One of the most thought-provoking films I've seen on this subject is
Nicolas Roeg's Walkabout, which was made in 1971. And what about the
time-travel classic The Navigator? It could provoke a very interesting
discussion on context.

Grace Ziesing
Anthropological Studies Center
Sonoma State University

At 04:48 PM 12/7/01 -0500, you wrote:
>To the lists:
>
>I have received many great emails (more than 35) on the list and off with
>diverse suggestions for books on this global issue, and this is only the
>first day and a half or so of discussion.  I'm thrilled to see this much
>interest out there.  Keep the recommendations coming, and I will post a
>summary list or bibiliography or some such thing once I've compiled the
>various responses. There are some clear "winners" appearing in the list.
>I'm sure that there are many of us who could make use of such a list,
>whether for personal, class, or analysis purposes.
>
>Some are suggesting films as well, so if you have some of those in mind as
>favorites or as discussion-worthy, let's add them to the mix....  Examples
>appearing already are "The Mission" and "Black Robe".
>
>My preliminary thanks to you all.
>
>Steve
>
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