Euro-American Scientific (Glass Pane-Head Knowledge) and Tribal-Traditional (Looking Glass-Heart Knowledge)
Juxtaposing and Mutually Exclusive
1. objectify, dualism, estrangement and autonomy - humans are apart from the world - a glass plate separation
vs.
connectedness, subjectification and kinship - humans are a part of the world - humanity mirrors the cosmos
(human's
relationship with the universe)
2. quantification of the universe - the language of nature is mathematics
vs.
qualitative archetypal meaning and life-force - the world is alive
(the the stuff of the universe)
3. secular, e.g., "great men" as "culture heroes" within lineal historical time
vs.
transcendence and spiritual, e.g., Gods, Goddesses and Spirit Beings as "culture heroes" within the Dreamtime
(the
spiritual/secular nature of the universe)
4. hierarchy and gradation,
progression and linear
vs.
equality and cyclical
(spatial and temporal dimensions of the universe)
5. materialistic reductionism, e.g., seek the one truth through empiricism and rationalism
vs.
participatory replication, e.g., seek to perpetuate the cosmos through the re-telling and re-enacting of its creation story
(
humanity's ultimate role and responsibility within the universe)
Addressing the Mutually Exclusive with a Wheel, Spokes and Hub:
the interplay between the unique and universal, between our collective diversity and our shared in common
(in class discussion)