So using the money we earned we bought cheerios from the Wanahokaloogies for only a dollar. At one point in this round the Oskmokos attempted to colonize Nalani, they said that they would pay us more for our labor and hopefully at the end we would have enough food to survive. We decided to decline being colonized by the Oskmokos so we made a deal with the Sasnak for more money. Now Nalani is getting paid more money for their labor. At the end of the round we were making two dollars for every three bags made.

Round Four:
1950- 2100
After scheming for many rounds, the island countries decided to put all of our hard power and one islands home defense together to rebel against the Sasnak. We all had complete mobility and used it to our advantage to get as many islands in our merging nation. We pulled all of the tables together and decided to take action against the Sasnak. We quit working for the Sasnak and used our allies together as power. Our merging nation took over and we became free.

Narrative with real world events:

Being as one of the small islands in the world, Nalani decided to join with other islands and small countries to form an alliance. Since all of the islands had little hard power and not a great amount of home defense we knew that we would have to stick together to survive. Nalani had 20,000 home defense hard power and 8,000 hard power in wood and stone. Nalani also started out having only shells and plant materials as trading items. So, we first started our alliance by trading three of our shells for the Obsidian with the Newzies and this was the beginning of what came to be a great island nation all together. During this time Nalani also traded with Wingape and Nunamey for shells and obsidian. During this time was also when West Europeans we exploring and expanding into Asia, Africa,and the Americas for trading, fishing, and timber reason. Just like how we traded with other countries, Western Europeans were wanting means of trade with other nations. Late in the 1600 the Sasnak attempted to colonize Nalani, but with all of our allies standing by us, Nalani stayed strong and go the Sasnak to leave, but we knew that they would be back soon. At the end of 1650 Nalani was still standing free and strong with their allies by their side.

At the beginning of the 1650's the Sasnak came to Nalani with a proposition. They wanted to colonize Nalani for half of our land and a deal that we would work making bags of fruit loops for money. We agreed on those conditions and got colonized by Sasnak. After getting colonized we traded some of our shells for salt with the Numaney and this built a friendship among us. For this entire decade we worked for Sasnak and got paid a dollar for every two bags made. In the end of the round we got paid 12 dollars, and had enough fruit loops for each person to eat. Like the Sasnak colonized Nalani, during 1700-1800 Most European countries were colonizing Africa. France had the northern region, Belgium had the central region and England colonized the south. This colonization is the reason African-french is still being spoken today. By the end of the 17th century, almost all of the western hemisphere was under the domination of European countries, this changed plant and animal life, population and landscape of the western countries. Like European countries, Denmark was also gaining control of the group of islands in the West Indies (now the U.S. Virgin Islands) during the 18th century. These colonizations show that larger countries normally take over small islands or countries to help them survive.

Around 1800, Nalani got 200,000 home defense in hard power because of our increase in population to 50 million. With this amount we started to scheme how to get our land back, and rebuttal from the Sasnak. We also were told that we had to collect enough cheerios for our people to survive because fruit loops could no longer support us. So using the money we earned we bought cheerios from the Wanahokaloogies for only a dollar. At one point in this time, the Oskmokos attempted to colonize Nalani, they said that they would pay us more for our labor and hopefully at the end we would have enough food to survive. We decided to decline being colonized by the Oskmokos so we made a deal with the Sasnak for more money. A real life example of this is in the 1800 the French colonized the West Indies and used their land to grow crops and produce good beneficial to them. In the end of the round, Nalani is getting paid more money for their labor. In the end we were making two dollars for every three bags made. Cheap labor in the world like Nalani working for Sasnak has brought up many laws in the United States, In 1938 president Roosevelt signed a Fair Labor Standards Acts which affected low payed workers. This act set standards on working age requirements, length of work day, and pay rates for those workers. In the United States at this time, about 90% of the low wage jobs were in southern industries we workers were bagging, pecan shelling and tobacco stemming. Bagging is one of the jobs of the Nalani which shows that we were part of this low wage jobs in the world.

