"Dirt Poor"
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“Dirt Poor” Kurt Love, Ph.D. Central Connecticut State University 11/14/13 Henry James Memorial School, Simsbury
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Introduction to "To Kill A Mockingbird" with Leah Forlivio at Henry James Memorial School in Simsbury, CT on 11/14/13.
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“Dirt Poor”
Kurt Love, Ph.D.Central Connecticut State University
11/14/13Henry James Memorial School, Simsbury
Europeans & American Indians
American Indians:
Lived close to the Earth
Believed in “7-Generation” thinking
Saw that abusing nature meant abusing themselves
Europeans & American Indians
Europeans:
Valued technology instead of nature.
The Earth was something to dominate and manipulate to meet their desires.
Saw themselves as superior because they had technology or were more distanced from nature
Europeans & American Indians
Europeans saw American Indians as not fully human or an “other.”
Because Europeans saw the Earth as something to conquer with their technology, they also saw people who lived close to nature as people they could conquer.
European & West AfricansClash of two peoples because of how they related to the Earth
Europeans: Nature for profit, land ownership, enclosure, capitalist mindset/values
West Africans: Nurturance, reciprocity, sustainable mindset/values
Slavery: About 12 million captured and shipped to the Americas, 645,000 brought to the U.S., nearly 4 million slaves in the 1860 census
Domination for profit via capitalism
Rural Poverty
Rural Poverty
Rural Poverty
Southern Poverty
Rural Poverty
How is poverty and connection
to the Earth related?
High Status Job?
Poverty & Technology
Poverty & Technology
What is the relationship
between poverty and technology?
Poverty & Technology
Those that live more dependent
on technology (or with more
distance from nature) are seen
as being wealthier.
