Hi Caroline, what an insightful post! :) I learned so much from reading this, thanks so much! Your words on feudalism (blech!) and the idea of Indigenous socialism stand out to me...I also like the notion of feudalism "as the precursor to capitalism"- this is not something I'd thought too much about before and gives me a lot to reflect on...
Hm Hm. I hear you, Caroline. Thank you for this discussion on feudalism that then includes more nuanced and personal questioning about commons (child rearing, interactive spaces, community building). I like your definition: "The Commons can refer to land, resources, knowledge." Particularly thinking about knowledge, I grab this sense that knowledge is not merely our definitions and objective understandings but is shared in very subtle, behavioural ways. Knowledge establishes societal norms, which define the old school objectives of feudalism (i.e. cast conceptions among 'lord' and 'surf'). Alternative knowledge, to that time, would pertain to community care and non-extractive working conditions... ?
I feel (from my very much still outsider perceptive) that this alternative knowledges flourishes in a beautiful way here in Pisac particularly, where the village feed sweetness to the bitterness often felt in most capitalist driven business centres. The agency of how people are living today seems so very antithetical to the feudal state. Community/The Commons replacing the coercive authority of 'lord.' I say this to connect to the emphasis on 'customs and habits' described in your chosen quote to be more forceful than law; we, through our behaviour, our life choice, our validation of knowledges write those customs?
Hi Caroline! After Jon's comment on your blog in class yesterday, I had to come by and comment something myself :) Much like Emily said, I do believe that your post isn't a rant - to understand a concept, it's valuable to apply what we know about it already, even if that means thinking about it in the context of other countries/regions! I learned about feudalism in high school but have since forgotten some of its major aspects - so I appreciate you explaining that for us!
I agree with Jon, this is no rant, it's more like an informative discussion (your history majorness is showing [insert eyes emoji]). I enjoyed your description of feudalism and your attention to the concept of the commons. In our recent excursions to the school, and even in the markets, we can certainly see the community-mindedness that is exhibited in these sectors where vendors support and monitor each others stands and teachers assist their students and vice versa.
Hi Caroline, what an insightful post! :) I learned so much from reading this, thanks so much! Your words on feudalism (blech!) and the idea of Indigenous socialism stand out to me...I also like the notion of feudalism "as the precursor to capitalism"- this is not something I'd thought too much about before and gives me a lot to reflect on...
Hm Hm. I hear you, Caroline. Thank you for this discussion on feudalism that then includes more nuanced and personal questioning about commons (child rearing, interactive spaces, community building). I like your definition: "The Commons can refer to land, resources, knowledge." Particularly thinking about knowledge, I grab this sense that knowledge is not merely our definitions and objective understandings but is shared in very subtle, behavioural ways. Knowledge establishes societal norms, which define the old school objectives of feudalism (i.e. cast conceptions among 'lord' and 'surf'). Alternative knowledge, to that time, would pertain to community care and non-extractive working conditions... ?
I feel (from my very much still outsider perceptive) that this alternative knowledges flourishes in a beautiful way here in Pisac particularly, where the village feed sweetness to the bitterness often felt in most capitalist driven business centres. The agency of how people are living today seems so very antithetical to the feudal state. Community/The Commons replacing the coercive authority of 'lord.' I say this to connect to the emphasis on 'customs and habits' described in your chosen quote to be more forceful than law; we, through our behaviour, our life choice, our validation of knowledges write those customs?
Hi Caroline! After Jon's comment on your blog in class yesterday, I had to come by and comment something myself :) Much like Emily said, I do believe that your post isn't a rant - to understand a concept, it's valuable to apply what we know about it already, even if that means thinking about it in the context of other countries/regions! I learned about feudalism in high school but have since forgotten some of its major aspects - so I appreciate you explaining that for us!
I agree with Jon, this is no rant, it's more like an informative discussion (your history majorness is showing [insert eyes emoji]). I enjoyed your description of feudalism and your attention to the concept of the commons. In our recent excursions to the school, and even in the markets, we can certainly see the community-mindedness that is exhibited in these sectors where vendors support and monitor each others stands and teachers assist their students and vice versa.
You think that's a rant? :)
These are the kinds of rants I'm used to in other courses:
https://blogs.ubc.ca/alizey/2024/03/05/week-8-what-the-actual-f-if-on-a-winters-night-a-traveler/