tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post5713810190426833721..comments2024-02-13T21:54:49.828-06:00Comments on The New Zealand Journal: Roasting A Dead Corpse...kuakahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-61528848755678375312009-03-21T22:11:00.000-05:002009-03-21T22:11:00.000-05:00Paul Moon's misfortune could appear to be that he'...Paul Moon's misfortune could appear to be that he's probably aware that academics within his chosen field have few opportunities beyond this remote vanguard in the decline and fall of intellectualism. So, megaphone man succeeds with sustaining a high media profile in an obscure milieu by his ongoing flirtation with controversy.<BR/><BR/>His claim that the New Zealand academy is academic-lite might seem to be no more than a reasonably polite affirmation of Karl Popper's somewhat less than charitable opinion upon his sojourn here.<BR/><BR/>But, like most things, our mind-numbing provincialism is a two edged sword: Christchurch has become the world's least expensive place to acquire rare books of more than local interest.Marcus Castellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02572498225080723498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-37952685945385098802009-03-21T22:05:00.000-05:002009-03-21T22:05:00.000-05:00Fair comment(s). And have all the digs at academic...Fair comment(s). <BR/><BR/>And have all the digs at academics, amateur historians etc you might wish to. They're all fair game.kuakahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01475437546479502512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-83332525076229019312009-03-21T19:25:00.000-05:002009-03-21T19:25:00.000-05:00And I wasn't having a dig about academics or acade...And I wasn't having a dig about academics or academically-trained historians - they just seem to flout this label to claim more credibility for their publications when some were no more than failed gardeners or language teachers with some training in areas totally unrelated to history or indigenous cultures.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-830547596565689465.post-58216194895990307322009-03-21T19:21:00.000-05:002009-03-21T19:21:00.000-05:00It's hard for me to comment, properly, as here in ...It's hard for me to comment, properly, as here in Oz the treatment of Aboriginal history has been a dogs breakfast for centuries with not one Indigenous author writing any history other than a biography or autobiography.<BR/>Most so-called academically trained historians have edited Aussie history to reflect the current fashion of the day - ignore the Aborigines completely/paint them as idiot children/portray them as the noble savage/portray them as drunks and druggies/dismiss their myths and legends/publish their myths and legends for entertainment value, etc.<BR/>The contrast between the treatment, attitudes and history of the two indigenous peoples of Maoris and Aborigines is so far apart as to be mind-numbing in their complexities.Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13887495757366973130noreply@blogger.com