Leslie Marmon Silko's interview

Leslie Marmon Silko: Beautiful woman with many stories to share

Hello there,

I found interesting interview of Leslie Marmon Silko by Thomas Irmer at altx.com

There are two parts of the interview, click here to read part I and click here to read part II.

In Part I, Silko talked about several of her works including Ceremony and diversity of issues in Native American community and more.

(http://www.altx.com/int2/silko.html)

In Part II, the interview focused more on her work in Almanac of the Dead.

(http://www.altx.com/interviews/silko2.html)

Hereunder is a clip of Silko's reading:

Dear class, Hang in there! The semester is almost over! :)

Jstor

Leslie Marmon Silko’s Almanac of the Dead is indeed a thick book. The novel contains different cast of characters, which surrounds the story in historical, geopolitical, drugdealing and more subjects. In this book, the author deals with many issues related to American Indians, especially when the European conquest the land and its culture.

If you're interested in writing about this novel for your paper, maybe this link will help:
http://www.jstor.org/pss/4128505 You can read the full article with Baruch Jstor Database.

Good luck to us all! it's almost the end of the semester!

The Almanac of the Dead - comments and video

What is your reaction to Leslie Marmon Silko's critique of European culture in The Almanac of the Dead.

Please watch this short video made by a group of students. Is this clip useful in reading Silko's controversial book?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYvmO_60IOU&feature=related

Globalization - Globalism > Theoretical perspectives

These are some very useful scholarly resources about various theoretical perspectives on globalization and globalism. These articles can be extremely helpful in creating a stronger, more elaborate final paper argument:

http://www.polity.co.uk/global/whatisglobalization.asp

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/globalization/

Globalization and Humanitarian Aid

Here is a link to a blog/article that closely relates to our discussion from class yesterday about humanitarian aid.

http://blogs.uit.tufts.edu/gettinghumanitarianaidright/2007/12/globalization_a.html

Laptop

The significance of laptop in What is the What confused me at the beginning. I had several questions like my peers, “Do they have Wifi Access?” or “Can they afford the electricity?” My questions first occurred when I tried to set up a birthday donation to VAD foundation. Under the ideas of how we can help, the site listed “$500 provides the school with one energy-efficient laptop computer”. Then my questions wondered, “really? a laptop?” tonight’s class lecture helped me to grasp the essential purpose of a laptop in this society. Laptop can make people access the World Wide Web, which is allowing people to connect with the rest of the world. Become aware with other parts of the world and extremely useful in today’s globalization era. Laptop (especially with internet connectivity) can store and process information and helps societies to prosper.

I would like to share this document about a study of communication technologies in Sudanese nation, maybe it'll help for the final papers.

You may click www.uneca.org/icadla1/docs/Friday/Ghobrial.doc to view the document.

St. Valentino vs. Valentino Achak Deng

Valentino Achak Deng is a truly inspiration for million readers who are intrigue by his story. Personally, I am amaze by the meaning behind his name Valentino. Previously known as Achak, Father Matong gave Achak a new baptize name, which is Valentino. The name Valentino was derived from St. Valentino who was able to restore the sight of a blind girl. Father Matong purposely gave Achak his new name in hopes of “enlighten” the greater society about their plight. Father Matong says, “I think you will have the power to make people see … and someday you will find your own jailer’s daughter, and to her you will bring light” (287).

Valentino indeed “bring light” to his readers. Touched upon so many lives and increase awareness about Sudanese/ Lost boys’ difficulties in Sudan to greater audiences. In the Preface, Valentino said, “I wanted to reach out to others to help them understand Sudan’s place in our global economy”. In away, one can see the resemblance of St. Valentino in Achak Deng’s personality. St. Valentino and Valentino Achak are very selfless, always put others’ need first before their personal need. He is able to rebuild and donate to Marial Bai building schools for the children from the book’s proceeds. In the eyes of many people, Valentino is a truly inspiration, he is a hero.

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