After scheming for many decades, the island countries decided to put all of our hard power and home defense together to rebel against the Sasnak. We all had complete mobility and used it to our advantage to get as many islands in our merging nation. We pulled all of the tables together and decided to take action against the Sasnak. We quit working for the Sasnak and used our allies together as power. Our merging nation took over and we became free. Rebellions in this time were very popular, as the Tibetans rebelled against the Chinese rule in Amdo and Kham in 1956. Also, in 1994 Zapatista rebellion broke out where the Mexican state of Chiapas demanded equal right for indigenous people and in opposition to growing neoliberalism in North America. One of the best events that occurred during this time was the event in India, where they stopped using and making British products at a revolt against the British. By using soft power and no violence they eventually became free

final history of newnamey

jaragon — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:18:28 CDT

1450-1650

Newnamey starts off the world simulation with very little home defense and even less hard power. In order for us to survive we create a free trade alliance with the Newzies, Nulani, Sibrisches, and Eislanders. Chabalba tries to colonize Newnamey but after we join together with our island alliance Chabalba peacefully leaves. This was a very unique situation as most of the smaller nations were colonized. At the end of this round everyone in Newnamey was able to eat and our small population survived.

1650-1800

A natural disaster hits Newnamey at the beginning of this round. We lose three members of our group who must be refugees in neighboring nations. We also need to find food to survive this round. It is not as easy for our nation as we still have yet to be colonized so we have no body to trade with except for the small island nations we allied with in the beginning of the simulation. At the end of this round our refugees return and we still enough resources for everyone to eat at the end of the round.

1800-1950

Because of the lack of colonization in our nation our population has no noticable increase. In this round we are just trying to survive like small cultures in unreachable parts of the world we have to fend for ourselves. In order to eat during this time we have to find a way to trade with a nation, we found Sajem and they were glad to take some of our natural resources in return for some of their food. We were able to eat this round again and still are the only nation to have not been colonized.

1950-2100

As the new round begins we start to trade with other nations as we are allowed to travel the world for the first time. We really start to get into the world market as we had been making fruit loop necklaces the entire time and now we have people to sell them to. We trade our fruit loop necklaces with Okosmokos for cheerios so that everyone can eat for a long time. Ticos was killed off and we take on their refugees and our nation begins to grow. Newnamey joined an official alliance with the other small nations of the world as they revolted against their colonizers and gained their independence. Towards the end of the world simulation the United Island Alliance pulls all of our hard power together in order to try and take over the larger countries no doubt turning into something like a world war 2 situation. Newnamey was the only nation to have never been colonized or peacefully controlled by another nation, just like some small indian cultures in the South American rainforest. We were able to keep our culture alive.

Newzies History

nbkenney — Wed, 07 May 2008 20:07:10 CDT

This is a brief history of the Newzies by round:

