Lively is good.  It was looking like there was a bite,
but it's harder to tell in email.

Always a good reminder to put that which gets the
blood flowing to good use, though.

I have just been sort of amazed and amused at that
which gets this list going lately.  It was skateboards
two weeks ago, and I forget what it was last week, but
something else kept the group going a bit.

Now it's ladies undergarments and things that make my
feet hurt by the end of the day.

Whatever it is next week, have fun, I won't be here.
Going to go play for a week.



--- Jay Heuman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Indigo!
>
> Funny.  And I thought that Museum-L was also about
> the
> process by which museum professionals present
> information to
> the public.  This includes methodology, the crux of
> this
> thread about corsets, foot binding, about cultural
> relativism.  Right?
>
> If you prefer greater relevance to issues today, we
> could
> shift gears to discuss how historical information
> presented
> from a biased point of view is considered
> "historical
> revisionism" . . . such as over-emphasis on the
> 'greatness'
> of Western civilization, and the supposed
> inferiority of
> non-Western cultures who would dare to conduct
> cultural
> affairs (foot binding, female genital mutilation,
> etc.)
> according to non-Western standards.
>
> What you see as rancor, I see as lively discussion.
> (I'd
> rather have lively discussion than boring
> discussion.)
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jay Heuman, Visitor & Volunteer Services Coordinator
> Joslyn Art Museum, 2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE,
> 68102
> 342-3300 (telephone)     342-2376 (fax)
> www.joslyn.org
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Museum discussion list
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > On Behalf Of Indigo Nights
> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 4:04 pm
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Suggestion Regarding Binding and Corsetry
> >
> >
> > If those who have expressed umbrage in the recent
> > discussion about foot binding, corsetry, and
> > superimposing present-day value systems would take
> > just half that oomph and apply it to some of the
> > present-day problems, I think we could solve a LOT
> of
> > today's ills.
> >
> > If we're just taking exception with one another,
> > that's one thing.  But if you're as committed as
> you
> > express here to resolving travesties, I've got a
> big
> > old activist's laundry list of things you can
> start
> > fixing--like present-day problems with slavery,
> > human-rights violations, and the like.
> >
> > Why not put that rancor to good use?
>
>
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