(April 8, 2020 at 12:13 pm)The Grand Nudger Wrote: Again, while the distinction may make sense in other contexts, it doesn't in anthropological studies. Distribution as we employ it is also a ritual. Food production and distribution, in particular, ritualizes the entire cosmos around us, not just our daily lives. Not just in-tot but down to the individual unit.
Farm chores, for example...-rituals.
Quote:In anthropology, rituals are actions with intentional symbolic meaning undertaken for a specific cultural purpose
Agriculture & trade for symbolic reasons?
Does this definition of 'ritual' include unblocking the toilet?
Quote:I don't understand why you'd come to a discussion forum, and then proceed to reap from visibility any voice that disagrees with you. If you're going to do that, why not just sit in front of a mirror and pat yourself on the back continuously?-Esquilax
Evolution - Adapt or be eaten.