Round 1: 9:30-9:47 (1450-1650)
-The Newzies formed an alliance with other that they traded with. These included the Nulani, Sibrisches Eislanders, and Nunamey. This happened at the beginning of the round.
-9:36 (1461)--> Formed Alliance with Aole Pilikia
-9:39 (1555)--> Traded with many of our trade partners
-9:46 (1638)--> Formed alliance with Ticos. Newzies, Ticos, and Nulani fended off colonizers from Nulani.
-Everyone was fed at the end of this period.
Round 2: 9:52-10:05 (1650-1800)
-The beginning of this saw a natural disaster strike the Newzies. This forced a percentage of their population (three people) to live as refugees in foreign lands.
-9:54 (1673)--> Okos Mokos begins to try and take Newzies yellow card (natural resources)
-9:58 (1719--> Newzies attempt to help their allies the Sibrisches Eislanders from being colonized. This attempt failed.
-10:04 (1788)--> Newzies, under an agreement with better terms than were suspected from Okos Mokos, agreed to trade deal with Sasnak. This was the colonization of the Newzies. Newzies bagged Fruit Loops and sold them to Sasnak for money to buy food.
-Everyone was once again fed at the end of this period. And the refugees from the natural diaster were able to return.
Round 3: 10:09-10:26 (1800-1950)
-Due mainly to colonization, but also from new agricultural technologies, the Newzies population has boomed to over 50,000,000 people at the beginning of this period. This gains them an increase in hardpower.
-10:14 (1844)--> Sasnak takes Newzies' yellow card (natural resources). Sasnak's presence on Newzie has disappeared after this event, and Newzies stop working on bagging fruit loops.
-10:17 (1870)--> Sasnak returns to Newzie.
-10:19 (1888)--> Sasnak brings in food to help feed the Newzie population which traded fruit loops for it.
-10:25 (1941)--> Sasnak uses soft power (influence) to prevent a revolt of multiple island countries, including Newzie.
-Everyone was fed, once again, at the end of this period.
Round 4: 10:31-10:45 (1950-2100)
-The Newzies are still colonized by Sasnak, and still have fruit loops with which to trade, but there are growing tensions. Also, there is a growing problem around the world: global warming.
-10:38 (2020)-->Everyone gains total mobility throughout the world
-10:40 (2041)--> Wingape, Nalani, Wanahockaloogie, Nunamey, and Newzies form the United Island Alliance.
-10:42 (2062)--> Sasnak leaves the UIA peacefully. Trade is still held with Sasnak in order to feed the Newzie population.
-Everyone fed at the end of this round. However, the status of global warming was unknown to the Newzies.

Historical Narative

During the period of 1450 AD to 1650 AD the Newzies traded with other cultures surrounding them and formed alliances with such cultures as Aole Pilikia, Ticos, and Nulani. These allies fended off colonizers from Nulani. Around the year 1650 a natural disaster struck Newzie causing some of the population to live in other places as refugees. This was very similar to what happened along the Gulf Coast of the United States after Hurricane Katrina. The ally of the Newzies, Sibrisches Eislanders, were being colonized and the Newzies tried to help but failed, this seems slightly analagous to the US intervention in Vietnam, there are some key differences, but the main idea is similar. Then in 1788 the Newzies were colonized by Sasnak, which is obviously similar to the industrialized European countries colonizing other, specifically more tropical areas. Around 1800 the refugees from the natural disaster were able to return to Newzie. Also around this time there was a population boom due to colonization and better agricultural technologies. The Newzie population boomed to 50,000,000. This was similar to the fact that colonizers did spread agricultural technologies and agriculture did allow populations to boom. In 1844 Sasnak depleted Newzie of its natural resources and left the island. The Newzie population was left to fend for itself. However, Sasnak returns in 1870 and the trade agreement between the two countries continues. By the year 1950 Sasnak is still the colonial ruler of Newzie, however there is a larger problem: global warming. Sasnak stays for the next 90 years, but in 2041 Wingape, Nalani, Wanahockaloogie, Nanamey, and the Newzies form the United Island Alliance. This was a defense alliance aimed specifically at defense from Sasnak. The UIA would be very similar to NATO during the Cold War, considering they were both defense alliances aimed at a specific threat. In 2062 Sasnak leaves the UIA peacefully, much like some colonizers did in the post WWII era, but the UIA was lucky enough not to have to fight a war to make the colonizers leave. Even with the colonizers gone, Newzies still traded with Sasnak, much like the former British colonies did inside the British Commonwealth. The Newzies never faced a famine.

The History of Marclarr

cdm2 — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:55:08 CDT

1450 – 1650

Marclarr has started out with an abundance of home defense but very little hard power to be offensive in our strategies. The Sasnak came to colonize us, but we talked them into peaceful trade dealings, thus saving us from harsh labor demands. We would give them double our required food at the end of each round and they would pay us twelve dollars. We also started trading all along our continent with the nations of Hakuna Matada, Aole Polikia and the Sajem. Towards the end of the round, alliance talks began with Aole Polikia and Hakuna Matada.

