#1a: Film Series: Program Questions in Scenes
Film Seminar Response: W1, “Gather” (Sanjay Rawal, dir.; 75 min; 2020)
I have chosen 00:45:20 to 00:47:05 from the film “Gather” , which I’m titling “Healing Traditions” in order to explore the programs question: “Why are matters of taste both objective (based on evolutionary processes and scientific facts) and subjective – based on your experience of what you think, feel, sense, and believe?“. One key thing I want to point out to my peers is the uncensored, yet somehow respectful death of a field rat as a food source for the local tribespeople. Scenes such as this can either result in a peak of curiosity, or a loss of someone’s lunch; not to mention the consumption of a rodent is something that many would find grotesque. I think that this difference of translation teaches us that not only taste, but the process involved in achieving taste, is extremely subjective. Our openness to taste and processes of achieving taste are almost completely dependent upon the subjective lives that we have had; our experiences, the ways we were raised… even the way that we prefer our food prepared.
#1b: (un)Natural Histories
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#1c: Regenerative Agriculture
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