Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
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Millennium: Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World is a video by Harvard anthropologist David Maybury-Lewis
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This refers to a series of 10 VHS videos of 60 minutes each. A co-production of Biniman Productions Limited, Adrian Malone Productions Limited ; KCET, Los Angeles and BBC-TV in association with The Global Television Network and with the participation of Rogers Telefund and Telefilm Canada. The editors were Michael Todd and Michael Fuller and the music was composed by Hans Zimmer.
The series was designed to stimulate reflection and inspire a new look at what the modern world can learn from tribal societies as we approach the millennium. Explores the values and different world perspectives that hold many tribal societies together. Presents tribal peoples in the dignity of their own homes and captures their customs and ceremonies with extraordinary photography.
There is also a book companion to the videos. It features 11 of the peoples discussed in the video. In it, he argues that the ancient customary wisdom
, communal sharing and closeness to nature found in tribal
or indigenous
societies hold important survival lessons for our modern industrial society
steeped in waste, consumerism
, ecocide
and social rootlessness.
David Maybury-Lewis
David Henry Peter Maybury-Lewis was an anthropologist, ethnologist of lowland South America, activist for indigenous peoples' human rights and professor emeritus of Harvard University....
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This refers to a series of 10 VHS videos of 60 minutes each. A co-production of Biniman Productions Limited, Adrian Malone Productions Limited ; KCET, Los Angeles and BBC-TV in association with The Global Television Network and with the participation of Rogers Telefund and Telefilm Canada. The editors were Michael Todd and Michael Fuller and the music was composed by Hans Zimmer.
The series was designed to stimulate reflection and inspire a new look at what the modern world can learn from tribal societies as we approach the millennium. Explores the values and different world perspectives that hold many tribal societies together. Presents tribal peoples in the dignity of their own homes and captures their customs and ceremonies with extraordinary photography.
- pt. 1 The shock of the other
- pt. 2 Strange relations
- pt. 3 Mistaken identity
- pt. 4 An ecology of mind
- pt. 5 The art of living
- pt. 6 Touching the timeless
- pt. 7 A poor man shames us all
- pt. 8 Inventing reality
- pt. 9 The tightrope of power
- pt. 10 At the threshold.
There is also a book companion to the videos. It features 11 of the peoples discussed in the video. In it, he argues that the ancient customary wisdom
Wisdom
Wisdom is a deep understanding and realization of people, things, events or situations, resulting in the ability to apply perceptions, judgements and actions in keeping with this understanding. It often requires control of one's emotional reactions so that universal principles, reason and...
, communal sharing and closeness to nature found in tribal
Tribe
A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...
or indigenous
Indigenous peoples
Indigenous peoples are ethnic groups that are defined as indigenous according to one of the various definitions of the term, there is no universally accepted definition but most of which carry connotations of being the "original inhabitants" of a territory....
societies hold important survival lessons for our modern industrial society
Industrial society
In sociology, industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology to enable mass production, supporting a large population with a high capacity for division of labour. Such a structure developed in the west in the period of time following the Industrial Revolution, and replaced...
steeped in waste, consumerism
Consumerism
Consumerism is a social and economic order that is based on the systematic creation and fostering of a desire to purchase goods and services in ever greater amounts. The term is often associated with criticisms of consumption starting with Thorstein Veblen...
, ecocide
Ecocide
The neologism ecocide can be used to refer to any large-scale destruction of the natural environment or over-consumption of critical non-renewable resources...
and social rootlessness.