1650 – 1800

A disease has hit our homeland and crushed our growing people. 90% of our population was wiped out, and the disease also took our 200,000 home defense, which left us with just 20,000. We were going to attempt a rebellion, but were unable too due to the drop in our home defense. Our trades continue with the Sasnak, Aole Polikia and the people of Hakuna Matada. The Sajem are no longer being considered for an alliance. The want to overthrow our colonizer, but we do not wish to do so in a violent way. We want to be free, but we do not want to kill the Sasnak. Alliances were formed with both the Hakuna Matada and the Aole Polikia.

This is not unlike the many indigenous people that were once colonized. The colonizers brought new diseases that the inhabitants didn't have immunities for.

1800 – 1950

Our people are thriving and our population has exploded. We number now well over 50 million people. Also we have gained our home defense back, thus allowing us to try and rebel next round and send our colonizers home. Our main food source has been depleted and we can no longer live off of them. Cheerios are our only path for survival. We struck a deal with the Sasnak for them to pay us in Cheerios if we were to give them more Fruit Loops for necklaces. Also, all alliances have been canceled. Some nations want to band with the Chababians and take out the Sasnak. This is not what we want to do. The Sasnak have been kind to us and we will not fight them in such a manner.

1950-2100

Global warming is upon us and the people of Marclarr are watching as the world is slowly deteriorating. Many nations have refugees in other nations and we as well have taken two refugees from the Ticos. We try to rebel against our colonizers, but our home defense is not enough. They beat back the rebellion, but do not punish us for it. Our former allies have gained independence and have given all their hard power to Chababa in an attempt to defeat the Sasnak. We too, have given some hard power to Chababa, but we gave more to the Sasnak. They have been kind colonizers and we can’t go behind their backs in deceit. Since they are being attacked at home, the Sasnak pull out of Marclarr. They leave peacefully on good terms and leave us, the people of Marclarr, to thrive and try to become a nation.

This is a lot like what happened when after the Dutch and British had so many colonies. Now they have no colonies, but their parts of their cultures show throughout the current land that they once occupied.

Cultures of Spring 2008

Haprker — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:39:15 CDT

Wanahokaloogie

Haprker — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:38:08 CDT

Wannahokaloogie is located in the area of the Tropical Islands that are central in the world simulation culture.

Wanahokaloogie's namesake comes from the 2003 Disney / Pixar motion picture, Finding Nemo. The volcano in the fish tank is called, "Mt. Wanahokaloogie."

Wanahokaloogie Full Ethnography:

Pictures are worth a thousand words. The pictures on this page are great interpretation of the fun that the students of the Wanahokaloogie island with the world simulation. Please note the Finding Nemo picture, we have borrowed the name of the mountain in the fish tank as our own. Also, on each page of the Wiki for Wanahokaloogie there is a paragraph in blue. This is the integrator's paragraph that helps to depict the similarities that carry over between each of the sections, and how some of these things might play out during the simulation.

Wanahokaloogie is in the center of the map for the world simulation (note the star). We are a culture that is generally centered around the love of nature in our incredible environment. The environment of Wanahokaloogie is what gives us many of the other cultural values that we posses. Our island is a volcanic island, and as such we revere the volcano believing that it is special and that our god resides in it. Also as a result of our natural essence we believe in the spirit of mother nature and all that she has to offer, therefore we are a society built with a strong relational background. This love of our people is shown through our proxemics as well as how we treat our family members and how we govern ourselves. Family is extremely important to us and this is very much connected to how we create our families through arranged marriage, and how we raise our kids to ultimately participate in a coming of age ceremony. Religiously we have one supreme god, but we respect other god's of spirit in the nature of our surroundings. In addition, our surroundings are also very donative of what we are able to produce to export from our country.

