Comments on: Southern Alienation

By: Golnaz

Golnaz — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 09:59:53 +0000

Thanks Professor Piller for posting such a nice post. This was exactly the question that when my Italian friend said Happy Easter to me came to my mind! What is it all about? any chocolate, cake or special custom.

Best,

By: vahid

vahid — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:38:38 +0000

A cool post, indeed! Many thanks! I have introduced the post to a group of colleagues/friends who I’m sure will enjoy reading it too.

By: Xiaoxiao Chen

Xiaoxiao Chen — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 10:22:53 +0000

Thanks, Ingrid, for this special and interesting post about Easter. It seems that it is the introduction of Rabbits in Australia that had caused the environmental damage rather than the preservation of Easter. But because of the rabbit concept in Easter, the tradtional celebration has been unexpectedly linked to the disastrous environmental effects in Australia brought about by rabbits, the animals. Hence there is sort of contradiction between the preservation of traditional customs and the protection of environment? But it may be very hard to replace or get rid of some tradition that has lasted for generations and that can remind the mainstream society of their British or European roots. isn’t Australian also different from the other First-World nations in their celebration of Christmas? How about singing “dashing through the snow…” at Christmas here? This, of course, is a different case from the one discussed in the the Easter post post.

By: Ingrid Piller

Ingrid Piller — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 07:13:41 +0000

In reply to Christof Demont-Heinrich. Thanks, Christof! Frohe Ostern! Plastic toys are another good example of disastrous cultural values. Future generations will view the proliferation of plastic toys in the same way we now view the introduction of rabbits in Australia, except on a grander scale: we are junking up the planet for entirely trivial reasons ...

By: Christof Demont-Heinrich

Christof Demont-Heinrich — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:16:07 +0000

Happy Easter from the Northern Hemisphere. My two daughters have already done two easter egg hunts today (Saturday), with two more to follow tomorrow — and way too much candy, cheesy plastic toys finding their way into the house 😉