From: Jeremy Bradley (jeremyb@nor.com.au)
Date: Wed 30 Oct 2002 - 21:33:41 GMT
>Wade:
>But really, in all my trips to museums, I always come away feeling that
>nothing has changed except the things we work with and the places we
>work. The processes are all the same and remain.
>
>- Wade
>
Jeremy:
That's right Wade
If the underlying cultural narrative remains the same, the underlying
elements of the culture are unchanging over extended periods of time. This
is why I have often suggested an examination of the 'might-is-right' meme,
as it has been discernibly prominent in the Western cultural narrative
since early Biblical times (and is a primary cause of the unchanging war
and pirates focus in museums). This is one of the elements of my narrative
inquiry, does the MIR meme feature in this story or not.
BTW Derek, the answers are quantifiable.
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