Wanahokaloogie is a great asset to the world culture, and wishes to utilize all of our natural resources to our full advantage during the World Simulation and hope that other nations will not see us as small, but a wealth of resources, and talent that we would be willing to share. Please take a look at the integrators notes on the exchange page for more ways that we could help become a small change in the world by what we have to offer.

Please use the navigation below to view each of the important pieces of our culture. (Alaina Shelton: integrator)

http://ksu.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8032197905 (facebook group link)

Navigation:

Wanahokaloogie Environment:Tropical island,volcanic, many natural resources

Language and Gender: relational people, proxemics, females are prominent in society

Subsistance and Exchange: exchange of glass, home spun cloth given to others in culture, not a money based society

Sex, Love, and Marriage: arranged marriage, children, polygamy, family importance

Family and Household: Gilliagan's island type hut, live with parts of extended family

Kinship & Social Organization: Hawaiian system, tribe counsel

Political Organization: women, very informal, shamans

Religion: polytheistic, one main god, worship volcano

Art & Cultural Values: natural art, dance, ceremonies, pottery, masks

Wanahokaloogie Poster & Video

Wanahokaloogie (Simulation) History

Chababians

amagoo — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:20:12 CDT

welcome to chababa.

Thanks for stopping by, all cultures welcome!
- The Chababa High Council

*[History of Chababa]*

[environment]

Chababians call the dry, productive Mediterranean Scrubland home.

[language]

Possessing a primary spoken and written language that includes many genderlects, Chababa welcomes all languages.

[subsistence & exchange]

Rolling olive groves, extravagant vineyards, and hillside fields of rare
and valuable spices have transformed Chababa into a cultural epicenter
and major exchange hub.

[sex, marriage & family]

Marriage patterns in Chababa have shifted from polygyny to monogomy due to
economic streamlining and the birth of rudimentary industrialization. However,
deep respect for family and relationships is still upheld and revered.

[family & household]

The Chababian culture has unique ways to interact within our family and household.

[kinship & social organization]

The Chababian is a ambilineal descent society. Descent from males and females
are recognized, but individual can only select one line to trace there descent.

[political organization]

Due to the Chababians large population and many different settlement locations,
the best way to effectively rule this country is to have a centralized government system.
Each “state” is designed to perform specific jobs for the entire country.

[religion]

The Chababian religion is polytheistic. It includes myths about gods and goddesses
that teach the values of Chababa culture.

[beauty & art]

Chababian art integrates every level of our culture.

Poster and Video Reaction

[discussion & notes, etc]

Full History of the Okosmokos

nheimerm — Tue, 06 May 2008 10:28:32 CDT

1450-1800 The Okosmokos try to take advantage of their size early on by traveling around the world seeking more land and natural resources, so the Okosmokos take over Ticos, Refta Reve, and Aole Pilikia. This is comparable to how Columbus and other explorers traveled the world in search of new places and more natural resources.

1650-1800 The Okosmokos are a thriving empire at this point in history. They have colonized 3 different counties and now force them to work for food and or money. The Ticos are working on growing cocoa and coffee for the Okosmokos. Aole Pilikia is now growing cotton for the Okosmokos. These two events are similar to how the Americans forced African’s into forced labor. The Okosmokos also take over the territory of Xibalba. Retfa Reve rebelled and the Okosmokos were not ready for this and lost the Colony and the land of Retfa Reve.

1800-1950 Chababa and the Okosmokos are very concerned with the growing empire of Sasnak, together they come up with a plan to start a war with Sasnak. The plan does not work and Sasnak defeats both Chababa and Okosmokos. This is similar to WWI. Xibalba Rebelled against the Okosmokos to take back their land. This revolt is similar to how the Indians rebelled against the British after they took over their land. The Okosmokos also are starting to take Ticos’ natural resources. This is similar to how the Europeans mined diamonds in Africa.

