The following is a slide show that was used within a "personal cultural history" presentation as a course requirement for Lit5034.
This one will a be a tough one to follow without a slidecast. Perhaps I'll do that in the near future. Oh well. ;)
This PowerPoint helps students to consider the concept of infinity.
Personal Cultural Presentation
1. My Personal
Family Culture
by Sean Patrick Nash
Monday, July 6, 2009
2. “culture:”
...the customs, arts,
social institutions, and
achievements of a
particular nation, people
or other social group.
Monday, July 6, 2009
3. “Man is an animal suspended in
webs of significance he himself
has spun. I take culture to be
those webs, and the analysis of it
to be therefore not an
experimental science in search of
law but an interpretative one in
search of meaning.”
~Geertz (Interpretation of Cultures)
Monday, July 6, 2009
4. It has often been said
that the Irish...
• are a poetic, passionate, family-oriented people
• have a strong work ethic
• are socially conscious
• never back down from a fight
• have strong ties to nature
• have a bloody wicked sense of humor
• are all Catholics... drunks... etc...
Monday, July 6, 2009
5. An Irish blessing...
M hands to do-
AY THERE ALWAYS
For your
be work
May your purse always hold
A coin or two-
May the sun always shine
On your windowpane
May a rainbow be certain
To follow each rain-
May the hand of a friend
Always be near you
May God fill your heart
With gladness to cheer you.
Monday, July 6, 2009
6. Does this heritage
seem to fit me?
You make the call...
Monday, July 6, 2009
17. We spent time doing normal
midwestern boy things...
Monday, July 6, 2009
18. TONS of
time...
In fact, we were allowed
to run the
neighborhood & woods
nearby from sunup until
sundown as long as we
were within dad’s
whistle range.
Monday, July 6, 2009
19. But those
woods can
be...
lovely
dark
and
deep
Monday, July 6, 2009