blog schedule.
blogs marked * are required research for seminars
blog 26 |
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blog subject:Tell us a popular story from your culture.homework for next blog:Analyse the story. Prepare a contextualized Bible story based on the popular story. Tell it to a non-Christian. |
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resource questions for blog research:stories |
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| Collect some common stories and myths | |
| How many have access to television and radio? | |
| Is this a literate or an oral language only? | |
| Which of the following forms of communication does the people group use most: non-fiction, narrative, poetry, myth, proverbs, comics, debates, direct or indirect? | |
| What stories are told again and again among your people? | |
| What stories underlie the dramas and dances of your people? | |
| What stories are expressed through the rituals of your people? | |
| How do they people identify themselves? With what specific traits would they identify someone who is a _______________ (member of their group)? How do their near neighbours identify them--i.e. with what specific traits? | |
| What do these people consider to be the significant events of the last 30 years? of the last 500 years? How have they reacted to these events? | |
| What are the important stories (or story) for your people? | |
| What is an example of a brave act? | |
| What is the origin of the celebration of each festivity? | |
| Who tells the stories? | |
| With whom can one joke? | |
| What are the themes of the stories, legends, and myths of the people? | |
| Is their ethnic identity maintained more because of a sense of satisfaction in their primordial roots, or because their ethnic identity gives them economic/political advantage? | |
| How do they feel about their identity and ethnicity? | |
| Describe the major themes of myths and stories | |
| What are the themes which underlie the most important stories? | |