1950-2100 The Okosmokos are not as strong as they used to be, we are losing our power at an alarming rate, Comparable to how the Soviet Union last much of their hard power after the Cold War. Many of the Colonies are becoming disgruntled, Ticos is not happy with the working conditions the Okosmokos are forcing them in and and they refuse to work any longer. The Okosmokos take all off the Ticos’ hard power and then kill all of the people of Ticos. This is similar to how Cambodians communists the Khmer Rouge used genocide and forced Cambodians into starvation in 1974. The Okosmokos also start to notice how powerful Sasnak still is and realize this might be their last chance to defeat them. So begins "WWII" , The Okosmokos and Chababa put their forces together and were defeated again.

Ethnography of Now

mwesch — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:00:24 CDT

In the past 200 years, one institution has come to dominate human existence:

THE CORPORATION ...

* Legal Person (with no moral conscience)
* accountable to stock holders
* not to stakeholders
* relatively recent (after the 14th amendment ... between 1890-1910 there were 307 cases brought to the court ... 288 on behalf of corporations, just 19 for people.)

STRUCTURAL POWER
power and inequality embedded in (and produced by) economic, social, political, and ideological structures* Hard Power + Soft Power* Not In Individuals ("if not me then somebody else")* Can lead to structural violence
STRUCTURAL VIOLENCE
* Environmental (Intergenerational Tyranny)
* Inequality (IMF example from Jamaica)
* Health (McDonald's Advertising, etc.)
* Psychology

How to save the world ...

4 Things to Burn into your soul and never forget
* We are the structure.
* It is what we make of it.
* Participation is not a choice.
* How we participate is perhaps our most important choice.

Examples

Shell Protest

Ray Anderson’s Epiphany
* Consumers come to him
* He reads a book (The Ecology of Commerce)
* He begins to transform the corporation from the inside
* Tells others
* THIS VIDEO

Great Hope for our future – the powers we can have ...

Another great threat – Corporations vs. Seed Saving ...

* India: for thousands of years have been saving seeds.
* They exchange seeds with one another
* Ensures biodiversity

Seed Laws --- Forced to buy seed => suicides (can’t survive)

Violate the Laws – Over 2,000 villages have dedicated themselves to violating the laws and saving seed => Corporate Response: Terminator Seeds

Yes Men

Some of the same processes happening right here, including a rise in farmer suicides (x2 the normal population rate)

Internal Colonization (The Accountant)

* lease land
* can’t pay (price driven lower by corporate farm)
* corporate farm buys land
* must sell labor
* media sells him his culture right back to him (starts acting country instead of being country)

The System Has all of us --- Yet we all matter ...

THE KEY IS VISION
* See the system
* See how we all contribute
* See that we are all interconnected

RIGHT NOW WE ARE CONSUMERS AND LOWER LABORORERS
BUT NOT ALWAYS

REMEMBER
* see who makes your life work
* what makes your life work (what is taken from the earth)
* have a vision of all others you are connected to
- presently
- AND future generations

WE ARE A GLOBAL VILLAGE

We’ll need the skills of VILLAGERS to survive

What are those skills
* SUSTAINABILITY – friends in PNG could live indefinitely
* MUTUAL VISIBILITY – THE GIFT
We need to TRULY see each other ... NOT like in Cannibal Cultures ...

COMMUNICATION
Learn – talk – care2.com

EMPATHY
Must stop seeing “them” as a “them” – That’s true dividuality ...

THOUGHTFULNESS
* See that we are related (no blame game)
* Luk Luk -

Videographer & Historian Instructions

mwesch — Tue, 06 May 2008 07:09:00 CDT

GOALS:
1. Produce a series of video clips that tell the story of what happened to your culture throughout the simulation.
2. Co-Create a Wiki "History of our world" page with other historians that tells the story of our world, drawing connections to happenings in the real world.

