Edinburgh festival.. an Open space event

Mon Apr 10 09:31:46 PDT 2006

Here's some information on potlatches held around here:

http://collections.ic.gc.ca/potlatch/

Cheers,

Chris

On 4/9/06, Vliex, Carla (cvl) <CVL at tg.nl> wrote:
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> Being not a native speaker and getting quite curious: WHAT IS A POTLATCH??
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> Carla from the Netherlands
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> Van: OSLIST namens Harrison Owen
> Verzonden: do 6-4-2006 13:38
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> Onderwerp: Re: Edinburgh festival.. an Open space event
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> I guess I must have attended a rogue Potlatch - but they do some funny
> things in Alaska.
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> Harrison
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> Corrigan
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> Just a technical piece...potlatches are about as far from Open Space as
> you can imagine.  They are highly structured and controlled events and there
> is very little tolerance for anything that lies outside of the control of
> the people that are responsible for given parts of the ceremonies.  In fact,
> working here on the west ocast of North America, where the feasting culture
> is integral to traditional forms of governance, using Open Space sometimes
> becomes a real challenge.
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> On the other hand, most people i work with who stop to think about it
> agree that Open Space resonates on a deeper level and taps something that
> seems to lie at the heart of many different traditional and indigenous
> cultures.
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> But potlatches...woowhee...they would drive you around the bend, Harrison!
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> Chris
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> On 4/5/06, Harrison Owen < hhowen at verizon.net <mailto:hhowen at verizon.net>
> > wrote:
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> Diane -- Surprise! And guess where a major part of the inspiration for
> Open
> Space came from? Indigenous Market places! All of which work pretty much
> the
> same was as a Potlatch. Same old, same old :-)
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> Harrison
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> Brandon
> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 12:39 PM
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> Chris's comment resonated for me. Our family has had some wonderful
> weekends centered around an indigenous pow wow. Usually it's a full
> weekend - sleep over two nights - and there are lots of things going on
> -- food vendors, arts and crafts vendors, children's games, always the
> circle in the center, drumming much of the time, dances of many sorts,
> great ceremonial dress, some or all dances open to all (some for
> skilled dancers only), story telling, flute playing, sometimes sweat
> lodges, sometimes workshops on healing/spiritual topics or on making
> things, and nothing requires attendance! Many people sit around their
> campsites, sleep, talk at picnic tables, swim in the river where that's
> an option, take care of kids -- oh yes, all ages are welcome and are
> there, with a lot of honor for elders (much appreciated by this
> grandmother) and for veterans (something I was on the fence about - but
> my husband was in the Navy for 4 years in the Vietnam era, and it means
> so much to him to dance in the veterans' honoring dance, and I get to
> join him.... so I've warmed to it). Many people camp out in tents  and
> trailers, so we live together for the weekend, and the cost is minimal.
> There's plenty of room for offering what you want to offer, if not in a
> more formal way, then via your own campsite and conversations there or
> as you walk around. (I'm sure if you hang a flag at your campsite about
> your topic, you'll attract some interest!) The place-basedness of it,
> and all the preparation that goes into it on the part of the tribe or
> tribes or individuals that organize it (they usually include one free
> feast, and often a give-away), seem core to the sense of deep
> satisfaction people get from going to these weekends. I think it's very
> close to Open Space!
>
> Diane Brandon
> Eliot, Maine
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> On Apr 5, 2006, at 10:22 AM, Chris Weaver wrote:
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> > on a related large other topic, i am deeply interested in the overlap
> > between ost and ceremony in indigenous traditions.  festival life,
> > which
> > culminates on a specific piece of land for a specific period of time,
> > has
> > some fascinating resonance with ceremonial space/time.  a topic to
> > explore
> > another time.
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