Evidence of a bridge to cross from ground zero, simple tools being used effectively. |
Above, as below, the margin for error was slim, intelligent application of practical geometry essential. Hidden, part of the whole, but not dead, Spider waits. |
"Make absences visible. The next three points deal with the nature and availability of historical evidence. When you are investigating and telling the history of disenfranchised people, you can't always find the kind and amount of written material you want. But in medicinal history the goal is as much to generate questions and show inconsistencies as it is to document people's lives. For example, tracing absences can balance a picture, even when you are unable to fill in the blanks. Lack of evidence doesn't mean you can't name and describe what is missing. Tracing the outlines of a woman shaped hole in the record, talking about the existence of women about whom we know only general information, can be a powerful way of correcting imperial history." from the essay 'The Historian as Curandera' Medicine Stories, Aurora Levins Morales
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I say that because instinct, sensitivity and practicality mesh together today, in a way that doesn't jolt a person.
This does not mean you won't feel disturbed at some point. But if you've got some kind of chasm to bridge or cross, this would be the day to do it." - October 3, 2016 ElsaElsa Newsletter
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