GRADING:
100 points total are possible for the videographer and the historian

Historian:

40 points: a briefsummary of what happened to your culture in each round of the simulation (these can be called in via Jott during the simulation. You can then just cut and paste them to the wiki.) These summaries are due by 5 pm, Friday, April 25th.

Deadlines are VERY IMPORTANT for a collaborative project like this. You will lose 5 points per hour that your contribution is late.

60 points: a short narrative about what happened to your culture should be postedunder your group page (like the other sections by other students)

where reasonable connections can be drawn to events in the real world, these should be noted (be as specific as possible) - Due May 8th

Videographer

You will be graded on how well your clips can tell the story of the main events that occurred in your culture.
Clips are due to Dr. Wesch by 5 pm, Friday, April 25th

Deadlines are VERY IMPORTANT for a collaborative project like this. You will lose 5 points per hour that your contribution is late.

Specific instructions for the videographer.
I will use these clips to create the full World Simulation video which will be shown in class.

Step One: Bring a Digital Video camera to the World Simulation and a DV cassette for recording (if necessary). If you are unsure about whether or not your camera will work, bring it to class so I (Prof. Wesch) can look at it.

Step Two: Record your culture throughout the World Simulation.
Here are some tips:
1. Ask lots of questions. The stories people tell on camera will become the “voice” of the final video that will tell the big story of how our world unfolded.
2. Do not leave your home culture (unless *everybody* has to leave for some reason). Every culture will have their own camera, so we won’t miss anything if you stay home.
3. Keep the camera rolling throughout the entire simulation. You can always edit out the boring parts later.
4. Get a few close-ups of repetitive activities (people sorting fruit loops, or whatever they might be doing). This is called “B-Roll” and it is very important in telling the story in a compelling way.

Step Three: Transfer your video to the computer. (If you already know how to do this, you can skip these instructions. You can use any software you want.)

If you do not have the right equipment yourself, go to the Media Development Center in Hale Library.

On Windows ...
Use Windows Movie Maker (free on any Windows XP or later)
Connect your camera to the computer with firewire
Click “Capture from Video Device” and capture at 1Mbps or greater.

On Mac ... Use iMovie (or other software if you prefer). Go to Media Development Center if you need help with this.

Step Four: Watch your video and take notes to yourself about important scenes you think should be in the final video. Note the time the scene starts and ends so you can extract it later.

Step Five: Extract the best clips that tell the story.
In Windows Movie Maker, click on the timeline where the scene you want to keep begins. Press CTRL-L to split the clip. Now go to the end of the scene you want to keep and press CTRL-L again. Do this with all of the scenes you want to keep. Then go back and delete the parts in-between. Try to leave about 3 seconds at the beginning and end of the pieces you want to keep. This will be helpful when I am editing them all together. When you are done, you should have a sequence of clips that together are no longer than 15 minutes that tell the story of your culture. For some of you, this will be even shorter – even as short as 1 or 2 minutes. Keep in mind that the final video I create will only be about 15-20 minutes long, so each culture will only have about 30-90 seconds of screen time at best.

IMPORTANT: Do not add music, transitions, or any effects. I will add those later.

Step Six: Save the Project and the Movie.
Save your project often. The project and the movie are two different things. The project is your workspace. The movie is the final product. It can take a long time to “save the movie” because it has to render. Even on a fast computer, rendering a ten minute video can take over an hour, and you will not be able to do much on your computer during this time because it will use almost all of the computer’s resources.

Save your movie by selecting, “Save Movie File.” On the next screen select “My Computer.” Name it. On the third screen select “Other settings” and select 1.0 Mbps.

Step Seven: Send me the Video by 5 pm, Friday, April 25th
If your video is shorter than 15 minutes, you should be able to upload it to mediafire.com (max upload of 100 MB). After you have done this, send me the link so I can download it.