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B0ssc0 OP t1_jbr1f1z wrote

Reply to comment by p314159i in ‘Dates add nothing to our culture’: Everywhen explores Indigenous deep history, challenging linear, colonial narratives by B0ssc0

From our westernised perspectives dates are useful. It’s interesting to try and imagine such a totally different worldview where our dates are irrelevancies.

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p314159i t1_jbr1v7l wrote

>westernised perspectives

No. Dates tell you when exactly things happened. We can compare events to events in china that happened at the same time and create a grand unified history of both the west and the east. The problem comes in integrating the global south into this grand unified history because the global south lacked dates.

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ComfortableSock2044 t1_jbr61gi wrote

Okay cool we get it. Thanks.

These folks live differently, and jr's interesting to see/hear their perspective.

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Sage_of_the_6_paths t1_jc26fe2 wrote

I think we all recognize that different cultures have different views.

But dates are simply a very useful piece of info for learning about history.

This situation of "Well, they like see things differently man! Your view is so western!". Is ridiculous and just because they choose to see things that way doesn't mean the rest of the world should burn all records of dates nor should we stop seeking out more.

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